nlowell

nlowell, 5 hours ago to random

A new day. A new chance to succeed.

A day to let the world just be.

For the first time all week, I have no chores. No tasks that need doing. No schedule to observe. No events to attend.

It's a good thing. I feel tired.

Even though I'm not painting the house myself, I found the prep work taxing.

It's all done now. There will be a lot of clean up and finishing touches to do later.

A future me problem.

I'll think about that tomorrow.

I hope you find some headspace in your life #today

Mrfunkedude, 23 hours ago to random

It's been around a week since I switched to Linux Mint as my main OS and here are a few thoughts...

If you have a PS5 and like to play remotely from your PC, Chiaki is the app for you. A little wonky to configure, but so far works great.

So far the majority of software that I used with Windows has a Linux equivalent. If it doesn't, I've had to find workarounds.

Haven't had ANY driver problems at all.

So far there haven't been any big issues and it's been pretty painless.

Yay!

nlowell, 1 day ago to random

tea hot and steaming
meditation in a pot
fragrant memories

#DailyHaikuPrompt

nlowell, 1 day ago to random

A new day. A new chance to succeed.

Each day, a blank slate to make of what I can.

Work on the house continues this morning when the power washers spray years of grime off the building to prepare for the paint crew on Monday.

Nothing much I need to do except be here and be the in-house point person for interacting with the crew.

After yesterday's Jenga-esque building and toppling of plans, I'm looking forward to a simple day.

I hope your day is smooth and straightforward #today

nlowell, 2 days ago to random

A new day. A new chance to succeed.

It felt good to have a plan come together and work yesterday. It felt good to get that next step in a big project taken care of.

The rest will be up to others and less about my stamina and ability.

There's always a bit of clean up to do. Interruptions in the daily flow. Always more bread to bake. Laundry to do. Meals to fix.

The stuff of life that fills the gaps between terror and exultation.

I hope your stuff isn't too onerous #today

nlowell, 3 days ago to random

A new day. A new chance to succeed.

I need to deal with a long neglected chore in order to be ready for what's to come.

I've been putting it off for a week but - in my usual manner - I've arrived at the last minute.

Usually I get here on projects, only to discover that it wasn't half as bad as I'd feared. That's the thing about procrastination.

Either I wait too long to start and fail or I kick myself for not doing the thing and putting it away.

I hope you can do the thing #today

nlowell, 5 days ago to random

A new day. A new chance to succeed.

Scattered and drifty this morning. Woke suddenly, too early, and kept going.

A test of my word of the year - surf.

The seas aren't predictable. I just need to learn to recognize the conditions and accept them.

The latter is the harder. Giving up that expectation to find the new opportunity is always a challenge.

Sometimes it pays off in a great day I couldn't have expected.

I hope your day turns out better than you hoped it would #today

nlowell, 6 days ago to random

A new day. A new chance to succeed.

Brain weasels chase around in my head this morning.

Sometimes cute, often just distracting, they keep me busy, busy, busy but at the end of the day, I'm exhausted with little to show for it.

The sun will be up in a bit.

Perhaps I'll find some quiet in this pre-dawn moment. An inner stillness to gather the day's potential.

Or maybe I'll just grab my coffee, some breakfast and, laughing, go full weasel instead.

I hope you tame your weasels #today