JOURNAL TOPIC: (* after you write in your journal, please post today's entry as a comment to this post.*)
Tomorrow
morning the garbage trucks come. Tonight I will perform the rituals of
Garbage Day Eve: I will collect the trash from all the wastebaskets in
the house, I will cinch up the big garbage bags from the kitchen,
laundry room, and garage and put them in the garbage cans, and I will
roll the garbage cans to the curb. These tasks aren't necessarily the
sort of thing a kid dreams about doing when he grows up, and no one is
paying me to do these things or even giving me a grade. So why do I
bother? A few reasons: 1) I don't want the smell, bacteria, mess, or
insect/rodent infestation that comes with an accumulation of garbage in
my house; 2) I don't want to wake up tomorrow morning with a start and
race to beat the garbage truck; and, most importantly, 3) over time I
have taken a great deal of pride in maintaining my home. I learned a
lot about #3 when I was in Tibet and watched the Buddhist monks care for
their monastery. (That was also the trip where I learned to truly love
washing dishes -- to this day, there is something about a clean kitchen
that makes me really happy.)
What tasks in your life
are necessary but not necessarily appealing? What do you do that gives
you a sense of accomplishing something difficult, or the sense of ease
that comes with being organized, or just the sense of relief at getting
something unpleasant out of the way?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Masterpiece meetings
3. Masterpiece calendar
4. Check in re: tomorrow and Friday
5. Continue in Fahrenheit 451
6. Read 180
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
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