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Deconstructed Chickens

5/16/2022

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PicturePhoto by Saikiran Kesari on Unsplash
One of my favorite phrases is "I'm running around like a chicken with its head cut off." Which essentially means I'm too busy to think, only react. Of course, if you follow that simile through to the end, it means eventually the chicken stops running and falls over dead.

So in the interest of NOT coming to the chicken's end, I want to make some resolutions. Yes, it's not New Year's - or my birthday - or any other day of special significance. But when I find myself nodding off to sleep over my computer every night and waking up in the morning only to open up my computer first thing... when I find my to-do list is longer than my arm and that I never even get to half the items... when I can't remember the last time I didn't rush eating lunch while standing next to my chair (or just skipped the meal because I didn't have time to eat)... well, I don't know anyone who would say that's a healthy or balanced lifestyle.

Okay, I digress. Resolution time.

Since my Canada move is around the corner, I resolve to spend more time having fun - which means hanging out with my friends here. To really enjoy their company and max out the potential time I can spend with them. Even though we'll stay in touch via Zoom chats and the like, I'm going to make the most of however long I'm still in Connecticut.

Also, I resolve to be useless for several moments each day. What I mean by this is to take some time for myself. Not time spent working at my job or hanging out with the kids, not time spent scrolling or talking on my phone, not time spent washing dishes or picking up toys or anything else that could be considered USEFUL. Nope, I will take a few moments - maybe 5 minutes, maybe a quarter of an hour - doing something that I want to do, rather than something I need to do. Such as read a chapter of a book that's not for work. Crochet an afghan square. Fold an origami dragon. Whatever it is, it will be something completely unrelated to work or family or home or anything like that.

Last, I resolve to be comfortable losing my head. Sometimes you just need to fall over (hopefully NOT dead) and get some rest. Let all that frenetic energy die down and go to sleep at a reasonable hour (for me, that would be before midnight). If you don't let yourself recharge, then you'll burn out your battery permanently.

Those three things seem doable, don't they? Friends, fun, and forty winks (sorry, had to get the alliteration in).

What are YOUR mid-year resolutions?

9 Comments
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10/1/2022 11:42:10 am

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'Dream your dreams about what YOU
want to do in Heaven; dare to ask for
the impossible and all the gifts YOU
have ever wanted from Me. Expect Me
to hear YOU and fulfill your every desire'
-Jesus •(from 'Lui et Moi' [He and I] by
Gabrielle Bossi, translated)•

NOTE: we ALL have sin/freedom on
earth, yet Rules exist to be Raptured.
Follow us to the Wedding Feast...

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10/1/2022 11:43:31 am

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fallible, finite façade:

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-the sub/dude, the O!Wah!Hooo!
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Gonna?
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1/27/2023 03:48:53 pm

Yay. You kept it.
Wonder whhhy??
Lemme tella youse
summorrr without
d'Noo Joisey axent:

I'll VitSee you Upstairs, dear, where we'll RITE oemnillions-O-novels... if you 1. love Jesus; 2. love thy neighbor; 3. pray for 'em as I do you.

Q: wanna live in the Great Beyond and RITE atrocious-roller-derby/røkket-füel-wurdz-4-God, Civilization's Psychoanalyst??

A: trust-N-jesus!!! Thus, we won't have any trouble stickin' our Bore E. Alice in craZZy 7thHeaven (and other, pricelessXplosiveXponentials,
ya gorgeous, wild flower you).

sHe's also an eternity of paper/pens +
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Time's totally irrelevant'n 7thHeaven =
Wot'dyagot if you turn 8 on her side??
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Love ya...
Cya soon...
be@peace...
-Sto'Bot

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10/10/2023 12:23:21 pm

'If you die
before you die,
when you die,
you will never die'
-Jesus
● en.gravatar.com/MatteBlk ●
Cya soon, miss gorgeous...

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