Writer exploring culture, technology, life design, and the human experience. Writing at BarryFralick.com
Sunday Notes 2/25/24
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Here are this week's notes. From me: About a toothache I had a toothache as a kid. It started to bother me little by little. I didn't tell my mom because I didn't want to go to the dentist. The pain increased and eventually, it became abscessed. I could no longer ignore it. I suffered through it on a Thanksgiving weekend because the dentist wasn't available. The following week, it was pulled and despite antibiotics and Novocain, it was an extremely painful experience. I hyperventilated. They wouldn't let me leave until I calmed down. Most pain is like this. It starts as something minor. Something tender or uncomfortable. But these things only get worse and cause more pain the longer we allow them to go on. When we decide to compromise on our ideal life or accept circumstances that we once deemed unacceptable, we're kicking the can down the road. What is something painful you should deal with now before it gets worse? -- Simplicity: Am I A Minimalist Yet? With viewing minimalism as more of a habit or practice of continually removing distractions, it means you can’t declutter your house really quickly in a day or two or delete all the apps off your phone immediately and expect everything to always be better. -- Interesting: Experian 2023 Consumer Credit Review TL;DR:
-- Cooking: When Meal Planning Gets Tedious, Treat Cooking Like a Game -- From Twitter: Via Tim Urban -- A quote: Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.
— Henry David Thoreau -- Lastly, a question worth pondering: How do you use money? As a tool for better living, or a measure of status? That is it for this week's edition. TTYS Barry |
Barry Fralick
Writer exploring culture, technology, life design, and the human experience. Writing at BarryFralick.com
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