Then all hell broke loose when I revisited each website searching for which lessons were learned from the months just prior to the Great Recession and could be reapplied now.
“The Tau of Steves: What You Don’t Know Could Fill a Book”
“5” Steve Zahn: “You’ll stumble across a piece of loaded information. Should you discuss it or sit on it a moment? There’s more power in keeping it to yourself until you know exactly how to file it.” Scorpio
Hi and welcome to Friday’s Episode 38 in Season 2 of “My Pandemic Year Experiment” on this 1st day of May in the spring of 2020.
Season One and Two are a two-year examination of how bits of wisdom changed during the “normal” pre-pandemic and then in this unfolding pandemic year.
Previously in Season Two, the Pandemic Year
S2 E37 — How Deep is the Chasm? What Do We Do?; S2 E36 — Turning Lemons into Margaritas; S2 E35 — Was this Pandemic Year a 1-Off or New Way of Life?
Related from Season One, the Normal Year
S1 E38 — Day 38 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E37 — Day 37 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E36 — Day 36 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E35 — Day 35 of My 1-Year Experiment
Context
Working on the Business — I congratulated myself for establishing and maintaining habits, while layering in a new habit on top of those, and keeping the former ones humming along.
In with the new — those identified processes from composing to publishing and from promoting to regular use. Each rely on previously completed steps I have to finish them once established manage all of them concurrently.
Yay! Way to Go!
Then all hell broke loose when I revisited each website searching for which lessons were learned from the months just prior to the Great Recession and could be reapplied now.
I searched by the Tags “2003-2008″ and “Time Frame”. Or actually tried to, but couldn’t gain access.
Instead I got this message instead:
We have successfully transferred your hosting account knowlaboratories.com to the new server and we kindly ask you to point the A record of the following domain names to it:
westernskiesandislandcurrents.com
Yup, those were my six websites. But, what the hell was an A record and how do I point it within my domain names?
Had to change a setting in GoDaddy to point to the new SiteGround Google server. Took a big chunk of time and energy out of my day.
Evidence
“5” Steve Zahn: “You’ll stumble across a piece of loaded information. Should you discuss it or sit on it a moment? There’s more power in keeping it to yourself until you know exactly how to file it.” Scorpio
This TauBit of Advice carries with it real consequences — maybe not to the degree that a psychologist wrestles with if her patient expresses dangerous intentions to do somebody else harm. Is it a matter of the patient getting it off her chest or does she pose a real danger to someone else. I’ve been thrust into less consequential, but ethically serious while an internal consultant. Tough choices made on a case by case to be sure.
Random ones that make me want change my sign.
Today’s Holiday Birthday:
“You’re in the driver’s seat of your dream this year, and you’ll have co-pilots who get on and off, depending on where they are headed with their own ambitions. There will be beautiful instances of timing when providing and receiving help is gloriously easy. Feasts and festivities of fall will be epic.”
Boy, if this was actually my birthday I’d be thrilled. And hopeful.
“3” Steve McQueen (1930 – 1980): “As an adult, you have a lot of choice about who you’re around. Though it doesn’t always seem that way. That’s why, with new people, the standards should be high. Cheerfulness is a must.” Aries
As an introvert I can declare, the fewer number of people at a time is better. But, even when overloaded by social demands, a smile always wins the day.
“4” Steve Winwood, 71; Stevie Wonder, 69: “You get pleasure from novelty in small measurements. You seek a situation that feels fresh, but not so new that it disorients or destabilizes. It’s also what you want to create for others.” Taurus
Funny how we seem to carry around in us a budget of energy which can be seriously depleted in stressful times we push against. New may be good, but so much disorientation in intense pandemic caused shifts in what we do and can’t leads to that disorientation and if we aren’t careful destabilization.
“3” Steve Kerr, 54: “You’ll mentally dance through precarious lines of reason and whimsical patterns of thought, making balletic leaps into possibilities you hadn’t considered before.” Libra
Well, isn’t that a pleasant and totally unrealistic! Haha. Is it just me?
“3” Steve Aoki, 41: “Restlessness is an energy that’s hard to fight. The desire to take action feels urgent and will override the usual criteria checklist you run your decisions through.” Sagittarius
Is this what’s at the heart of pushing back and politicizing virus protections?
“4” Steve Harvey, 62: “A little bit of risk goes a long way today, especially of the financial variety. Dollars and adrenaline go hand in hand. Decide ahead of time how much you’re willing to lose.” Capricorn
Emma the Baroness feels she’s missing out on market opportunities which she filters as if it is easy to pick stocks and make a boat load of profits. The last line says it all. When she’s decided how much to lose, then she can roll the dice.
“3” Steve Nash, 45: “You’ll sprinkle in the extra spice that keeps things interesting. This is not just about cooking. Familiar things get forgotten. Fascinating things get remembered. Nothing can be fascinating and familiar at the same time.” Aquarius
Speaking of my soulmate and fellow Scorpio, Emma the Baroness epitomizes sprinkle and spice at just the right times.
“4” Steve Jobs, (1955 – 2011): “It’s an impassioned day when your heart will lead and your head will convince you to follow. Serving your feelings matters more to you than serving other practical interests.” Pisces
With Emma the Baroness in mind, I totally agree.
What’s Going On …
Literally Bottled and Set Adrift from KnowWhere Atoll
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- @knowlabs followers of one or more of my 35 digital magazines grew from 1735 to 1760.
Foresight
Quality-of-Life
Long-Form
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- Just picked up “Bob Dylan In America” by Sean Wilentz. Maybe because of the subliminal messaging like the times are a changing and the answer is blowing in the wind, but I kinda like Sean’s fanboy becomes music critic becomes historian surrounding Dylan’s life and times.
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Inspired by: Holiday Mathis – Creators Syndicate
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