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thoughts on 04/08/13
+ I'm pleased with what I've done on my site so far
+ Meg is walking much better!
+ greenhouse is getting awesome again, and it's warm enough out to put some things on the porch
- I'm worried (often) about what happens if/when my job goes away. I'm not anywhere near confident of getting another one yet, and all my attempts to be happy with what I ( Read more... ) -
brain dump: patterns
There's this idea rattling around in my head about breaking out of patterns. I want to have it all sorted out into a brilliant essay before posting, but if I go for that I'll never say anything at all. I'm never sure which direction I want to go with describing it, or how to make it clear how profound this little idea is for me...so I'm just going ( Read more... ) -
in the "we pulled that fact out of our asses" department
There's a car commercial which claims a person has 3,000 thoughts a day. If they'd said "hour" I still wouldn't believe it's that low, but at least it would be *approaching* something reasonable. Even if you discount any thoughts you have while sleeping, and also count only active thoughts which arrive in your head as full sentences and ignore the ( Read more... ) -
not directed at anyone in particular, just something I've needed to say for awhile
a) I do not know whether I'm going to [party/con/event] in advance. Really, I just don't. I've tried to arrange things so I can make such decisions at the latest possible minute, because making them earlier doesn't actually help. Once I'm in the car, I will *probably* get there, but even at that point I don't promise to make it. So, I don't know. A ( Read more... ) -
all or nothing
I'm not saying anything new if I point out that all-or-nothing thinking is what eventually kills most diets (and causes other problem too, but diet is my focus here). Weight Watchers knows this, and they put a lot of energy into telling people it's OK to not be perfect - that going off-plan doesn't mean you have to stay off-plan and you can get ( Read more... ) -
adventure guidelines
I don't expect people to memorize this, even if they do plan to adventure with me, but it's useful for me to think out what helps and what doesn't and it might be useful to some of you as well. These things do not apply to every time you spend time with me, but to things I'm doing to push my boundaries and for which you've explicitly signed up to ( Read more... ) -
Something is better than nothing
I've known that on some level for a few years, but recently a friend of mine introduced the concept to me in those words, with examples from her own life, and it's sort of become a mantra. There's a perfectionist in me that doesn't want to do things if they're going to be incomplete/not done "right"/whatever. I blame Yoda. And Dad ( Read more... )
