Time and Money
“You either have time or money” is a favorite saying of my friend Shannon and I. “Is this the hill you want to die on?” is another, but that is a post for another time. The time and money statement basically shows that at different points in your life you value your time or you value your money more. Normally it is a life cycle kind of thing, when you are first starting out on your own you don’t have a lot of money so you invest your time into things to save money. As you get older and your purchasing power parity increases you spend a little extra money to save yourself some time. Read more »
Posted: November 10th, 2008 under Time Management.
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The Magnetic Attraction of an Empty Table
Yesterday I mentioned that I needed to break the habit of putting things on the dining room table, or any flat space really. It has been true in my life that any flat open space will become cluttered within the week. I thought it was just the nature of flat open spaces, but I realize know how ridiculous that is. The clutter must be placed on the table by someone, it doesn’t magically appear. There is some kind of habit going on where I move something from one flat surface to another flat surface, only days later to move it either to the trash or to a permanent solution. Can you see the wasted effort here? Read more »
Posted: November 7th, 2008 under Improvement.
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Continuing War on Clutter II
So my dad and stepmom are coming in town this weekend to visit. That means I need to knuckle down and get rid of some of that nagging clutter around the house. Between the cruise, teaching, and our normal evening activities, the month of October was pretty much a wash when it came to cleaning up the clutter. On the plus side, I didn’t gain any significant clutter. Read more »
Posted: November 6th, 2008 under Time Management.
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Trip to the Mall
The other day, I took the kids to the mall so they could play in its play area. They love climbing on the different things there and I enjoy just sitting and watching them play. It is a typical mall play area with a small building with a tiny slide on it and five different shaped fiberglass things the kids climb in, on, and over. It used to have a lot of kids books there and Hope would occasionally bring one over for me to read to her, but they’ve gotten rid of them. I like to think that it is because the books became too damaged, but they were probably removed because few people used them. Read more »
Posted: November 5th, 2008 under Family.
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Just Listen
So around six months back I joined a writers group here in town. I’d been to a few others but I was always the youngest person there by a large margin and didn’t quite feel like I connected with them. What I really wanted was a group that would keep me excited and motivated about writing. So a friend of mine came across my current group on Meetup.com and I clicked with them. They seemed excited about my novel and wanted to critique it for me, if I wanted. The process has been great and the suggestions they give me are always excellent. What is interesting is that I realized for the first time in quite a few years, I’m making new friends from scratch. Read more »
Posted: November 4th, 2008 under Friends.
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