I seem to always thing that I will have more time, another time, to buy the next set of bus tickets than right now. But it’s never actually true. Now is better.
Category: Learned Again and Again
Ask the Universe First!
From Sal with my full endorsement and participation:
Sending positive vibes into the universe can yield physical results. This weekend’s proof: a footstool, and ipod, and a cell phone that all found their rightful owners just by sending out good vibes and asking the right people
Here, I Did the Math
It takes 5 seconds to hang up a multi-strand necklace, but up to 10 minutes to untangle it later if it’s not hung up.
Never Fall Behind
I have learned that it is overwhelming to be this far behind in my Lessons Learned blog. I have no idea how I am going to catch up Send me email with YOUR lessons learned so I can learn from them and dig out of this hole! Please!
Legibly!
And while I’m at it, I have learned that if I don’t write these lessons down in a way that I can read them later, they are still lost to me!
Anyone know what “sevawt brdush ptem” means?
Write it!
I hope I have learned, or I am trying to learn, or I want to learn… to write stuff down! I have learned and forgotten lessons over and over. I am going to try to keep paper around so that I can just jot them down as then happen.
When Clicking Is Not Enough
I have learned, again and again, that buying and then owning books on valuable topics doesn’t actually do anything for me unless I actually read them, too.
Keep Up Already!
Tonight I am catching up on 29 entries to get this blog back to current. What happened here??? I have no excuses. It would be much easier to just keep up! I know I have learned this at least two other times in this half year. Will this be the lesson that sticks? We’ll see!
Tax Day Cometh
Ok, I thought I learned the lesson: Do the taxes early. And I did. All done, check sent, check received, check!
But the bigger lesson is to get the OTHER taxes done early, too. So that includes my mother-in-law’s taxes and those of any beloved family members who need my help and may end up against the deadline.
Now: All done!
It seems to be less awful when done early. Will try to remember for next year.
Catch It Early – Health edition
I may have finally learned how to start taking it easy at the start of a cold! Ususally I push through, as a form of denial and some deeply embedded (and somewhat surprising) work ethic. This time I did the right thing, which meant trading a few days worth of 5-6 hours commuting for more sleep and actually getting more done at work from my home office. The world did not end. I got better quickly. Who knew?
Jane's Lessons Learned 