"Instant Transfer"

...Why do "instant transfer" events take three to five business days to post to the accounts? If the money is "gone" immediately, should not you also be credited for making the payment? I'm just sayin'.

Gag Then Cry For This World?

Turned on the TV tonight and what did I see, but a nationally broadcast beauty pageant. Judging categories include fancy clothes (evening gowns/special collections), minimal clothes (swimsuits) and a single question answered. The commentary during the first five minutes was so awful i couldn't leave it on to give it a chance. I really couldn't!  I know these people have to be more than just pretty beings and I want to know those aspects and stories (I did manage to hear that one woman is applying to med school. WOOT!). I just can't handle the whole dumbed-down, demeaning approach taken for this whole event or that it even still exists. Congratulations, ladies, someone thinks you're pretty. What else do you have going for you and what else are you going to do with your lives? Do you have to use your beauty to get people to listen? Will they even listen?

Thankfully I have plenty of reading, writing, housekeeping, and sleeping to do. I would be really bummed if all I had tonight to pass the time were that awful television program.

Thriving on Thursday

I'm still working on building into the schedule set times to read and write "good" stuff. This particular blog is for the impulse-driven desire to write, but i'm finding that a little more discipline and determination with my other one is leading to more frequent, higher-quality posts and interactions. As I reflect on the wackiness of Wednesday just past, I'm so happy to feel a bit more "centered" today: that anxious edge is gone and while i still have much to accomplish, I feel more ready today to DO some of it. De-cluttering both physical AND mental space is essential to that end! Last week I gave pause to a memory from grade school and the satisfaction the structured activity time provided: Each Friday afternoon, our teachers would give us a few minutes to  reorganize our desks. I didn't realize then how important that really would be as an adult to honor that process on a regular basis at work! I am heretoforward declaring Fridays to be "fix-it, finish it and file it" day. That will enable me to delude myself into some semblance of recurring temporary closure to end the work week and begin the next. Thanks for stopping by. For a good read on effective ways to manage time, space, and information, check out Getting Things Done by David Allen. Every so often i need to review it and always find it helpful. ~pma

I Endeavor...

...not to anger when I feel I am undervalued. I will remember that none of us can afford what everything or everyone is worth.

...not to laugh maniacally, "I tried to tell you!" when logical consequences come to pass. I must remember that not only do I not know everything, some people would not receive it even if I did.

...to be grateful for everything, including life's annoyances, because they add to the rich complexity of experience.

Tuesday/Thursday

Usually Tuesday is my "meeting day" but this week, Thursday is extra-booked. If you're curious and in Ithaca, NY tomorrow, come join us for a Toastmasters "demo" meeting at noon and/or the Area 10 Speech Contests (Tall Tales and International) at 7. Email me for details. See you at noon, 7pm, and round the clock on the web.

Nap Time

I hated nap time in Kindergarten. Even then, my mind was racing and I had too many more important things to do than sleep. I learned to be quiet for the other kids because they needed more rest. Problem is, now that I'm a big kid, I have even more important things to do, and I'm getting even less sleep! Sometimes I power-nap on the ride home (because I ride a bus, remember--can't afford to drive) but when i finally get home, there's this weird paradox of tired and wired happening--I'm not feeling rested, yet i can't seem to stay asleep at night, either. It would be great if i were accomplishing all kinds of great things, but sometimes I sit and do nothing, right in the middle of all of the things calling for my attention.  I fall asleep during the news, then wake up a few minutes later. I try again, usually waking within about an hour and a half. Total time between "down for the night" and "up for the day" is under six hours, and that's counting all the waking interruptions as "sleep." MAN, I'm TIRED. Is it nap time yet?

Twisted

Where were all the sweet guys in my 20s when i actually wanted a date? I don't understand why after I made my peace with being single and got too busy with volunteerism and independent learning in my 30s to even be interested they seem to be multiplying.