“Love comes quickly and whatever you do you can’t stop falling”
— Pet Shop Boys.
Category: thought
Line selfie. Seeing New Order and Pet Shop Boys.
Sometimes tempted to just let my typos create a whole new language.
Day 1 of How To Break Up With Your Phone is to keep track of your usage. I’m doing this by putting the Screen Time widget on my Home Screen.
Having my first Pumpkin Spice Latte of the season on my birthday is a long birthday tradition for me.
This year, in keeping with my goals, is the fist time ordering it with soy milk and no whip. Better for me, the planet, and still tastes great!
55
You know when you are a little kid and you hear someone say they are 55 and that just seems so, old? Well, now that I’m here I realize just how silly that is. The truth of the matter is that at 55 I feel like I’m in the best shape of my life — both physically and mentally. I often quip that I’m not getting older, I’m getting better. And I really do believe that.
This year, I’m treating my birthday like a new year. I’ve come up with a few personal projects; things I plan to start today (above). I’ll revisit this list often. Check things off at 56 if completed. Consider their value via the results.
Other than that, I have no more wisdom to pass along other than that I try to practice every day: Kindness, compassion, and love — beginning with yourself.
You are too.
Sometimes, the universe puts a pebble in your shoe. Something or someone who is just annoying enough to make you stop, remove your shoe, and consider a less rocky path.
My favorite flower – Annie Mueller
I study what I love because it helps me love it more. But studying is not loving. Memorizing is not knowing.
To know a living thing, you have to forget everything you’ve learned about it.
I believe that the best way to complain is to do something, to make something. This is what I am doing. This is what I made.