Moving house myself in the next few weeks, and I deliberately chose a house with some obvious rough edges that will need some energy poured into it, in a town where everything is in walkable distance. While this decision was mainly because I know poors won't be able to run cars very much longer, it sounds like a good test bed. I'd report on before, and then after, but the bathroom scales are packed away in one of these here cartons.
Do you feel better for the lost pounds?
I think what you're referring to is 'flow'. I can't remember, let alone spell. the name of the researcher who coined this phrase, but being totally engrossed in something is a fine way to deaden that terrible self-talk and rumination also.
Enjoy your move! Having a great attitude about it is vital.
Yes! Buying a few rough edges provides projects to do and decreases the cost of purchasing the home! My new home is 124 years old, with lots of opportunities for walking. It's a five hour drive there, so every week ten hours of driving and days of packing, unpacking, painting and other projects to come! It's going to be a long "hard" summer!
Absolutely! I've been wanting to trim down, so I'm very much appreciating this. "Flow" is good.
You could always go on a hunger strike to support a cause, like those students at Princeton. But oh...they only lasted 9 days before they had to have the second string tag in so the first string could go eat.
I agree. Funny thing about that whole thing though: at least the guys who set themselves on fire showed some true commitment to the cause. These people are like, "if you don't give us what we want, we're going to go on a hunger strike...at least until we get hungry."
Moving house myself in the next few weeks, and I deliberately chose a house with some obvious rough edges that will need some energy poured into it, in a town where everything is in walkable distance. While this decision was mainly because I know poors won't be able to run cars very much longer, it sounds like a good test bed. I'd report on before, and then after, but the bathroom scales are packed away in one of these here cartons.
Do you feel better for the lost pounds?
I think what you're referring to is 'flow'. I can't remember, let alone spell. the name of the researcher who coined this phrase, but being totally engrossed in something is a fine way to deaden that terrible self-talk and rumination also.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihaly_Csikszentmihalyi
Enjoy your move! Having a great attitude about it is vital.
Yes! Buying a few rough edges provides projects to do and decreases the cost of purchasing the home! My new home is 124 years old, with lots of opportunities for walking. It's a five hour drive there, so every week ten hours of driving and days of packing, unpacking, painting and other projects to come! It's going to be a long "hard" summer!
Absolutely! I've been wanting to trim down, so I'm very much appreciating this. "Flow" is good.
You could always go on a hunger strike to support a cause, like those students at Princeton. But oh...they only lasted 9 days before they had to have the second string tag in so the first string could go eat.
{grin} I'll pass. Hunger strikes seem rather foolish to me.
I agree. Funny thing about that whole thing though: at least the guys who set themselves on fire showed some true commitment to the cause. These people are like, "if you don't give us what we want, we're going to go on a hunger strike...at least until we get hungry."
{laugh} Yes, not much of a statement!