Weather.com says the current Anchorage, Alaska temp is (4AM) 19 degrees, but the official “feels like” temp is 12 degrees.
Hope your day is full of warmth, no matter the outside temperature. Carpe diem.
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Tag: Mid Life
Moose on the Loose?
Alaskan Moose on the Loose?
Had just pulled away from taking a photo at the Anchorage International Airport, when traffic started to slow and then stop. Here’s what happened.
My reaction is actually kinda funny – typical of a person who lives in a land surrounded by sunshine, Disney and palm trees:
Blank Sheet of Paper
This can be scary, a blank sheet of paper. Not as scary as last night’s traditional “ghost and goblin” Halloween traditions. But scary nonetheless.
In today’s world, it’s more like a white (blank) page on a blog.
The pressure of the clock. The fifth of five daily blogs. The thought of writing something just to write to fill up the space.
Scary?
Yes, and sometimes, necessary. Carpe diem.
Why Isn’t jeff noel Funnier?
Why? Because becoming hysterically funny (in addition to being uncommonly insightful and off the hook fast), would only lead to fame and fortune. While this would appear, to most people, to be a good thing, it’s actually a catch-22.
Jimmy Buffett, in one of his clever songs, sings, “I don’t want the fame that brings confusion. Where people recognize you on a plane“.
Tiger Woods responded this way when I asked him last year, “Do you ever get tired of being famous”? – “Since day one”, he answered, matter-of-factly.
But the other day, a seed was planted fertilized when a Google Alert for “Mid Life” led me to this funny blog by Tia – Clever Girl Gone Blog.
Just Sunday, at a meeting, I mentioned that my blog posts (1,300–ish in six months) aren’t particularly funny, even though in real life, I am. Inspiring? Fairly. Funny? Not so much. I’ll work on it as time permits. Ok?
Meanwhile, just wanted to say thanks for following. Carpe diem.
jeff noel Burning The Candle?
jeff noel Burning The Candle?
A friend recently asked, “So how has writing five daily blogs affected you. What have you given up”?
I’ve given up:
- Watching TV
- Walking our Dog
- Yard word, particularly our perennial gardens
- Reading the (online) Orlando Sentinel, CNN, etc
- Spending time with Family
- Cut back on exercise (believe it or not)
- Cut back on sleep (yawn)
- And a few other things
It struck me later that night, while reflecting on his question and the answers. Cutting back on work, or anything remotely related to cutting back on work, wasn’t mentioned.
I am addicted to work. Many people are and simply don’t know it because they associate with others who are the same.
Nevertheless, I’m driven to create something bigger than myself, to help raise money until a cure is found for Crohns disease. What are you sacrificing? What are you sacrificing it for?