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Strange how that worked out. I made it to almost 14:00, erring up to an half hour either way. Which is exceptional. So late in terms of my day, I can't recall. Waking right at 19:00 isn't ideal though. I'll nap to balance it all a bit in a while. I am hoping to be able to work shortly. While waking was impossible to avoid, I couldn't work right off.
Dishes, getting that going, is my first goal. Transporting boxes into stacks, and putting mail into the shredder... collecting it first. It would be good to clear a surface every few days. The problem with opening surfaces is that they become collection points. I'd love to think I can change the future, but... that... isn't as easy as it sounds.
Speaking of that, have you ever truly tried to change your behavior? Whether it is something odd, like not allowing items to collect on open surfaces, or quitting something. The latter I know is possible, but not in a vacuum. I couldn't quit tobacco until my mom did. Or, I could but would fail when visiting. I quit four times.
As for alcohol, that slowly stopped being used. Has that been two or three years now? I have a bottle of vodka from my last run. A two liter of mid-grade, unopened. I wonder if it has a shelf-life? I have thought about it, from time to time, as with tobacco. The want slowly gets weaker, fading with time. They say it was good to quit, for health. My real reason was because of squirrely behavior with alcohol, and a useless addiction regarding tobacco.
As to other behaviors? I keep trying to add cleaning and neatness or organization routines in, but I simply haven't found a way. With my days and nights, and capacity on any given day, in chaotic flux, regularity isn't possible. Just working eight to twelve hours a week crushes me. Sometimes I can't see the world around me. Still... What does work is going to salads, using disposable plates, reducing (I am hoping) access to as many dishes, pots, and pans... putting many of them away in boxes initially... will help.
Some things I can't change, within a paradigm. Figuring out a new way of doing things, whole cloth, on the fly, untried... not possibly known even... is tricky. It is reverse engineering an idea, or whole stack of them, into practical applications. It's possible, I am doing, trying. But it's a potent trick for a walking dead man. I don't think I am all dead yet. Might as well try it. What do I have to lose?
Later.
"Speaking of that, have you ever truly tried to change your behavior?"
ReplyDeleteThought about this for a bit. My behavior has personally suited me so far for decades and, for the most part, I've found little reason for change. Try and live healthier? I've been an invalid for one reason or another since birth, so pain and discomfort have been familiar hands on my shoulders for all my life. I have been working to keep myself better hydrated, and modify my diet here and there, but that's been it. At my age it's easier to concentrate on small adjustments rather than try to make enormous changes.
My collecting hobby was previously crushed by constant moving. Well, and amazon didn't exist, or shipping was ruinously expensive then, so shopping in my condition was limited to driving and dealing with crowds. A general no-go most of the time, as you would probably know, understand, if you were solo.
ReplyDeleteI think this is the longest I have lived in one place, ever, and by double or more. Iowa City was a few years shy in total length, but I lived in three places. One of those being my second longest residences, another the third longest.
Change? Perhaps more trying to figure out a new whole cloth paradigm, ill as you... at least. Without a wife. And with other changes I haven't had available ever... amazon and free shipping. Taxes are beginning to bite into that, though. Yea.
So, you never got into drink, tobacco, or worse? All good if so. Perhaps your health wouldn't allow for it, and you knew it when most are susceptible? Or... you prefer your habits... hobbies?
Okay, I must qualify my earlier statements. Besides food I have a fondness for fine cigars. But, seeing as how I can seldom afford them, the situation evens out.
ReplyDeleteMy collecting has also suffered due to moving. Returning to Texas has resulted in four broken glass domes as well as several missing books and pieces from my assortment of miniature lighthouses.
My collection pieces, in my favor (imho), are functional in nature. From leather working, tarp repair, and cordage of small to large and from waxed to 550 (and higher strength) para to climbing and bull ropes, then on to camping gear and various water treatment options for home or away. I even have a pressure cooker for hard camp foods and higher elevations (up to a point). So... there is that. :p
ReplyDeleteI do have books, but mostly either true classics or science, mathematics, or languages. Actually, I am curous about something. Do you have books in print? I don't think I remember finding them, if I went kindle so don't know if I actually looked. Preferably a series. Oh, the few delicate baubles I have are scientific or religious.
Not... judging, if it might sound so. If supporting my opinion? Anywho...
Oh, I tried cigars. But they just turn me back onto more affordable versions. A mere $25 in snuff satisfied my addiction per month. It wasn't about the money. Pipe was worse, and I swear, pipe damages the brain... temporarily while using. The only tobacco to really do that. I almost wondered if they didn't have illegal substances in it.
ReplyDeleteAs of now I have 16 books in print, and am currently working on #17 and #18. Mostly fluffy adventures. My author site on Amazon is:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.amazon.com/Michael-Wolff/e/B08141HCMV/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1