Free Radicals

I don't have a strong need to be able to identify with in-group on an emotional level. It's not a strength nor weakness, nor is it a virtue. However, being able to identify with a group or to be part of a group is something I understand and can appreciate the benefits of when I think about it, as in the past I have accidentally become tangled up with potentially dangerous people simply because I was the only one there who wasn't belonging to a protective group.

It's like being a free radical in chemistry. If you're not inked up with a group already and you're just floating around by yourself, there's a risk that you'll end up with someone attached to you that would be better to not have attached to you.

Tasks for friends and family, should I die

Visit an art gallery.

Go an engineering firm, or a construction site. Please take note of the work behind the scenes, and all the efforts made for sustainability.

Try something at a restaurant you have never tried before. (It doesn’t have to be expensive).

Go out into the country if you can, or from wherever you can, wait for a meteor.

But don’t make a wish. Think, dream, imagine, and even remember, but do not wish your life away.  Keep stretching forward to things ahead, keep your head up. Watch the meteor as it burns bright, as it begins to come close to home, then disappears once again. 

And if you would like, wait for more.

I'm secretly trying to learn a new language, and every time I encounter a new word on Duolingo I'm like, "oh no, this is it. This is the end. I'll never remember this." But then by the end of the final level of that unit I remember the word.

Thanks, Duolingo.

How to fall asleep

October 1, 2020 ??? (published April 9, 2021)

How to fall asleep

Chapter 1: be tired

Chapter to: be not wired

Chapter 3: get some sleep so you can function or you’ll get fired

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Chapter 4: BE INSPIRED

Chapter five: actually no don’t be like that it’ll keep you awake