Learned: central heating system in the (old) flat is on the fritz since last Thursday. After several days of observance, I can point to the thermostat as the culprit, as when it is left set to full-blast, it comes on sometime in the afternoon to warm up the place, but when turned down and stopped because 74°F is plenty warm enough for now, it is done for the day. I like it around 68°F. Good thing we have space heaters and live in a fairly pleasant climate. Relearned, as I always have to, how one sets in “roman with quotation marks” articles vs. italicizes the titles of published works, according to the Chicago Manual of Style.
Grateful: that I live in a fairly pleasant climate; that the people currently buying the house I live in are super-responsive once I find them; that even when I am hindered, I have better energy than when I was stuck in fatigue. 3.
Accomplished: Made a tasty peach cake out of the peach cobbler I didn’t like the leftovers of very much, cutting out all the cobbler and adding it to a “Lightning Cake” from the Joy of Cooking. Dug the old radiating space heater out of storage so there will be one in each of our bedrooms, and put the wheel back on that was always breaking off. I get the old one, but it still works. I have been meaning to try space heating vs. heating the whole house. It may be happening without my making an “out loud request.” I have also deduced our central heating is down due to the thermostat malfunctioning, and not the furnace malfunctioning.
I also invited someone to be highlighted for the February 22nd “Last Wednesday” member event on Emergent Commons. (Go see if you want to join!) They have mostly said yes, I just need to confirm that it is a FIRM yes, and go from there.
Thinking about: expanding on the idea of cleansing by pausing the Chlorofresh supplement, which keeps me smelling sweet but does provide a hefty copper dose of 4.5mg per dose. I have been taking it twice a day for many years. Let me stop for a bit and see the difference. I am currently suspect of everything I have been doing unchecked for many years, AND I don’t wish to smell bad! But I am resolved to test out living without them for a while.
Saying this again: What I really need is to have a habit of having breakfast and going for a walk. Or just the walk, get up and do it right now. That would be good.
Meet two charming young men who are live players in the sensemaking scene:
Reading/Listening/Watching right now: I finished watching The Patient on Hulu. It was creepy but did a great job of attempting to humanize a serial killer. Also found more episodes of The Leftovers on HBO which is a truly weird story. The Creative Act by Rick Rubin (Guardian review). I started listening and couldn’t turn it off for a whole day. A good match for my brain, thinking about Being.
Seems: we are starting over with this one. I can go back to the record if I need to say it again.
Ecology of Practices: MOVED TO HERE:
A Quote About Hope:
“Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties, and at the same time, confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they may be.”
~ summarized by Jim Collins as the “Stockdale Paradox”
found at emotionalcompetency.com/hope.htm