A Strategy
The key to self-confidence might be to pick battles you can win. Then perhaps one day you’ll be far enough on the positive side of things to be able to deal with failure without going into depression.
Continue readingImpatient Idealism
As I age I seem to be getting more idealistic rather than jaded.
- Life should be easier
- Things should be simpler
- Stress should be less
- Time should be more
- Quality should be up
- Cost should be low appropriate
- Depression should be nil
- There should be hills, and trees, and birds, and nature, and beauty
- There should be plenty for all
- There should be less excess, less waste
- Injustices should be reversed with haste
- There should be efficiency
- And consideration for you and me
Idealistic, yes. The difficult thing is that I’m losing patience in dealing with things that don’t appear to be trending in those positive directions. This may be a bad thing.
Continue readingIn-Depth Dream Analysis
A few weeks ago I had a dream that I was being let go from my job because I wasn’t a fast enough coder. Also had a dream that my rental house was twice as big and had a secret upstairs level where my landlords and their kids were playing/living occasionally.
I think I was most disappointed that the first one wasn’t true. There’s nothing quite like the panic that unemployment brings. It gives one the opportunity to try new things one would never try from a stable stance. Another chance to take the plunge, run your own business, and most-likely fail at it again. Also gives one the opportunity to experiment with health problems (ie. stress).
Continue readingIn-Depth Dream Analysis
A few weeks ago I had a dream that I was being let go from my job because I wasn’t a fast enough coder. Also had a dream that my rental house was twice as big and had a secret upstairs level where my landlords and their kids were playing/living occasionally.
I think I was most disappointed that the first one wasn’t true. There’s nothing quite like the panic that unemployment brings. It gives one the opportunity to try new things one would never try from a stable stance. Another chance to take the plunge, run your own business, and most-likely fail at it again. Also gives one the opportunity to experiment with health problems.
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Panderous
A Toyota ad showed while I was listening to music through Pandora. It said, “Good news, you have above average taste in music”, and then went on to tell good news about Toyota deals.
I really hope no vain fools clicked the ad.
Continue readingTwo on, One off, Two on, Two off
(I accidentally deleted this post. Here’s a reconstruction)
Wednesdays are magical. Here’s my schedule:
- Rise at 6:30 or 7
- Check my “sites” and email
- Run for 15 minutes or exercise in some capacity
- Shower and eat
- Hop on my bike and head out the door to arrive at a downtown coffee shop just before 9am
- Begin working for my clients
- Lunch with my woman at 11:30
- Continue working until 2 or 3pm
- Then … whatever!
This one day in the middle of the work week is often the best one of all. How could it not be? It’s strategically positioned as a symmetic separator of a work schedule we’re all bored with. It also makes use of the fact that I’m more geared up during the middle of the week. Traditionally, Monday and Tuesday tend to be the most depressing days of my life. Looking ahead and seeing a stretch of 3-4 more 8-hour days is not comforting. And it normally destroys my motivation. No longer. I aim to never work 8 hours, 5 days a week, again.
Continue readingSome Thoughts
I think Radiohead’s Kid A album was originally titled “Kinda”. Then they realized some would try to apply the title to the contents of the CD, so they tried a little harder to avoid making too obvious their lack of musical effort. I still think “kinda” is a good answer to a question about how worthwhile Radiohead albums are to buy.
Remember: You can’t sing from your heart with your eyes open. Haven’t you ever been to a charismatic christian church service? Remember all the closed eyes, open mouths and wet faces? … Yeah, it made me uncomfortable too. No, I’m not going back either. To church in general.
Continue readingIf My Legs Were Attached Upside-Down It Would Make Sense
For the Holidays: BreatheRight Nasal Plugs
- Gwen Stefani
- Antonio Banderas
- Hillary Duff
- Mariah Carey
- Usher
- Britney Spears
Each has a new fabulous fragrance for Christmas. As Kristen says, “it’s going to be a smelly Christmas.”
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