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10 things I've learned in 5 decades +9
#31) If you are telling someone a problem you are having and that person interrupts the story in the middle and tells you something along the lines of what the simple solution to your problem might be. That person is very clearly telling you that they don't care about what you are saying. That it is trivial or unimportant to them. Don’t share your ( Read more... ) -
10 things I've learned in 5 decades +8
#27) Never explain your jokes or pop-culture references to strangers. It makes you both look stupid ( Read more... ) -
10 things I've learned in 5 decades +7
#25) I’m not a dog person. it’s not that I dislike dogs. I just don’t want one. the thing is, dog’s are pack animals. if you get a dog or live with someone that has a dog or start dating someone that has a dog, that dog starts looking to you as a member of their pack. and that’s the thing, I do not want to be part of anyone’s pack.
#26) there has ( Read more... ) -
headpsace
dragging a bit at work today. I didn’t get any sleep last night. just dozed a bit between 7 and 8am. not because I’m stressed or worried. not because I’m sick or injured. just because I stayed up all night . . . reading. stop. read that sentence again. I love that sentence. I. Stayed Up. All Night. Reading ( Read more... ) -
10 things I've learned in 5 decades +6
#22) settle. settling. settled. it’s always been a dirty word to me. settling for less than you deserve. settling for what you can have. settling for what is available. settling into complacency ( Read more... ) -
trees
can you really own a tree? I have trouble saying "My Tree." I usually end up using some unwieldy phrase like "This tree on my property." I have no problem owning property. the property is mine. (at least in my mind.) but the trees seem more like separate entities sharing my property with me. not that I have any problem cutting them back or even ( Read more... ) -
money has no provenance
money has no provenance. that's axiomatic. at least most money. I guess this is one of those "exception that proves the rule" sorts of stories ( Read more... ) -
worm w/out the ear
you are sitting on your couch reading a good book. you start to hear music playing faintly in the background. it's tinny. nothing you recognize. like bad telephone hold music. it seems to be coming from inside the house rather than out. you wander through you house, looking / listening for it. you walk from your living room through the dinning ( Read more... ) -
10 things I've learned in 5 decades +5
#18) endurance is not a virtue. endurance is the default human psychological position that we all fall into when we have no other place to go. the position of those who do not have the capability or willingness to change their life. having the strength, the determination and / or the talent to change one's circumstances for the better . . . those ( Read more... )
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