What part of your routine do you always try to skip if you can?
If some task becomes routine then it must be necessary,like brushing your teeth.So why would you skip it?
If something has become routine but not necessary such as putting cologne on your wrist before going out,then to skip this action it is not really important.
Routine in itself is not a bad or boring thing.Some things are best kept routine and become good habits.
Others might be comfort blankets in what sometimes can be a very confusing World. If we see that happening in others,accept it,it does not harm,and if it makes them feel better than so what. If brewing fresh tea in a special mug every morning is your routine.
Who is the most famous or infamous person you have ever met?
Has the World got too busy?
I very often can’t put a name to a face,so if you are famous or indeed infamous and I ignore you,or worst of all get your name wrong.Please forgive me.
I don’t know why,but I found myself browsing through two apps (Channel 4 and BBC I Player) to find something to watch that I would find interesting. There was a lot of choice, drama,comedy,films and documentaries (real life and crime) and long running series like Bake-Off and Strictly Come Dancing.
Actually,maybe I was just too tired,but everything seemed to have an agenda.A need to prove something,perhaps telling a story was not enough.
As I say,it was probably just my frame of mind and I didn’t really feel like watching anything.
I’m going to have a cold drink and as it is dark outside,maybe just grab my kindle and read a little bit of Jack London or Mark Twain.If I try listening to my Audible Books I will fall asleep.
Funny how sometimes the written word of wise writers is just what you need ,sometimes.
I am learning Castilian Spanish for fun, and with the app I use they have a facility through messenger for me to have an AI conversation. This one “What League do I follow” , made me laugh out loud , so I copied it and hand wrote(shockingly low tech) it out and reproduce it here.
Firstly being about Futbol and what Team I follow ( I don’t), but a subject most of the male population are passionate about , it’s probably the number one male bonding topic of conversation in both work and play, not to mention the endless games of Fantasy Football League that amuse and frustrate our football fan’s competitive natures.
Forgive my Spanish mistakes and I translate as best I can. Imagine I’m sitting alone in a Spanish Bar nursing my white wine and nibbling at my tapas and one of the old soaks for want of anything better to do, starts up a conversation with me and I in return make a desperate attempt at conversation with limited vocabulary and wayward grammar.
Qué liga sigues? ( What league/team do you follow?)
(Proudlylying) Mi equipo es Barcelona ( My team is Barcelona)
Crees que el Barcelona ganará la liga esta temporada? ( Do think Barcelona will win the league this season?)
No en mi vida, ellos son demasiado perezosos! ( Not on my life , they are too lazy)
Entonces quién crees que ganará. ( Then who do you think will win?)
Probalamente Madrid,quieres liga sigues? ( Probably Madrid, what league do you follow?)
Sigo la Premier League, principalmente soy fan del Manchester City. ( I follow the English Premier League, I am mainly a fan of Manchester City)
A si ellos están despedidos su jefe equipo elloos no ganan, muchos juegos.( Oh yes they are firing their team manager, they are not winning games)
De verdad crees que tiene mas posiblidades que el City? ( Truthfully you believe they have better odds than City)
Sí porque ellos tienen menos enfermos porque el clima es mejor en Madrid. (Yes because they have fewer sick players because the weather is better in Madrid)
Pero el City tiene una plantilla más fuerte y mejor fórma,crees? ( But City has a stronger squad and better from don’t you think?)
Sí, pero todos tienen la gripe y ellos beben mucho y bailan a las fiestas. ( Yes but everyone has flu and they drink a lot and dance at parties.)
Pero no crees que se recuperaron pronto?( But don’t you think they will bounce back soon?)
Possibalamente pero ellos tienen tanto mas dinero , no necesitan jugar al futbol. ( Possibly but they have so much money, they don’t need to play football)
No ellos siempre darán motivitado a los juegos menores. ( No they always motivate themselves for the minor games)
Que pasa con su defensa, entonces. No crees que podria ser un problema? ( What about their defence though? Don’t you think it could be an issue?)
