Friday, August 28, 2015
OPT 5
Following on earlier observations of things that have 'regularized' with age.....
Several superstitious Rules of Inversitude formerly dominated my life.
(1) If you want to find X, you need to catch Nature off guard by looking for Y.
(2) If you're ready for a weather event, it won't happen. If you're unprepared, it will happen.
(3) A day that starts badly will end well. A day that starts well will end badly.
(4) When looking for one item in an unmarked stack like a shelf of magazines or a pile of CD's in envelopes, the one you want will always be the LAST one you could possibly pick up. It doesn't matter which direction you search, where you start, or how you cut the deck. The desired object is the LAST.
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With age, all of these rules except (4) have disappeared.
(1): Not sure why it faded. Maybe I've simply lowered my expectations to the point where I'm not seeking much.
(2): Easy to explain. Now that I have money, time and experience, I'm always 'ready enough' for bad weather and power outages. I've controlled all the hazards that I can afford to control.
(3): Direct result of switching to Old Peoples Time, sleeping from 8PM to 2AM. Now I always wake up in a good mood. Some days go bad, most remain good, but there's no negative correlation involved because wakeup is a constant.
(4): Still holds true. I could probably eliminate it by setting up filing systems, but the problem doesn't happen often enough to make the labor worthwhile.
Labels: coot-proofing, Zero Problems
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