the mat is everywhere
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009Fr
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planned obsolescence
Monday, November 2nd, 2009My dehydrator quit early last week. It was somewhere in the neighborhood of 3-4 years old. This seems to be the year of everything falling apart. My heat pump has developed a problem as well, and someone is coming to look at it Monday. It’s an outdoor unit, since it won’t fit in the crawlspace under the house. At almost 10 years old, the unit is rapidly approaching the end of its working days. I have to admit that over the last few years,the whole idea of maintenance of things has been on my mind more often, and with all the things occurring the last few months, I find myself thinking about planning for the replacement of things that are going to break, Having reached the point some time ago that I have sufficient means to handle recurring day to day living expenses, I find that it’s time to start planning for the recurring but infrequent and larger expenses that life imposes on us. In other words, it’s time to start thinking about what happens when something needs replaced.
at the crossroads
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
writing my future
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009I have a tendency, or at least a desire, to write. That’s rather obvious, or you wouldn’t be reading this blog. Though I couldn’t stand it when I was younger, writing is an activity I’ve come to enjoy – to the point where I think it would be fun to write for a living. Yes, I know it’s a lot of work, but hey, if I have to work at something, better to work at something I enjoy doing, you know? Not that I don’t enjoy writing software, but let’s face it – it’s not exactly the thing I’d rather do more than anything in the world. If it were, you wouldn’t be reading this because I’d be sitting in my cube learning something new at lunch instead of writing this entry. I like writing software, but hey it’s a job like any other. I do it 8 hours a day then I go home and do what I really like – which isn’t writing software.
the happiness experiment, day two
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009I prefer my blog entries to be standalone entries – write my thoughts out into a few brief paragraphs and let them go, rather than carrying them over a several day period. It makes them easier to write, and I don’t have to worry about things like continuity, or whether you’ve read the previous entries so this one actually makes sense to you, stuff like that. But I felt the impact of the experiment could potentially be so great that it deserved at least one more entry. So I’ll start by giving you an update on how the rest of day 1 went.
the happiness experiment
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009I mentioned in a recent blog that I’m reading the book Be Happy, by Robert Holden. One of the exercises he had me do, as a reader, gave me an idea for a little experiment of my own. This morning I started that experiment, and I thought I’d tell you how it’s going at midday.
nature of change
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
my happy place - under construction
Friday, October 16th, 2009
one of those days - an experiment
Thursday, October 15th, 2009So far, today has been one of those days. You know, one of those days you wish you’d been smart enough to call into work because from start to present, it’s just been a crappy day. Bad traffic, bad work, I’ve pretty much been living up to the day’s designation of National Grouch Day. Since I can’t post this when I’m writing it, it’s only fair I tell you I’m writing this at work, eating lunch in the cafeteria. Breakfast tasted off, traffic was heavy, the weather is chilly and cloudy, and I seem to be more irritable and on edge than usual. In most years I’d put it down to the proximity to Samhain, since I tend to withdraw the closer it gets, starting around October 1st, but I don’t think I can do that this year. So rather than grouse about and make the entire the same kind of disaster the morning has been, I’m going to try an experiment.
how to change your life
Thursday, October 15th, 2009