This is a good time to get things going.\u00a0 The puppet masters are loosening the strings for a while.\u00a0 The puppets are exhausted.\u00a0 Probably even the FBI and Google are tired of spying on normal people and want a few weeks to have a barbecue and reconnect with their pod families.\u00a0 Everyone wants a breather.\u00a0 Even DOTUS* probably needs to be hung in a damp darkened closet and allowed to absorb more mold spores before he goes on simulating intelligent life.<\/p>\n
And we need to do the same.\u00a0 Go out and enjoy your life and enjoy the season and revel in having friends and family that you can at least see and hold.\u00a0 Hug that grandchild and slap the back of your brother or nephew.\u00a0 Play a game of baseball catch.\u00a0 Have a barbecue and eat way too much, really bad food.\u00a0 Do all those things.\u00a0 You deserve it.<\/p>\n
But do one more thing.\u00a0 Remember that all this will happen again.\u00a0 These people control you and they will disrupt your life again because it gives them the control they need to make things go in the direction that benefits them.\u00a0 And because this is just a breather, remember to use it to make the changes that will make you less vulnerable to the next crisis.<\/p>\n
Maybe it\u2019s changing jobs to escape a dead-end situation because equity now means no more advancement for you based on the color of your skin.\u00a0 Or maybe it\u2019s moving to a freer state or country because you are tired of being told that you are an aggressor because your ancestors weren\u2019t the right shade.\u00a0 Or maybe it\u2019s time to change careers because there\u2019s no better time than now to make the leap.\u00a0 Or maybe it\u2019s just time to take stock of your life and decide what personal changes you want or need to make to flourish.\u00a0 Maybe lose some weight and get in shape.\u00a0 Take up a sport with some friends.\u00a0 Dump some bad habits.\u00a0 Dump some bad friends or even relatives that make your life a misery.\u00a0 Maybe rethink your philosophy on life or even think about God.<\/p>\n
Now, don\u2019t get me wrong.\u00a0 \u201cRome wasn\u2019t built in a day.\u201d\u00a0 But the other side of that coin is, \u201cA journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.\u201d\u00a0 So, make a start.\u00a0 Sit down, take stock and decide what are the highest priorities on your personal to-do list and figure out how to make step one on that item, your highest priority.\u00a0 Then do it.\u00a0 Then figure out steps two through two hundred and figure out a system to make it happen.\u00a0 Sure, you might find that the devil is in the details and you\u2019ll have to change the final goal.\u00a0 That\u2019s just reality.\u00a0 If you find yourself spending time figuring out hard problems, that means you\u2019re making progress.\u00a0 Important things are usually complicated and difficult.\u00a0 But you\u2019re doing the work.\u00a0 Bravo.\u00a0 The trick is to steal a little time every day to accomplish something on the project.\u00a0 Make it happen.\u00a0 Don\u2019t dither, don\u2019t put it off for another time.\u00a0 There may not be another time.\u00a0 Think about your life as a finite pile of sand and don\u2019t use it up without doing what you think is your destiny.\u00a0 Even if you fail, the effort is your will made manifest.\u00a0 It\u2019s your challenge shouted out to the sky.\u00a0 A bang instead of a whimper.<\/p>\n
And my saying that today was what I wanted to do.\u00a0 Not everything I want to get done today.\u00a0 I have a plotting problem in my story that\u2019s got me stumped.\u00a0 But that\u2019s a different bucket.\u00a0 I wanted to get this out.\u00a0 And I have!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is a good time to get things going.\u00a0 The puppet masters are loosening the strings for a while.\u00a0 The puppets are exhausted.\u00a0 Probably even<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1263],"tags":[3088,319],"class_list":["post-14664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-stuff-that-personally-interests-me-miscellaneous","tag-a-journey-of-a-thousand-miles-begins-with-a-single-step","tag-make-a-start"],"yoast_head":"\n