I’m looking at a bright and shiny Sunday April 21 morning. It is -2℃ outside and 7.3℃ in the greenhouse. My head feels pretty clear. I’m tackling the day before it’s gets messed up with useless crap from scrolling. I have already wasted time on Youtube watching to see who is the love of Brad Pitt’s life. It was a trap. It never said, just went on and on with the parade of women.
I am often lured by such tricks. Such is my curiosity about such things. I’m finally asking myself the question WHY? Why do I have to get to the bottom of things? What is the payoff? So what if I know the answer? I’m finally wise enough to know that mostly it doesn’t matter a squat. Knowing will not enhance my life. And sometimes/most of the time, there are no bottoms to get to. Quit wasting my time. It’s better to live my life instead of wondering about other people’s.
Yesterday, I started the arduous task of tending to this one life that I have. There’s so much of it tied up in paper. I have been gathering and shovelling them into my file cabinet. Others I have just left on my desk, gathering dust. A recent death of a colleague/friend touched my heart and mind, reminding me that life is a business that I must look after. Though afraid, I opened the cabinet door and envelopes and looked within. After an hour, I was left exhausted and with a headache. More to do today and the day after and after. Feeling not quite so afraid.
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Life is a business that must be looked after. Absolutely! And sometimes, there are moments when it seems like that’s all it is. Thank goodness we also get moments of joy. I’m sorry for your loss, Lily.
Life truly is serious business. Thank you for reminding me about that.I need to declutter the wardrobes.
Brad Pitt, huh. My “traps” are reels that pretend to be recipes. Instead, all you see is someone pouring dough into a mold or biting into a cookie.
Yes, please look after your life and make it pleasurable.
I learned never to open a story that says click here for more. It’s a trap and it’s usually not even the same story they originally wrote about! As for cleaning out papers, I feel you. I start in a small area and work just that spot until everything is either filed or tossed. I’m doing good at tossing lately, have too much stuff that is nothing. Stay away from the traps!
Lily, you are so right about traps. In a slightly different form, I get attached to the characters and outcomes of some excellent drama series, especially British ones. I really want to see how it comes out! Big time waster for me. About the papers: I have numerous files and boxes of papers from life and from my late husband’s business. Have to go through it all! But it’s about 1/6 or less of what it was. We just need to keep chunking along. Thanks for raising the subject!
Hey Kebba, I found an article written by you from 2014 on Upbeat Living: Biggest Secrets of the Rude and Nasty. I had printed it out and was in my file cabinet under health. I think I was having trouble with my neighbour – again.