Tag: Time

The thing about everything, home

Woody from Toy Story graphic
We waited and waited. And waited some more. Eight years of waiting. Never saw an invisible disability coming.

The thing about everything is that everything takes longer than you plan.

Noteworthy, there’s an exception to nearly every rule.

Exceptions are rare.

We planned on having kids.

We started later than many, but thought that within a year of ‘starting to try’, we’d be parents.

We waited to ‘start trying’ until we moved into our second house, the one we have lived in for 35 years and counting.

We never planned on being married for 17 years before becoming parents. It took eight years (from ‘starting to try’), not one, to be blessed with our son.

So yes, nearly everything takes longer than planned.

My advice to myself, plan accordingly.

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Time, home

three men at a Mountain Lake
A picture is worth a thousand words. A dozen annual pictures of the same people at the same place, year after year…time well spent.

A picture is worth a thousand words. A dozen annual pictures (at Lake McDonald’s south shore, looking North at the Continental Divide) of the same people at the same place, year after year…time well spent.

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Toxic is deadly

Final photo last night. Taken as a backup to the tube of ant ‘poison’. Family knows the visible tube is a warning to be careful. The toxic gel is clear. Even with the bait tube as a marker, it’s difficult to know exactly where it is. Hence this photo.

Toxic is deadly.

Hard stop.

Note: Most people never notice.

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Clock or compass?

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Trying to finish today’s posts. Top pink banner message: just now a new error message is entering the mix.
woman making sandwiches in mountain setting
My photo library is full of reminders. Reminders about how lucky i am. Photo: A few years ago, making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before an (another) epic hike.

Haven’t worn a watch since 1995.

Stopped wearing one (30 years ago) to remind me daily that where i’m going is more important than how fast i’m getting there.

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Priorities and Calendar gymnastics

Facebook post screenshot
Wow, roughly nine years ago in 2016.
empty Facebook friends list
Creative decision to not yet delete my Facebook account. Instead, i deleted (unfriended, but i like deleted better) all 27 Friends, all linked posts, and all comments on the posts remaining. These 27 people…we can text and call each other anytime. We’re family and a few lifetime friends from hometown and college. No Disney colleagues in this account, btw.

Calendar gymnastics is the phrase that inspired today’s posts.

i prefer prioritization gymnastics.

Since our priorities drive what’s on our calendar, it feels synonymous.

Perhaps calendar gymnastics’ original definition is “balancing and flexing all the stuff we want to do with all the stuff other’s want us to do”.

To me, the best way to do that is to be crystal clear on your prioritized priorities.

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