So close, so similar, yet so different

simplicity
keeping it simple and clean?
over achiever
over achiever?

So yeah, this is the fifth of five daily blogs. Crazy? I guess. Those of you who read all five, here’s to our daily goals of: wellness, balance, focus, discipline…

During this morning’s run, there were several interesting observations, like in the photos above. The homes were across the street from each other.

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Things fell apart today (again)

balance
we did Twistee Treat yesterday, since I am out-of-town this week

Things fell apart today (again). Thank goodness for being decently organized. No run this morning. No gym visit either. Both were scheduled. Instead, re-focused energy were it was more needed.

Balance is a pendulum, not a gauge, nor a bullseye. Learning how to ebb and flow with this is a learnable talent.

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Note: This post was written from 35k feet, well past the normal morning routine.

He asked if I was on vacation, because the weeds were so high

weeds
weeds overtaking the landscape

In the nine years Julio has been our pest control guru with his monthly preventative treatment visits, he’s never seen the weeds so high. Ever. Me neither. Being organized and balanced is really challenging. And once something gets out of control, it’s even more demotivating, making a bad situation worse.

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Stuff does this really bad thing to us

grandfather clocks
from this downtown New Orleans French Quarter hotel lobby… upstairs to…
room with a view
from this hotel conference room window…
living day to day
street people carrying with them what they own (most likely)

Stuff does this really bad thing to us. It weighs us down. It inhibits us from living in the moment. We are too busy worrying about all the things we need to clean, store, use, collect, give away, donate, move, and/or potentially use (which is literally never going to happen).

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