Warren Buffett Documentary

This documentary on HBO about Warren Buffett was truly awe-inspiring.   I want to watch it a couple of more times to gather all the great wisdom he shared, to keep some of those quotes around me.  Plus, he's a gem and one many can learn from.

http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/becoming-warren-buffett/synopsis/about.html

I Hate Cruel Meme's

People think these things are funny and post them all the time on Facebook and other places.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-speaks-becoming-meme-180355929.html

In the article above, the woman explains why she was using a cart and why she fell, and then also recalls seeing a flash and hearing girls laughing at her.

I am appalled by these things.

You see me, this could be a photo of my Dad.  My Dad was a big man and he used a cart, too.  He wasn't ashamed of either one of those things btw, and neither was I.  I would walk beside him - he was my Dad!

My Mom had to use a cart also because she was frail and weak and had to be on oxygen,

I think making fun of people like this is a horrible thing.  We all have friends or relatives how aren't fit and healthy.  They are human and have feelings, too.

Here's another article about the person in the meme feels:   :(

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/14/woman-mocked-rare-condition-cruel-meme-facebook-speaks-online/

Bicentennial Park, Jan 2017

After checking the forecast last weekend I noticed that Wednesday would be the best day for me to take a great walk with my lovely dog, Lily.

I left work a little early and even though I was going to take her to the Trinity River Trails, my car veered towards Bicentennial Park instead. And I was glad I did.

Because it was so windy out I thought it would be a good chance to check out the Frisbee Golf Course that's at Bicentennial Park. I haven't had a chance to check it out yet because there's usually too many people out there playing frisbee golf. So today I thought was our day to see just how far back the course went.

However there were many other people out there with their dogs as well and so instead of going along the course, I decided to check out the dirt road again.

And boy is it a dirt road!  Last time I was here in December I even saw a guy on a dirt bike in this particular area, like a motocross bike.  

This time there was no one around though and Lily and I were able to walk further and further and further. There was some muddy areas, but it was all along a beautiful flowing creek.  And it was also a great, sunny day.  Even for January the temperature was hovering around 80 degrees.

Here's my traditional collage of this great, beautiful, just what I needed, walk in nature.

Article on Getting Rich in 2017

5 things to do in 2017 if you want to get rich, from a man who studies millionaires.

From this article:  http://finance.yahoo.com/news/5-things-2017-want-rich-165310375.html

1. Have more money automatically transferred into savings (been doing this for over 20 years)
2. Build a relationship with one successful person (completed)
3. Devote 20 minutes a day to developing a new skill (a day??  I can barely do this a couple of times a year)
4. Adopt a "frugal mindset" (been doing this more and more)
5. Track every penny you spend for 30 days (hmmm..... )

Gives me a couple of things to think about and consider.

I wonder if millionaires do all the above?

What a Clean House Means to Me

I've noticed the last few months my personality has changed.  It's due to several things, so can't really pinpoint it to one reason.

But here is one part I've noticed a major change (which I like):

Although I live alone and hardly have any visitors, it's very easy for me to never pick up around the house until I /do/ get a visitor.

But lately I have noticed I want my house looking better all the time.  I don't want crap on the counters or table until someone comes to visit.  I prefer to even have my closet cleaned up right away.

It seems my procrastination part of my personality has definitely changed along with this.  Instead of putting off picking up, I actually WANT to clean up and have my house looking less cluttered and "spacious" all the time.

I recall reading this article a while back about how when we are depressed we tend to be "messier" and when we aren't depressed we tend to clean more and keep things nice around the house.  The article is spot on.

Hell, even with ourselves.  Depressed people barely shower and put off washing our hair, doing laundry, etc for as long as we can.

I do wonder if part of me wanting the house less cluttered is because I have more time on my hands.  I am not spending time out drinking, not spending time hungover, and so I honestly have more free time.

Also, when coming home drunk, you kinda spew your clothes everywhere in your room and closet.  Shoes are in one area, sock another, shirt and jeans lay on the floor from some weird path you wobbled along.  And then the next day or later that day you feel too badly to even think of bending over and picking things up.

Several days in a week or a couple of weeks and the areas on the floors just get piled up with things.

I hate to even write this out, but I know I'm not the only one.

So, I am thinking that the cleaner, less cluttered, picked-up house is my visual progress of my changing ways.  I have more energy and time and I love having the house not just visitor-ready, but ME ready.  I definitely feel happier and even more at peace looking around at a less-cluttered house I adore living in.

Verbal Abuse Memory Trigger

Tough watching "Evil Lives Here" last night on the ID channel.  A guy was explaining when he would get beat by his Dad as a child - usually over very small, miniscule infractions.

Reminded me very strongly all the times my Dad would lay into me.  My Mom and I were verbally abused so much and so loudly, that my neighbors could hear the damage to our souls all the way from our house to theirs.  My neighbor told me once she thought that one day they would eventually hear no noise or sounds... and would need to call the cops.

Luckily that never happened.

One time my Dad laid into me because a fork wasn't completely dry when I put it in the silverware drawer after drying the dishes.  I used a towel to dry it, but it was still a little wet and he didn't like that at all.

I remember arriving to high school in tears one morning. My teacher asked me what was going on as she hugged me.  She was older with white hair, and a limp prolly from a hip injury.  I bawled telling her I get yelled at all the time and forced to stay awake at all hours because I had to listen to my Dad yelling at me for hours on end.

She told me to just hang in there - I only had about a year and a half left of high school and then I'd be on my way to college.

Little did I know this yelling and verbal abuse would continue off and on until my mid 30s.

I survived, though, and so did my Mom.  The wounds and words and memories are still fresh sometimes though.  As in the case of the reminder from the tv show, or in some nightmares about 3 times a year.

Loving Your Job (or not)

One morning about ten years ago, I was driving to work and talking to a friend on my cell phone.

I told her, "Man, I can't wait to get to work.  I have a lot of great things I'm working on and really love my job."

She replied, "Hmmm.... you know what?  I need to get a new job.  Here you are can't wait to get to work, and I am over here trying to come up another excuse I can use to call in sick."

It was a defining moment for both of us.

I realized just how much I am blessed to love my job (how many people can say that, really?) and it made her realize she needed to do something about her job situation.

And she did.

Within 3 months she found herself a work-from-home job that she adored so much more!  She had freedom and still got paid well for what she enjoyed doing.

I know I am one of the few lucky ones in life to love their job.  That's why I don't take for granted to recognize how blessed I truly am to have a job (I still to this day) love to come in to work to.

New Life Motto?

I always thought life was a journey... I beautiful journey, actually.

I heard a day or so ago, "life is an adventure."

I like that even better!

Adventurous journey!

#newmotto