Filed under: Noise the Booklet
The link above is chapter 2 of Noise. Probably the hardest one to write for me. Enjoy and thanks for reading.
Filed under: Noise the Booklet
The link below is a Word Doc for a booklet I’ve written. Each chapter will be approximately 8-12 pages and each has a specific topic. Enjoy and thanks for reading. This is the prologue and chapter 1.
Noise the CD
Filed under: focus
I’ve been thinking a lot about satisfaction, contentment and options. We tend to find things we don’t like about our situation (ie job, house/apt, spouse, money, etc) if we have other options – or think we do. On one hand, we can make a commitment via vows or contracts that self-limit our options. Once we do that there are no other options (unless we want to break a vow or contract – which would make us a liar or contract breaker or adulterer, pick your title). With divorce not being an option in my case (vow, self-limiting choice) the best thing I can do is find all the good things about Janna b/c finding all the bad would just make me miserable and ironically a poorer husband. Why dwell on the negative if I have no other options? Again…by choice…my marriage is great thank you very much. On the other hand, if we are limited by outside circumstances and have no options (we cannot afford a better house, we can’t get a higher paying job due to lack of education, etc) the same should apply. We should look for the good in our situation b/c well…we have no other options. If you have to share a house with your parents or friends for a while b/c you lost a job or the economy went south and it’s just better to split rent/mortgage with another family or friends then that’s the way it is. You’ll actually probably find some good things about the situation…and well…why not? You have no other options. The tension comes when we find ourselves in a less than optimal place but we DO have options (we CAN afford a better house, we COULD get a better job, etc…). So do we grumble or do we make a choice and go for the better one? Or do we stay content and stay where we are? Have you ever found yourself in a place with no options so you made the best of it? Have you ever been discontent but were afraid to act on options you really had? Have you ever had mirage options (ones that you saw but weren’t real?) That’s called delusional by the way. I think America has a delusional complex right now.
Kent
Men’s retreats can be too macho or too “I finally got to cry like a little boy.” I’m pretty sure this one starting today will be leaning just enough to the macho side to be comfortable (haha). On the other hand, there’s nothing like hearing a room full of good ole guys singing Amazing Grace with powerful voices.
Iron sharpens Iron and I hope we sharpen each other to go back out and be good dads, husbands, workers, etc
Filed under: rhythm
So I’ve started a Trash Log. What is that? I keep a pen and paper next to my trash can and everytime I throw something away I write down what it is. Why? Because I’m sick and tired of throwing away so much trash and I need to know what it is so that I can consciously lower something. I live in a household w/ 3 adults and one child. There’s no way I should be throwing away about one bag (13 gal) per day. Savannah is supposed to bring curbside recycling in January. I’m not holding my breath but this shou
trash love
ld help. Of course I could recycle at centers now…but that would require effort on my part (note: self-deprecating sarcasm). Also, the biggest issue is probably food packaging. Is it possible to buy cheese crackers or sliced ham w/o packaging? Probably not in today’s day and age. We’ll see.
Kent
