Oculus Habent's Journal: Letters from Home

Dear friends,

I haven't been around much. I lurk and try and keep updated on the goings-on, but I know I'm slacking in that respect. I've tossed up a couple of quick writings, but nothing much about me. So, here goes.

Last time I really talked about like, I had been fired and got a new job. I'm enjoying the job a great deal. My coworkers are good people and reasonable. I think I'm doing pretty well there.

Before the job change, my ex-gf and I split, and I kept the apartment, which put me living pretty close to my means. A friend of mine moved in for a few months after returning from Houston, but got An Offer He Couldn't Refuse (tm) in Arizona, so I was back on my own.

When I lost my job, I couldn't knew I couldn't maintain my apartment, car, and food, and I moved in with a friend and his wife and daughter -- I got two rooms in the upstairs... my own little "apartment". It was nice being closer to my friends, and work was just a few minutes down the road. I knew going in it wouldn't be everything I wanted; it's hard moving into someone else's house when you've had your own, but it was going OK.

Their financial situation was in a state of decay, and they're losing the house. That added stress seems to have cemented the failure of the marriage, so it's over, too. It's going to be an exciting few months.

I'll be moving, soon In the mean time, I'm trying to convince myself to start spring cleaning. I have developed a mild pack-rat nature, but I'm trying to fight it. I figure I can toss nearly half of what I own. I have training manuals from dead contracts at dead call centers at dead companies. I have phone cords and spare USB cables and most of a dismantled, dysfunctional iBook. I have the original box for my 32" TV -- actually handy, as I've been moving with it...

Most of all, I've been letting myself wallow. I know that I shouldn't and I'm pushing myself to do something about it. This is one of the first steps. I'm taking the wheel. Now what have I done with my keys...

My to-do list:

1. Clean Up. Clean up my rooms, my stuff, my self, my affairs.
2. Eat Right. Get back on my diet. I'm 235#. Need to lose 40+.
3. Get it Back. Start reading real books again. Start listening to my podcasts and following the news.
4. Go Forward. Make a website for myself. Dig into my DB & Web-app interests. Make something.

Whatcha think?
--
Samuel

Now can be great!

[Talinom]

Seriously. You now have the opportunity to get it all going for you and you are doing it right!

#1 Clean Up. Clean up my rooms, my stuff, my self, my affairs.

Hell yeah. I could probably get rid of 80% of my stuff by following one simple rule: If I haven't used it in the past year (or six months even) then it needs to go. My counselor helped me to learn that I in fact do have the skills to do it right. Tear down and build up!

#2 Eat Right. Get back on my diet. I'm 235#. Need to lose 40+.

See also my [slashdot.org]

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iBook

[jawtheshark]

most of a dismantled, dysfunctional iBook

Sell it on eBay... Still got a nice chunk of money for a broken one. It wasn't disassembled though, but you might be able to sell the spare parts.

Points 1 to 4 are all good. Especially point 4 is something I need to do too.