PurpleCar

Today I’ll point you to some beautiful writing. It speaks for itself. Give it a quick (and devastating) minute:

http://fullgrownpeople.com/2016/01/14/the-girl-who-fell-to-earth/

Take a minute to dream

Tonight’s Powerball jackpot is over a billion dollars. How crazy is that?

We’ve spent our obligatory few bucks on tickets, even though the math doesn’t quite work out – why go up against a 1 in 300,000,000 chance to win when other smaller jackpots have a 1 in 11 mill chance?

Yeah, see, though, that’s not the point, is it? The fun is in the group excitement. Buying some lottery tickets helps you feel like a part of something.

I’m still on the fence of the good/bad of buying lottery tickets, though. I only buy some when the jackpot is digustingly huge, because there is so much to be imagined and shared. Tonight at the dinner table, we talked about our dreams and what we’d do with that kind of money. Crazy-world daydreams say a lot about a person. It’s so fun to listen and imagine these impossible things.

But then I always want to encourage any daydreamers to find a miniature version of the big dream. Want designer clothes? You could spend time scouring sales and thrift stores. You can build up pieces one by one, making sure to buy timeless labels and designs.

Want a room dedicated to a hobby? Where can you set up a permanent desk for it? We all have too much clutter. It’s likely a bit of organizing can help you uncover dedicated space, even it is a 2×2 square. If you have big dreams, use that square to work out a plan on how to obtain a bigger space.

When my New Year’s Resolutions started (a few days before Xmas) I carved out space in the laundry room where I could permanently park my yoga mat. I’ve done more yoga in the last two weeks than I had in the previous two months.

So dream away, kids, and good luck to us all. In the meantime, take a look at your own wants and desires and ask yourself: how can I have a piece of this today? Then go get it!

PHOTO CREDIT: Take Back Your Health on Flickr.com

Ugh. Too much caffeine this morning! I’m having a very hard time staying on task. I’m also in one of those odd states of mind where confidence+cynicism makes me think I know everything. One thing I *do* know about thinking you know everything: It means you know nothing.

So I GOOGed “what to think when you think you know everything” and came up with this gem of a post. My cynical side is yelling “bullshit” but my more sane side is saying “there’s probably some worthy knowledge here I’m not ready for at this hyper-caffeinated moment.”

Go on over to Mark’s page to read it. There’s a great quote, which Mark says is the single-most repeated bit from his book on dating:

“you cannot be a powerful life-changing presence to some people without being a complete joke and embarrassment to others.”

http://markmanson.net/hidden-costs-of-happiness

In another article, Mark asks us not what do we want in life, but what kind of pain do we want in life? Happiness is struggle, he says.

http://qz.com/584874/you-probably-know-to-ask-yourself-what-do-i-want-heres-a-way-better-question/

That’s all I have for today. Hopefully you’ll get something out of Mr. Manson’s wisdom.

_________

Quick link for my (most probably misguided) Google search

Recently I was charged for another 2 year membership on Flickr.com. Years ago, membership was cheap and a great community came with it. Now I’m not so sure. Changes are afoot and Flickr is moving toward offering a storage solution for enterprise and the membership price in 2 years will soar. I doubt I’ll renew then.

The renewal reminder came during xmas madness. I didn’t have the brain power and patience to figure out what I needed to do to move or save the 1800+ photos I have posted there. I just let the renewal happen. The same previous rate applied, so it wasn’t a big deal.

Going forward, though, I’ll need a new photo solution. iCloud charges too much (IMHO). I have a ton (unlimited?) storage at Amazon via my Prime account, but I haven’t used it yet. I will get to that, though, because that’s just free space right there.

Anyway… Today I changed the licensing on ALL of my (public) photos on Flickr to Attribution Creative Commons. I rely on open-use photos for my blogging and I wanted to return the favor. Hopefully others will stick to the attribution clause as faithfully as I do.

I’ve been meaning to put some more recent and sellable ones up on FOAP, but I haven’t gotten around to it. It will be part of my organizing projects this year, perhaps. FOAP and other selling sites are a game, though, and one I don’t really want to play. Not really. It’d be nice to make some passive income on photos but the time-sink probably won’t pay off.

I sure miss the old Flickr, though. Catch me there while you can. Follow me and I’ll follow back: PurpleCar on Flickr