The key is organizing our auto-response

St Mary Lake in Glacier National Park
Photo: Glacier National Park Facebook page; St Mary Lake.

 

Just a friendly reminder that i experience the full range of emotions that everyone else feels. My writing can easily be interpreted as being without the pain and frustration brought on by living in a challenging world.

The key is organizing our auto-response to daily challenges, pressures, and disappointments.

There is only one response to the inevitable, this.

 

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The last day we fight to stay organized is

Remy at Epcot
Remy, “Anyone can cook”. Me, “Anyone can be organized”.

 

The last day we fight to stay organized is the most organized we will ever be for the rest of our lives.

As organized as i am, i’m on another push to thin my personal belongings, let go of things i may need someday, and rid myself of things that need protecting.

If our home was on fire what would we grab?

Everything is replaceable.

This is a hard lesson – to live as though we believe it.

Wow, that felt really good to write that.

 

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i do not miss traveling for business

Text message screen shot
Yesterday, it took nine hours from our home door to the hotel door.

 

It’s challenging to be decently organized in today’s crazy busy world.

Last night a text excerpt , bottom right, to my wife Cheryl:

I do not miss traveling.

A simple trip to Indiana took nine hours door to door.

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Why aren’t we crystal clear with ourselves about this?

Disney University Lobby
Photo from earlier this week. A lifetime here is a heavy influence in how i think. In 1982, i worked on the second floor every Friday in Cast Activities.

 

It was weird in hindsight.

We talked at length yesterday about how powerful culture is. Everyone knows it’s critically important.

Yet like health, we don’t do much about it (today).

It’s something we save for when we have time.

The harsh reality is we never have time.

We aren’t organized enough to be crystal clear about our priorities.

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Ten left

Floating in a pool raft near Disney World
Our pool a few mornings ago. The epitome of retirement living?

 

We are all weird. What with our idiosyncrasies. Some of which we are proud of. Others we feel a slave to.

In 2008, at 49, with a 50th birthday more than half a year away, i envisioned a 10-year plan to commence on my 50th birthday: five more years at Disney (for a total of 30), and five years to put a dent in the Universe.

No male on my dad’s side has made it past 60.

This morning i caught myself feeling like i am taking for granted the 3.6 years remaining (until 60).

Important note: Jack Noel lived to be 67. Early onset, rapid-progression Alzheimer’s Disease stole his cognitive abilities by the time he was 60.

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