Today I’m grateful for…
working the phones
I was kind of mad at first: for some reason my manager insisted that I not work the floor today. Anyway, it’s absolute nuts on the sales floor and the phones are pretty quiet, so I’m glad to sit in the back and work the phones. I even had someone call in who remembered who I was and was glad to talk to me. I get to write my gratitude journal entry for the day and chill a bit. :-)
Free coffee and a good book from the library
I go downstairs from the courthouse to the little Southlake library. It is a nice little place. Southlake is such a rich town that they can afford a very nice library. I paid for a card, but I get to check out new books. They even give you free coffee!
a good night’s sleep
I took my brown pill last night. It makes me sleep like a baby. I even got up on time even though I slept through all of my alarms. I didn’t sleep well the night before. It makes a big difference to get a good night’s rest. I’m grateful.
friendship
I’m not particularly outgoing. I score medium-high on extraversion and medium-high on agreeableness, so finding and maintaining friends has always been challenging. I’m glad for the friendships that I’ve managed to forge.
for my personality
I like my openness to experience most of all. It’s my defining trait. I love to think about complex things, to learn about anything, to visit museums and art galleries, to read books and watch movies, to listen to NPR
Jul 01, 04:11PM PDT | 4 cheers | 0 comments
Today I’m grateful for…
waking up early
I slept in yesterday, so I’m happy to be up early enough today to do my ‘happy hour’ and go to the library.
Good stuff at the library
Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde, Jeff Buckley, Neil Young, and the Roots. I love the library’s request system. I can get stuff I really want without traveling to other branches.
only a dream
I had a yelling argument last night. It was only a dream. I’m glad.
Jun 29, 07:31AM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments
make beautiful music: as infectious as Micheal Jackson with Quincy Jones, as elegiac as Eric Dolphy, as quirky and funky as Prince, as ebullient as Ella, as doggedly passionate as Coltrane;
schedule at least 30 minutes a day of practice on workdays and two hours on non-work days
use my iPhone to prompt me with calender reminders
publish my practice plans via Facebook/Twitter
buy and read every title in “The New Lifetime Reading Plan” : Read dozens of major works of literature, poetry, and philosophy over the next forty years.
buy a bookmark that I love from B&N today
spend my lunch breaks reading
record my progress on 43Things
make notes while I read
dress better than Miles Davis, Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Kanye West, and Jimi Hendrix: wear clothes worthy of the Sartorialist
drop clothes off at the cleaners
buy a pair of shoes this week
learn one topic well enough that I can teach it at the graduate level: get a Ph.D in cognitive neuroscience
Check on FAFSA; complete the financial aid process
Make sure my admission is in good order at UTA
Visit an advisor
Enroll in my classes for August
Jun 27, 08:58AM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments
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