Routine – Page 3 – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

The mundane, boring rhythm of life’s upkeep

Palm tree trimming — Annual palm tree trimming. Trees center left are next.

Some chores require daily attention and we are the only ones who can do them.

Other chores happen weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually.

Some require experts to complete.

Annual tree trimming seems insignificant until you remember that next month is the peak month for Hurricane season (June 1 – Nov 30).

There are some chores we do once in a lifetime, maybe. One of those was yesterday. A phone call (from Epcot) with the guy that produces Lee Cockerell’s podcasts.

Will it lead to me doing podcasts? It’s a pricy proposition. How do you organize yourself to calculate the risk versus reward?

Oh, and one more chore. Bought a new Macbook two days ago. It’s still in the box.

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I’m looking for the ones who haven’t given up.

Apple Store Mall at Millenia just minutes before opening yesterday.

Michael Eisner excerpt from A Work In Progress — Screen shot from Google search. Michael Eisner excerpt from his book, A Work In Progress

Contempo Cafe at Disney World — Random photo yesterday – real life in real time at Disney World’s Contempo Cafe, after dinner.

I’m looking for the ones who haven’t given up.

Heavy influences from Apple and Disney yesterday.

How is a person supposed to stop thinking about putting a dent in the Universe?

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Our morning routine controls our destiny

Antique car whitewall tire — Yesterday at traffic light. Mint condition?

Our morning routine controls our destiny.

It takes a great deal of effort to stay decently organized.

It takes a great deal of effort to manage a disorganized life.

Either way, the time passes and we have to work hard.

The choice is obvious.

And rare.

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Another in a constant repetition of insignificant days

West Orange High School Bus line up — Dozens of busses.

Just another insignificant day:

Visit Apple store to try on the Apple Watch…the one ordered a week ago.
Visit Tax Preparer to pay for completed 2014 tax return and pick up personal files.
Visit West Orange High School Ninth Grade Center to verify 2015-16 school enrollment process.

The only one that was planned was number two.

The most significant was number three. Had felt a terrible sense of disorganization thinking i had majorly dropped the ball. Turns out, there are two more months before High School registration begins.

Our Tax Preparer saved us $14k.

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A literal non-negotiable

(photo: The American Way?)

Is being decently organized a pipe dream?

Is it impossible?

Here’s what it feels like to overcome this thinking:

There is something about preparing for the day, which in theory could be our last, long before dawn and watching the darkness change to light.

A bit like daily eating and bathing. A literal non-negotiable.

And as they say, ‘Every damn day.’

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