Alright, I’m coming around to doing the hard thing.
I think I need to stop playing Slay the Spire for a few weeks. I think I need to avoid games outside of Minecraft for a few weeks. No starting the new. Finish what I need to do and lock in on what really matters in terms of moving forward. Crafting is a pleasant enough respite. Maybe a little bit of Mario with the fam, but mostly I want to keep my focus on what is ahead of me. What’s ahead of me right now is…
Some Thoughts:
- Bonkers Headline of the Day: “Trump shares a racist video that depicts the Obamas as primates” Yeah, of course he did. I’m certain his supporters will say the man was just making a silly joke and we all take things too seriously, but that’s just what people say when they want the racist thing to be okay. They want the racist thing to be okay. Remember the ‘good old days’ of America where you could say stuff like that and it wasn’t a problem? America was GREAT then. We need to Make America Great Again… Dang, the whole thing is so obvious that it is hardly worth breaking down. The worst part is, I think everyone knows it and simply chooses to avoid discussion because, why discuss?
- I’m learning that in order to have friendships, you need to work at it on your end as well. I legitimately don’t have any real work friends. I’ve been fading at the social end of the job spectrum for a decade, but now I am not even a ghost. Not sure I’m totally okay with that, but I feel mostly okay with that. My focus on the students hasn’t faded at all, which is the most important part to me. That being said, one of the things I’ve long brought to the table was establishing a sense of community amongst my peers. That is probably what I’ve been best at over the course of my life. Yet, whenever I do establish a community–a really good community–that beasts tends to grow without me and away from me. This is the cycle of things in my 50+ years of existence. I’m a fringe guy. Not a core guy. Yet I help build that core.
- It is cool how reading a passage or hearing a term can totally refresh the dedication to a concept or at least give it some new life. I have this ten book series in my mind, and it is based on these principles (commandments). I just learned a new one today and it felt like blood moving through old veins. One day in the next five years I’ll go write that stuff. Once I clear off my old plate of food…