On certain kinds of epiphanies.

[antennapedia]

The death of Steve Jobs got me thinking.

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[the_emu]

I try to do the same thing - live without waste

[antennapedia]

I believe you can blame Microsoft for the Solitaire/Minesweeper bundled thing. My last Mac came with software like Garage Band & iMovie bundled, which are far neater toys because they allow you to create things.

Anger is a difficult one. Anger is usually a signal that somebody somewhere is violating our standards. It's a sign that something is wrong. Fixing it is usually the right next step, fixing it or at least saying to somebody else "hey! you're violating my standards here!" Anger about something you can't change... ugh. Find a way to change it anyway? A way to get away from it?

Or maybe just note this: The past is past. Can't be changed. Resolve not to make the same mistakes twice and walk on.

[seldomifever]

I had a moment once, years ago now, when I realized that the way to get over things that happened in the past is to just decide to get the fuck over them. And then you are over them. Once you know it's possible, it happens. Knowing it's possible is the hard part. This is one kind of epiphany. Jobs had another. But this is a meta-lesson. If you know this kind of change is possible in one area, you know it's possible in another. For instance, one day you can say, "Fuck this being unable to walk up a single flight of stairs without getting out of breath nonsense. I'm going to do what it takes to get in shape." Then it happens.

QED. The next move is mine. (The next move is always yours. This is one of the great secrets of life.)

Tune in next week for more exciting navel-gazing!

<3!

[antennapedia]

I love gazing at my own navel. Other people's navels? Meh. Mine? Most awesome navel ever.