Cluttered or Just Busy?
So here is a shot of my two screens - on any given day I’ll have from one less to three more programs running at the same time…using one or two while waiting for the others to finish what they are doing. Makes for scattered thoughts some days but usually this equates into getting a lot done in the office.
However, I sometimes wonder what would happen if I had less open and just focussed on one or two things at a time…would the output increase? Would the quality? Both?
How about you? How do you prefer to work?
Travis
The Good Life - Where Everyone Knows Your Junk
The good life - where people know your junk. At least that’s how I like to live. On the heels of an interesting conversation with a very secretive person this morning - I read a post from my favorite Canadian pastor (well, the only one I follow or am aware of for that matter). It was timely.
He said “I heard it once expressed this way, there is no level of accountability that will make you the person you do not wish to become.”
So what is it for you? Do you actually let people know your weaknesses? Are you as accountable as you should be?
Travis
One of My Men & One of the Girls
Couldn’t be happier with this picture…
Travis
Tough Guys Love their Mom
My 5 year old son sat down for his snack and I noticed something new on him. He had written the word “mom” on his hand…couldn’t help but think of those really tough guys with the big mom tattoo on their arms, but now it makes sense. He’s sensitive, but mostly he’s a competitive “I’m tougher than you and I can do anything” kind of guy. Hates to lose and all that. But a momma’s boy all the same. I’m ok with that. His mom is my favorite too.
Travis
The Robe of Shame
The Robe of Shame - 8.14.08
(typed on the treo)
i’m sitting in the dr’s office, on the bed/table in the robe of drafty shame. i’m in for my (now yearly) physical…thanks to my loving wife who thinks those things are important. apparently she likes me and wants to keep me around so she gave me a list of things to ask about, dropped me off and went off - probably to some great place to have a great time…while i’m in here.
the problem is that i don’t like needles, i’d rather not know if i have some weird something that will kill me, and you just never know how thorough these things are going to be.
not to mention, the last time i came in they found i had a low platelette count & they sent me to the charleston cancer center…turns out i’m ok. and they found a sun spot, cut it out of my back and after having it tested they said it was indeed precancerous.
i know that finding those was good…and if they find something today, that is good as well. i just wish they could put me on a table fully clothed, run some scan, and send me on my way.
having said all that, i haven’t felt well since getting back from haiti…so i’m running that by him. a timely visit for that situation.
<< a few minutes of poking and prodding >>
well, it’s over. thorough takes on a whole new meaning on days like this. but apparently i 1) may have a parasite from my trip so i have a prescription 2) have to fast for 12 hours before i can get blood drawn …so i have to make my way back here again 3) well, the first two are the only one’s ilm comfortable sharing with the entire planet
at least it’s out of the way for another year.
and amy - it feels incredible to have you take care of me like this…even with all the uncomfortable stuff, i still appreciate it. thank you.
Travis
Wifi in Haiti??
Wifi in Haiti?? I guess so…I was so excited to pry open the book tonight and find a great signal! They have bad water, no electricity during the day, doors are pointless with all the critters that come and go…the place is rough. And yet they have a router somewhere here on this compound. I’m so excited (and waiting desperately for my wife to read the bunch of instant messages I’ve sent here since I discovered the connection).
I will put together some information and some pictures tomorrow as it is late and I’ve been up since 5:30…working my tail off.
Off to take a dripping water shower and try to sleep in the heat…
Travis
Dad/Chef
Tonight my incredible wife Amy is at her first Living Room Ladies night - teaching on perspective in our twenties…she rocks. So I came home a bit early to help manage the kids and feed them while she finalized things on her end. Did I mention she rocks? She does.
Anyways. She handed me a bad of these little Chinese {I think} things with veggies and other stuff inside and said maybe I could use them. Little did she know I was going to create a feast for my offspring! Two packs of ramen noodles {without the seasoning}, a pack of frozen beans {the long kind}, some soy sauce and of course the little pockety things…and you get this:
A bed of noodles, 4 pockets each with beans in between, some soy all around and a dollop of noodles positioned top middle for the style. Turns out they liked it. A lot. Not bad for a simple dad. It’s all in the presentation.
Travis
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