Most things in my life are not sparking joy. I think that's an excessively high bar. If we are doing joy as a criteria, the only thing I might have left is my pillow and new mattress, my letter from the President, and some tights. I'm not sure I'd survive my own joy criteria.
Why couldn't you be dealing drugs like normal people?
Snyder ,'Empty Places'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Apr 16, 2016 4:56:36 pm PDT #19761 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Kat - Apr 16, 2016 4:58:21 pm PDT #19762 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
My wife just told me that she thinks what I really want is just to live by myself and just work and write.
Well, wanting to write and getting it done are two separate things. That seems like a pretty passive aggressive comment. How did you respond?
Dana - Apr 16, 2016 5:01:42 pm PDT #19763 of 30003
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Somedays, I just want to run away and join the circus, or go live in a hotel for a month, or barricade my door and spend the rest of my life streaming Netflix. It doesn't mean I do it, and it doesn't mean I should be criticized for these occasional thoughts.
-t - Apr 16, 2016 5:26:18 pm PDT #19764 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I like sparking joy as a criteria but I think I am more easily sparked than most people. Or have a low bar for what constitutes joy. Something.
Gudanov - Apr 16, 2016 5:30:29 pm PDT #19765 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping
Burrell - Apr 16, 2016 5:43:33 pm PDT #19766 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Most things in my life are not sparking joy. I think that's an excessively high bar.
Agreed. In fact, I'd say you have a surprisingly long list of joyful items. Let's see I got: vanilla oolong tea and... uh... stretch class and Tai Chi. Do those last two count or does it need to be an object?
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 16, 2016 8:42:52 pm PDT #19767 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Most of the stuff currently in my life sparks joy. Working Sunday will be an exception to that, however.
I stopped by the office tonight to feed the office cat and close her up in a room where she won't set off the motion detectors. She jumped up on a box my co-worker covered with a carpet sample for her, rolled around, and fell off the side into her water dish. Aren't cats supposed to be graceful?
Fiona - Apr 16, 2016 10:26:07 pm PDT #19768 of 30003
The "sparking joy" is supposed to be about things, yes; but I prefer William Blake's rule to Marie Kondo's.
If you want a golden rule that will fit everybody, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
Dana - Apr 17, 2016 3:28:17 am PDT #19769 of 30003
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
We are awake, but the dog we are dogsitting for this weekend has declined to move, other than to curl into a tighter ball in his bed.
Kat - Apr 17, 2016 3:46:30 am PDT #19770 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I've been wondering if it's any good! I think I'll buy some and give it a whirl.
shrift, I really like their cider. It's not too sweet.