I always think that time management has a lot more to do with priorities than it does with delayed gratification or anything of the sort -- this is probably true for me: the amount of personal pampering I neglect because I want to focus on something semi-more productive in another way indicates this pretty well to me ( Read more... )

... and maybe my "mini-wrimo" attempts are futile this year, but I'll keep on writing sporadically throughout the month regardless. We'll see how many posts I'll complete ( Read more... )

And I dare say, I did a decent enough job at getting donations that I'm not disappointed. We did start dozing off a bit during the last few games of the 25 hours of gaming, this morning, and I did neglect to blog post yesterday, but I did kind of expect that that was likely going in. We streamed to Twitch and eventually will be putting content up ( Read more... )

... with the noteworthy exception of November 7th when I was doing Extra Life. Blogging mored has meant a better focus on some aspects of my life, but also the redevelopment of a good habit. There's certainly no guarantee or plan for me to write quite as much in the other months of the year, but it was and is a good exercise I've taken part in ( Read more... )

... stop burning my tongue. This is the downside of so many warm liquids and foods in general. I want it and I want it now (gosh I can be impatient!). But I ought to be more patient because foods are more tasty when my tastebuds aren't injured by my hot foods ( Read more... )

So every year around this time, I go through my home and attempt to declutter a bit. This is done partially with the intent of helping keep my pack-rat-ish tendencies under control, but also with the side benefit of helping other people. You see my Kiwanis club (and other Kiwanis clubs and the local CKI clubs in Edmonton as well) has been hosting ( Read more... )

Recently, a friend of mine was posting to social media about society's prejudices against him doing supposedly childish things. This reminds me a lot of the whole geek-shaming thing, where people try to demarcate boundaries between what is socially acceptable and what is not. Well you know what? There's nothing stopping this grown woman from ( Read more... )

Since a writing prompt for today was about what makes me happy, and since I have been working really hard this week on job applications and other tasks that are not necessarily immediately rewarding... I figured I ought to make a list of ten things that make me happy. I wonder if I can actually come up with ten. In no particular order ( Read more... )

So the last blog posting I wrote here talked about one chapter of my life ending and another beginning. Then I promised myself that I would actually take the chance to enjoy the month of May before job hunting in more earnest in June and beyond. And I think I've accomplished that to a certain extent thanks in part to the serendipitous timing of May ( Read more... )

Today marks the 51st anniversary of the launch of my favourite TV show at the moment. And while I'm FAR FAR FAR from caught up on the classic Who TV episodes, or on the comic books, I really do want to keep up with the new Doctor Who comics and TV episodes. I'm on top of the TV episodes, of course and am enjoying rewatching them on Blu-ray. So ( Read more... )