Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever purchased (not your home or car).
I am visiting Victoria in the late nineties. It is the first really good visit in ten years. I spent 2000.00 dollars on a car rental, hotel and other odds and sods. I stayed at the James Bay Inn for a couple of days and I flew back to Edmonton on Air Canada.
But I visited mom and dad. I saw Maureen and her 2 kids. I bought them all a nice present: rings and an Alanon book. I think I saw Deb. I didn’t see her kids. My sister Sue was over in Vancouver. It is an whirlwind trip.
Here I am at home in two weeks from the time I left. It is the best way to visit friends and relatives.
Morning routine with “strengthside”, a 20 minute YouTube vid. And another 10 minute one for beginners about stretching.
Either work or on my day off, writing, guitar, photography,hiking, other hobbies, chores like today (laundry, dishes, cooking, cleaning, and 2 hours of work).
I usually watch an hour or two of programming from various entertainment outlets.
I have an evening routine of winding down an hour before bed, take a shower and prep for work tomorrow.
Personal time 3 hours + chore time 3 hours+ work and travel time 3 hours+ 8 hours sleep + 2 hours exercise + 2 hours meals + 1 hour meditation + 1 hour mental exercise on elevation app. + 1 hour on miscellaneous (hurry,worry,negative self talk, socialization, vegging and procrastination, and much more emotional, mental, beliefs and behavioural stuff)=24 hours.
I continue to learn and practice doing no harm and doing my best.
Understated philosopher, whose teacher was Musonius Rufus.
To me, this helps me practise what I need by looking at the source. The progenitor of a teacher student relationship in the practice of the proper use of impressions.
Everyone deserves a helping hand, my dad taught me to mow the lawn. And as I learned, got me a job doing, Mr. Saltings lawn (my dad was obviously still teaching me).
I don’t know if I ever had a first job, because my dad was my teacher, body guard and friend up past my teens.
Every job or activity that helped me create job skills, he was right there beside me.
My dad was an electrician. So of course my first job mistake was Getty in trouble when no one was watching….
I put one of my mom’s bobby pins in an electrical outlet.
Not one of my best moves, but I was only four, my mom was very upset with me and grateful I was okay. No injury, very lucky.
My dad hired me on as his apprentice for a couple of my teen age years.
At school my dad helped me by rebuilding the lighting board and we won best play provincially in part due to him. He was so proud of my technical award and high grades.
My parents helped me find work during the recession in the seventies.
My mom’s boss got me a job as an assistant camp manager, He made sure an irksome new boss paid me.
And this is how my work life began.
I mostly had service work through out my life.
At present, I pay my bills by working as a middle manager.
And the first job I had was doing the same.
So, this may be my last paying job. But it has kept a roof over my head and food in my stomach.
I try to pay it forward, but I have been so fortunate to have good people guide and support me over the decades.
