December 2011
12 posts
Dear Millionaires, if you don’t have a bookshelf...
I like the clarity of To-Do lists
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Because I need the pretense of organization to conceal the complete mess that is my life. It’s so simple to just write everything down, to structure a concrete plan with each hastily scribbled phrase. Succinct and unavoidable, these lists give me a lulling comfort even if that ease turns out to be unfounded. And so, my desk and walls are plastered with pieces of paper, blending...
I Baked!
…and it’s only 7:40. I’m starting to remember what it felt like to be a functioning individual outside of the work day and family obligations. This is good.
I did a lot of reading today, too, although that was not as outside-the-work-day as it should have been. I read some Hitchens and I read about a book vending machine in Hayward. The reading gave my brain a much-needed...
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work project
Adena is having us start research projects at work, which is actually kinda perfect for me. In fact, I wish she had asked me to do this a month ago, because I could really have used this kind of time and structure to get my thinking straight about grad school.
Anyway, step one is to go through my old Tumblr posts and notebooks and look for ideas I’ve had about research and about learning....
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On Following Through
Holy crap. I was just rooting through my Tumblr posts and found this un-published gem from May 8th, 2010 7:08pm.
Good advice, past me.
For Mother’s Day, my mom asked me to tidy the residual stuff I’ve left in her house. After sleeping in and watching a few too many episodes of Jerseylicious (I know; I have a problem.), I hoisted myself off the couch and started to take...
