gothelin

Being in a job where I had to answer between 40 to 70 calls a day, I rarely (if ever) answer my own phone now. After the nonsense and whinging I had to listen to from strangers all day, I really wasn’t interested in hearing anything else from anyone else – even from friends or family. Most people who know me know now that if they want me, they’d better use a text based medium and cross their fingers.

Since I finally kissed that job goodbye on Friday, its time to start becoming a person again. So, except when its impractical, impolite or immoral, I’ll be answering my phone whenever it rings, whoever the caller might be for the next 30 days. I’m hoping by then answering the phone will have become a habit.

My other habit of avoiding people, ie ignoring voicemail is also going to be a thing of the past. On the occasions when it is impractical, impolite or immoral to answer the phone, I will check my voicemails as soon as it is practical. And then, horror of horrors, I will actually call people back.

Since I’m sure most of my friends and family have forgotten what I sound like, this is going to be an interesting month. :)

Wow. It appears even the most chaotic person can be tamed by technology. Oh yes. Thanks to having my arm twisted practically off its hinges by the awesome Pocket Universe app, I caved and bought an iPhone.

Funnily enough though, its actually helping me rather than hindering me. I’m actually checking, reading and answering emails ASAP; I’m keeping in contact with family and friends and I’m trying to use it to be more productive with my time.

One thing I really liked was the number of apps that help you keep in tune with what’s going on with your body. I’m pretty absent-minded about that kind of thing, and I really shouldn’t be. For example, on reflection, after external prompting, I realised that I’d been feeling pretty crap for months. I only noticed when I had about 254 litres of blood taken out of me for tests and was advised that I had approximately no vitamin D in my body.

Apparently, this is bad for you.

So, I’ve found an app that let’s me track lots of interesting things and because its on a device that’s always with me, I find that in the couple of days I’ve had it, I do update it. I’m hoping I can make this a consistant part of my life so that next time I’m missing a major element required for life, I may notice before I stop being able to get out of bed. That sounds like a plan. :)

Its a bit sad when you’re not even sure your fish are still in the tank. Weed levels have grown to an insane proportion again in the big tank. There’s got to be something wrong with the ph, nitrogen or light levels.

For now, I just want to get as much weed as I can see out of the tank. Once I’ve done that I’ll look at creating a better ecosystem in there so it doesn’t come back.