2-minute rule redux

A couple of decades back I heard about someone’s suggestion for the “2-minute rule”. I used it for a while and then forgot about it. But given all the stuff we need to do around the house these days, I’m bringing it back. It’s super simple: Any task you’re presented with that will take you…

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When I was preparing for this first swim into the waters of Blaugust, I was jotting down ideas for potential fodder for blog entries. It was just a simple checklist that I’d tick off as/if I used them. It struck me, though, that a number of them were negative in nature. Me pointing out bad…

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Death cleaning: Just do it.

We’re on the way to visit one of my aunts while we continue to clear out the remaining storage locker that has contained my mother’s belongings since she was admitted to long-term care with dementia ages ago and still is today. The cleaning out of these storage units has taken an embarrassingly long time to…

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God, I miss Maui

J and I got married in June 18 years ago. With it being shortly before the end of her teaching school that year, we had to wait for a bit to get to our honeymoon, which we had on Maui. It’s a pretty spectacular island, and we made the most of our week-ish there by…

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Blaugust: Let’s do this

My dearest Josephine, I write to you as we briefly break amid the surviving men of our corps pushing on toward a more advantageous location. Where that is, I of course cannot reveal, lest this letter fall into enemy hands rather than the tender care of yours. It has been a particularly gruesome stretch since…

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