"Talking to myself again...": Continuity...

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Continuity...

I'm settling in to the job fairly well so far. No indications at this point that I'm to be summarily canned, so big grins all round.

Having gone back in time in a way, I'm reliving and relearning a lot of my past. Writing service at a small auto shop is a job with a hazy description. What do I do? Most things, I guess.

One nice.... nice.... NICE feature: A stable schedule. Day work, regular days offs, no Sundays. Normal working hours. It's almost a vacation in itself to feel myself fitting into a sleep schedule. It's like recovering life that had faded away unnoticed.

Also nice..... VERY NICE..... is working for people who seem glad to see me, and happy I am there.

Now, in other news, a post up on the food blog. Also, Amazon STILL has Streamlight on sale. The idea that I just bought a 600 lumen weapon light for $128 almost balances out paying $200 for the exact same thing earlier this year. I'm seriously considering putting two of them on an AR platform, and calling them the 'Headlights of doom'.

1 comment:

Old NFO said...: That's great news Art!; November 14, 2013 at 6:28 PM

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Robert Heinlein

"Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.

But there is no reward at all for doing what other people expect of you, and to do so is not merely difficult, but impossible. It is easier to deal with a footpad than it is with the leech who wants "just a few minutes of your time, please — this won't take long." Time is your total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few. If you allow yourself to fall into the vice of agreeing to such requests, they quickly snowball to the point where these parasites will use up 100 percent of your time — and squawk for more!
So learn to say No — and to be rude about it when necessary.
Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you.

(This rule does not mean that you must not do a favor for a friend, or even a stranger. But let the choice be yours. Don't do it because it is "expected" of you.)"