The Unclutterer blog tackles a tiresome task -- keeping papers organized -- with some good advice, including the following:
Organizer Janine Adams wrote on her Peace of Mind Organizing Blog about a women who got through 12 years of accumulated papers by working on them for 15 to 30 minutes a day. It's often easier to tackle a dreaded task if you know you only have to do it for a short period of time. [minor format edits]This is a multi-pronged approach and it could easily be applied to similar chores. The advice about having good tools is also worthwhile. (My wonky shredder comes to mind.)
Weekend Reading
"Inauthenticity is a game that takes too much work, and ultimately it can be destructive." -- Michael Hurd, in "ASK For What You Want" at The Delaware Wave
"There are indeed certain occasions when lling] the truth doesn't matter as much as physical safety or privacy." -- Michael Hurd, in "Kids: The Great Loophole Finders" at The Delaware Coast Press
My Two Cents
As a parent, I always appreciate it when Michael Hurd covers topics related to raising children, as he does in his second piece above. In this case, I am glad to see that I have been on the right track regarding how I handle questions that are not age-appropriate.
Robin Williams, RIP
I was saddened by the news that Robin Williams took his own life last week.
I'll memorialize him with the benevolent and very funny video above, although I must mention that I enjoyed his more serious acting work even more. I particularly liked his portrayal of Oliver Sacks, a neurologist, in Awakenings, for example.
Ironically, I learned of the video only recently due to followers of a certain religion -- take a guess -- being so thin-skinned as to threaten him over it.
-- CAV
Yo, Gus, you write, "I'll memorialize him with the benevolent and very funny video above, although I must mention that I enjoyed his more serious acting work even more." I actually didn't care as much for his serious acting, probably starting with The World According to Garp (I am very much not a fan of John Irving), though I do make an exception for Awakenings. (Or, to praise him with faint damnation, as it were, he was the least insufferable thing in August Rush.) I liked him best as a stand-up comic, like the famous performance he gave at the Met.
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ReplyDeleteI look forward to viewing the video later on, as past experience tells me it will bolster your case.
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Yo, Gus, you write: "I look forward to viewing the video later on, as past experience tells me it will bolster your case." Well, I wouldn't be surprised if you find it less amusing than I did. It's a matter of taste. Also, I should warn you that the act's definitely not safe for work! (Especially after the half-way mark.) An amusing note: I saw it back in the mid-90s, I think, and laughed all the way through. I started watching it again a couple of hours ago and even though I didn't remember him telling all those jokes, I remembered most of the jokes. (Also: The political humor is pretty dated and comes from quite a bit to my left, yet I still laughed all the way through it.) Let me put it this way: I generally don't find drug humor very funny, but that's much of the first quarter of the act and it's hilarious.
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