On Life and Love
Whatever is making or breaking my day.
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Fear is the mindkiller…
I’ve been sitting here for the last hour or so, rereading my writing works in progress, trying to find a thread to pick up and run with. Or trot with. Or stroll with. I tried playing around with a micro from a writing prompt, but my imagination was pretty dry. I’m going to keep trying, but I’m saddened by my lack of creative thought. In other news, I told my students I was quitting today. One student’s response was, “You don’t like teaching high school? Why couldn’t you have figured that out at the beginning of the year?!” Ah. Nasty little child. Students like her, that want nothing other than…
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Better Budget Challenge #1
From “Better Budget Challenge #1 — Our budgeting experiences“: How have you used a budget in the past? I’ve tried budgeting with Excel spreadsheet templates when I was in college. Essentially, I would put in the amounts I felt I should spend per month so that my expenses would equal my income. It was a simple system. How did you put your budget to work? I don’t think I put it to work at all. It mostly existed for me to be more conscious my spending, even if it didn’t change my spending habits. I would tweak the category amounts in the budget as I spent money on what I…
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Last Friday really teaching
Surprisingly, a bit of a zen-like calm descended over me this morning as I was dressing for school. For the first time, I dressed down on a Friday, swapping my dress shirt for a sweatshirt. (I’m still wearing slacks and loafers, but hey.) Next week are finals. I’m only a little behind in my grading, so I should be done well before next Friday. My last day is officially January 22, 2008. That’s a teacher workday, so I can make sure I have all my stuff out of the room on that day. Whoever is replacing me should be setting up shop by then, hopefully. The end is near. Very…
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This Week’s Del.icio.us bookmarks
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Irrsinn Yellow Dog Mascot Has Awesome Moves Video — Hilarious. Tagged as: [humor] The Four Laws of Simplicity, and How to Apply Them to Life — I love Zen Habits. Tagged as: [productivity]
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Diversion of interests
With the restful break from school, my mind found the energy to think of things unrelated to high school. Namely, finances and fitness, my two F’s on the report card of ’07. Wait, did I just say “things unrelated to high school”? Nevermind. Finances I wracked up a lot of credit card debt in the summer of ’07. Now, it’s nowhere near the $37, 000 that some had when they decided to turn things around, but it’s enough I’m like, “Really? No.” I don’t want to be my father, hiding from phone calls and cycling through credit cards. I still also owe around $25,000 on my student loans, and some…