1. I have changed my perspective and will change it more. I seem to be integrating. I also note that my extreme desire for life is very inspiring to some, and at the same time very repellent to others. This is quite interesting and by Googling “desire for life” I discovered Morita Therapy. I do … More Ça change
I was always so used to the Mediterranean, sea and mountain light. I did not know the light could be different. I did not know that a key reason I was happy with what I was doing was that it was making it possible to stay in this light. Coming home was easy this time, … More The light
Costs so far: Flight + car deal, MSY (New Orleans) to SFO, March 31-April 7, including travel protection but not rental car insurance or taxes (yet): $1085. Lodging: $998. Then there will be rental car insurance and taxes, combustible, airport parking, and pet care. I will not ask to be reimbursed for cost of food or … More Le prochain voyage
I still think the original article was the most interesting, with its discussion of time, what time is, and its practical questions: What matters now? (People change in time, so it’s natural that priorities change in time, as well. Make sure you’re not acting on yesteryear’s priorities just because you had them last year.) What … More More on priorities
This is what I learned about priorities. First education: Service and leisure come first. Creative and lucrative work are ornaments that enhance your service potential, or that are parts of leisure. (I was always dissatisfied with this hobbycraft version of life.) College and graduate school: Research and creative work are first, teaching and lucrative work … More On priorities
This has to do with my having traumatized myself by ignoring what was really going on and trying to say my problem was “time management.” The thing is that I do not want to be efficient. I don’t want to sit down with one eye on the clock and try to rush. I don’t want … More On efficiency
I do not understand: The thing you want is buried deep in categories. I don’t know of a way to set percentage directly but you can put points on the category itself and Moodle will calculate percentages from that. Once you’ve set the category, then click on the settings for that category and set the … More Instructions for the Moodle gradebook
Create online access to Dad’s Medicare account. His Medicare account number is his Social Security number. Send Dad’s POA to Medicare. Print POA and send with letter to every one of his MDs. Introduce myself and say I would like information on his condition. We want to make sure he is getting everything taken care … More More things I have to do
I have to talk to a TIAA financial consultant and you can do it weekdays in the evening, and on Saturday. I changed back to the aggressive formula, after years (at their urging) on the “moderately aggressive” formula. I would have spent my entire life on the very aggressive formula if they had not always … More The future
“I think you should sell that [your] house and get out of that town.” “You cannot know when you will have to leave your [tenured] job. You may not get to be the one who chooses that.” “You cannot know that you will live to be old. Even if all the members of your family … More Bullies
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