an exercise in percussive maintenance
So, it’s official: I’m the world’s worst blogger. I read in an article once about blogging that to have a successful blog, you have to do it every day. I did it last in March, stopping after an incredible number of three posts.
The problem is, I’m a champion procrastinator. If there was an Olympic event for procrastinating, I’m pretty sure I’d take home the gold. Continue reading “On Procrastination”
Change. Now there’s the key to the whole matter. We don’t like it. We keep on doing the same thing in the same way, hoping against hope that this time the results will be different, risking insanity in the process, all for the sake of not changing. “Yeah, my job sucks, but at least I know what I’m doing. At a new job it will only be worse.” I challenge you to say that you have not used some variation of this at some point in your life. We shun change because “the devil you know is better than the devil you don’t”. Continue reading “On Insanity, Repetition and Change”
Albert Einstein supposedly said that insanity is doing something the same way and expecting different results. Now, if there’s one thing that really ticks me off, it’s repeating myself. Maybe it’s because I’ve always been quick at grasping new concepts. You seldom have to explain something to me more than once (except names; I can never seem to remember someone’s name at the first go). Continue reading “On Insanity and Repetition”
My bathroom mirror decided to commit suicide today. I know: weird way to start a post, but there is was, lying on the floor, shattered to pieces when we got home this afternoon. Apparently it had decided that it had seen my face one too many times. Had to happen eventually… Continue reading “On suicidal mirrors and the power of assumptions”
if all else fails...use a hammer 