No ellos están chicos grandes, muchos fuertes. ( No they are big boys, very strong)
Pero qué pasa si se encuentran a un equipo de ataque fuerte?( But what if they face a strong attacking team?)
Ellos serán invincibles. ( They will be invincible)
Pero realmente pueden mantenerlo todo la temporada?( But can they really keep it up all season?)
Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever purchased (not your home or car).
Recently ,we have all begun to see education is becoming an expensive item.
There are all sorts of fees,subscriptions and hidden charges such as for accommodation and travel and exclusions which can have great personal cost.(such as not allowing the education of certain groups)
The interests and needs of Education are personal to everyone and should be everyone’s right.
It is the most expensive item both in time and monetary terms that I have invested in myself and continue to do so.
I’m hooked on exclusivity,so I look for something new all the time.It’s now nigh impossible to be the only listener and find something original.
I will keep on trying though.Hearing that unique voice with nuggets of wisdom that light the soul and aren’t part of the Social Media clamber to be a big number .
Mind you it has to be interesting and make me laugh,so when I find one it tends to get popular and I stop listening.
My favourite subject at school was Physical Education or P.E. for short.
I loved all the sports,running,hockey,football,badminton and volleyball
I even liked the bane of every schoolboys life
“Ballroom Dancing”
However ,my joy was short lived when the most handsome P.E teacher in the school chose me as a partner to demonstrate a step and I discovered he had really bad breath
I squirmed my way through the steps and halitosis.
It was a valuable lesson in life, never assume the good looking ones have high personal hygiene standards.
I could never manage screen time as wonderfully as great actresses like Joan Crawford and Bette Davis.They were women who took an extremely misogynic system and fought tooth and nail successfully to achieve status and stardom.
So allocating myself screen time on my various devices is a doddle and can be summarised as Just Say No.
Screen time does not hold the key to everything,just like going to the gym for 8 hours a day will result in you straining something.
Accept you are tired and need a break,whether it be a regenerative sleep or a brisk walk in the rain.
Time waits for no man( or woman) is one of my favourite sayings. A vision of a timely schoolteacher with a clipboard in hand regarding his errant pupils with despair as the clock reaches the time when the classes will start comes to mind.
Tempus Fugit is a Latin phrase translated to English as “Time Flies”.Apparently there are loads of gravestones around the World who have engraved on them an egg timer with wings. Talk about rubbing the fact in that time has run out.Strewth.
Finally,time is ethereal and possibly unfairly blamed or defined by humanity. While writing this piece my time has passed enjoyably and I like to think productively . Yet some would regard me as wasting time.The laugh is on them.
Time doesn’t wait, but at the same time, time in itself is of value in that it measures a period. The user of the time determines what happens within that time period. Thus we need time as a measure,but our use of time should not be defined purely in terms of use to others ,but also more importantly to ourselves.
If we feel our time is useful and we enjoy measuring it,why not? In reality external forces to us do the measuring and it is up to us to decide if we value that measure or the actual time. So we do need time,but I’m not so sure about the measure.
My life if it still exists will be totally Grungey,but in a good sort of Nirvana (without the sad end of Kurt Cobain) and without the David Grohl affirmation of being an ex-Nirvana bandmate.
I will probably have a favourite jumper which I will wear every day for three years in a Kurt scruff style.Except I will fool everyone by having two identical ones,so I won’t be smelly as one will always be in the wash.
Of course not being as as beautiful as Kurt, will be a drawback,but I will keep everyone guessing.
I will have deep emotional thoughts and generally hold my hands up to those in authority and say “enough” in a vague sort of way ,that will puzzle them but they won’t be able to ignore me because by then I will have garnered interest amongst many in the World,whose lives have been grunged by fools whose values I very much disdain.
As I say,the only bummer is that these reprobate leaders will have ruined everything and destroyed the planet.
If I survive though; the fact that I live simply and give a damn will stop those unhinged egotists in their tracks.
RIP Kurt Cobain,but Nirvana lives on and perhaps in three years the World will be closer to attaining it.
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