Month: July 2024
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With Age Comes Wisdom
What do you think gets better with age? If you use your brain your whole life you will use it better in your old age than you did in your youth. There are exceptions of course but the reason old men and women are forced to retire is that we become more dangerous as the…
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Not Enough Good Sleep
What time do you go to bed and wake up currently? I’ve been sleeping from about 2am to 10am sometimes, but any given day is up in the air. I get insomnia regularly and sometimes when I can’t sleep for a long time my body makes up for it with a big crash. That happened…
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Common Comforts
What strategies do you use to increase comfort in your daily life? 200 years ago kings couldn’t have dreamed of the comforts many Americans take for granted. We have electric lights, refrigerated food, central air, and indoor plumbing. It fills me with gratitude that we have so many comforts even though they are common here.…
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My Future Wife
What are you most excited about for the future? I am excited to grow old with my wife. My past wife, my present wife, and my future wife are all one person. I want to be with her for a lot longer. Assuming that wish comes true, it will be awesome.
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Could or Should?
If I were as committed to a harmonious world as I should be I should give up my ego. Sadly I am not so committed that I could give up my ego. There are people who take great joy in selfless service. I am not one of them. I serve my family in a fairly…
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Back to Maryland
Describe your most memorable vacation. My family lived in Maryland for several years. We made friends there before we moved on because my dad took a reverend position here in Janesville. On one occasion my mother, my sister, and a foreign exchange student (who hadn’t been to Maryland) went for a trip to see the…
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Daily Habit Tracking App
What are your daily habits? As I have typed before I have a daily habit app. These are my current dailies.
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Romancing My Wife
What’s your definition of romantic? Once in a while my wife and I have a lunch date. It’s good to spend time with her by herself. There’s much less stress that way. If everything goes smoothly I might even be able to give her a “backrub.”