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January 9, 2010
 

After a while

Do you use Google Mail or Google Reader? Have you used them for several years? Have you fallen into the trap of the Starred Item?

This year I plan to get rid of every starred item in my backlogs. There's only 1,200 in my Gmail account (sigh).

I started going through my starchives today, and found this poem, which I'd emailed myself several years ago. Thought I'd share it here.

After A While

After a while you learn
the subtle difference between
holding a hand and chaining a soul
and you learn
that love doesn't mean leaning
and company doesn't always mean security.
And you begin to learn
that kisses aren't contracts
and presents aren't promises
and you begin to accept your defeats
with your head up and your eyes ahead
with the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child
and you learn
to build all your roads on today
because tomorrow's ground is
too uncertain for plans
and futures have a way of falling down
in mid-flight.
After a while you learn
that even sunshine burns
if you get too much
so you plant your own garden
and decorate your own soul
instead of waiting for someone
to bring you flowers
And you learn that you really can endure
you really are strong
you really do have worth
and you learn
and you learn
with every goodbye, you learn ...

-Veronica A. Shoffstall

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December 16, 2009
 

Words to live by

Right. So, I’ve decided to test out Posterous by using it as my daily writing space, shifting the burden away from my main website. Although when I write an article for my main website or another blog, I’ll use that as my post for the day rather than writing here as well.

The goal is to write an article a day, no matter how short, for at least a year. The point? To get over my perfectionism. And to do it publicly so that, even if it is only in my head, others can take me to task when I slack off.

The fact that I can use Posterous for sharing podcasts is also intriguing… perhaps I’ll start posting audio files of interesting science talks here at work.

The image at the top of this post has been my desktop background for over two years at work. The words in this image are important to me because I have a fascination with, well, everything, and I multi-task to extremes. I want to slow down, and explore the smaller things in more depth than I am accustomed to. Perhaps I’ll do that with these writings as well.

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