Category: Daily Life

The ugly of this world came to speak with me

It extolled a hefty price and derailed my plans for the end of 2024

Ah! Nothing begins a Monday quite like fraudulent charges and canceling the credit card with the number you really liked that happened to have every subscription and recurring charges attached to it. This will be a good way to cancel some unnecessary subscriptions.

Held a conversation with a non-English speaking new friend. My español is terrible but getting better thanks to Duolingo and trying to have real conversations. Sometimes, you have to put yourself out there to grow.

Of course I’m on my computer updating websites.

Anderson Pens was one of my go-to shops for fountain pens and supplies.

There is definitely a skunk living in our yard

Gave everything

Just sent my callsign and the entire alphabet and ten digits without having to look a my cheatsheet! I’m finally getting 15 words per minute Morse code.

But I’ve got no one to scream to

The dream: I’m prepared and can feed my family for two weeks or months without leaving the house

The reality: I’m skipping lunch because there is no sliced sandwich meat, no jelly, no peanut butter, and my bread is in the form of expired bread flour and dead yeast

Ps. But I do have candy bars since we had zero trick or treaters

Frankly it has been a wild ride. I never expected to make it this long. I’m at a crossroads. I am not beginning a new chapter in my life but beginning a complete new volume. Many blank pages to fill.

They say “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.”

If feel like that is missing a second part. Something like “and you will never be fat because you’ll never have money for food.”

The psyche of the Internet knows me better than my therapists.

For years I’ve said, “Money is a tool. Time is a commodity.” Yet I continue to trade time for money without putting my money to work to get more time. This working for a living really steals time away from the things I want to be doing.