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I have 4,396 blank journals. I think it’s a borderline sickness. I love buying them. I love looking for pretty ones. And I get them all with the best of intentions. I don’t honestly mean to write on the first page or two and then put it aside for the next new, pretty book.
I’m pretty sure that if I wrote an average of 2-3 pages a day, steadily, it would take me about 3 years to get through all the journals I currently have. It’s crazy. I would love to donate them (sans my initial efforts, of course) but I don’t know who would take them.
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My house was broken into yesterday. The front door had been kicked in. What did they take? Abso-frickin-lutely NOTHING. It’s very odd. My laptop was right there. My emerald ring was right there. My Ambien was right there. F*ckers.
The stranger part of this is that I live on a crazy-busy (for this area) corner, with an average of 100-500 cars/hour going by and they did it IN BROAD DAYLIGHT!!! Whoever did it has a huge set, let me tell you. AND, one of my back windows was open to give the cats some air. Burglers are stupid.
Also? Despite having watched 10,000 hours of crime shows? I touched everything before I called the police. Good going, MaM! *eye roll*
And? Finger print dust makes a crazy mess.
Oh, well, it could have been so much worse. Right?
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I am down to 40 days before the Tri. I am in no way, shape, or form “ready” for it. But I’m going to go, and have fun. And hopefully change my life.
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I *really* want a new job. I have finally reached the decision that I am not enjoying what I am doing. However, I don’t want to just jump to some other random job. I don’t want to feel this way again in 6 months. I want to find something that excites me.
Now. To just figure out what that is.
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Thank you, Debra.
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Mo
I’m sorry you got broken in to. Maybe the Wonder Twins joined up and scared him away before he was able to take anything! A few years back my parents’ house got broken in to in the middle of the night. While they were sleeping. I don’t they took much, but my parents were terrified and felt violated. Fortunately, you are safe.
I’ve got a ton of empty journals laying around, too, and I’m finally starting to use a couple of them. Like Debra said, jot down blog post ideas. I have this daily meditation book that I’ve been reading—just a sentence or two about what to focus on each day—and I use one to write down my thoughts on those. It’s easier than writing a traditional journal and I get my thoughts out in a less angsty way.
magandmoo
Thank you. The Wonder Twins have been strutting a bit more lately….
I have taken Debra’s advice – I now have one that I am writing in, randomly. And one where I’m keeping book and website recommendations. I will totally add a meditation book now! Good idea! 🙂
magandmoo
Your experience with the break-in prompted me to have all my sentimental/valuable jewelry hidden away, so I didn’t lose that. But the person who did it was stupid enough to leave a laptop, so there you go.
Debra
I would love to see you do your best to use all those journals. There are all kinds of things you could do with them in addition to “regular” journaling. Use one to capture favorite quotes and another to capture blog post ideas and another to write letters to people that you would never ever send and another for gift ideas. You’ll think of even better ways to use them, I’m sure.
I’m so sorry to hear about your break-in. As you know, I have a bit of experience with that and you’re right, it could be worse but what a horrible thing to go through, regardless. Hope you’re safe and the kittens weren’t too traumatized.
Yay for the triathlon and having fun! I hope it’s an amazing day for you. I’m with you on the job thing. I’ve been struggling with this for a while and while I think I’ve made a decision, I have no idea where to go from here. Good luck to us both on that!
And… you’re welcome. 🙂