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Good move, Quirky...
posted by
word.smith
on December 15, 2004 at 11:26 AM
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Ariala,
maybe you are having some exhilarating flying escapades that pump you up?
posted by
Julia.
on December 15, 2004 at 11:15 AM
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Quirky, it's very strange, I woke up at 2:45 and didn't get back to sleep
until after 3:30 a.m Sweet Pea, the gray kitty that sleeps with me, was under my arm and against me with his head on my pillow. So cute! He does that every night...but not sure why I've been waking up like that for the last few nights.
posted by
Ariala
on December 15, 2004 at 10:50 AM
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hehe. How can you be tired now...did Hobbes keep you up all night? lol.
posted by
Julia.
on December 15, 2004 at 10:47 AM
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commented? hahahaha, still tired, I see.
posted by
Ariala
on December 15, 2004 at 10:38 AM
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Yeah, I think I had a tough day when I left that commented and was tired
on top of it. "Cease" only made sense at that point!
posted by
Ariala
on December 15, 2004 at 10:34 AM
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Ariala,
well it definitely worked, I thought it WAS funny!!
posted by
Julia.
on December 15, 2004 at 10:30 AM
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Quirky, no I meant what I said...it was a stab at being funny! hehehehe
posted by
Ariala
on December 15, 2004 at 10:29 AM
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auntyholly, that's so true.
posted by
Julia.
on December 15, 2004 at 10:28 AM
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IR,
thanks for your lovely comment. Perhaps I can email you the technique.
posted by
Julia.
on December 15, 2004 at 10:28 AM
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Alf,
I'm just the opposite, I had less fear when I was younger and didn't contemplate the "what ifs" so much.
posted by
Julia.
on December 15, 2004 at 10:25 AM
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Ariala--
did you mean "seize" the day?? If not, then that is really funny and I want to know exactly how one does go about ceasing the day??
posted by
Julia.
on December 15, 2004 at 10:24 AM
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Wiley,
I'm working on chartering a boat for a few Blogit friends...you can come with us!
posted by
Julia.
on December 15, 2004 at 10:22 AM
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sillysoul, lol.
If everyone did it simultaneously, it would be mass chaos!
posted by
Julia.
on December 15, 2004 at 10:21 AM
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L.E. Gant,
Thank you for that excellent recommendation--I will check it out.
posted by
Julia.
on December 15, 2004 at 10:20 AM
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"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination"
Old Lennon quote - but then the Someday Isles often sound great but they come with the grass that looks greener over the otherside.
posted by
auntyholly
on December 15, 2004 at 5:05 AM
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Quirky, this post is so apt for me
I live my life on Someday Isle. I dream often, but no matter how hard I try my dreams always seem to slip through my hands as though there were grains of sand passing through a sieve not delicate enough to hold them. My main obstacle is an overwhelming passion: I care so much about something, that I consume myself in the idea of the dream. Sometimes I am able to get the boat off and set sail for a little while, but eventually I set fire to that boat. I burn myself out, and find myself brought back by the currents to Someday Isle.
I have dispensed with the ship now, and I am swimming it. It's hard work but it is the only way I will be able to get anything done. I do not want my dreams to be forever limited to the back of my eyelids.
I am sorry that I will miss your post, and your technique. I would be interested to hear it. But, perhaps I know already.
Your friend,
Patrick
posted by
InherentRights
on December 14, 2004 at 9:23 PM
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Quirky....
Very true indeed. I am getting better as I get older though. Maybe because when you are younder it seems like you have an eternity to get things done. Good post.
posted by
A_Norseman
on December 14, 2004 at 9:00 PM
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Great post...I struggle with the "someday scenario," but for the most
part I do try to cease the day...(and the night, goodnight!
)
posted by
Ariala
on December 14, 2004 at 8:13 PM
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Quirky
Yup, I'm stuck here in Someday Isle, oh well, someday I'll get off luv.
Great post
posted by
WileyJohn
on December 14, 2004 at 8:10 PM
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::Floating on a deserted isle:: "Hello? anyone here?"
Good post. I think if most of use where to ever achieve are dreams, the aftermath will be unfathomable. Two things I thing is hard to deal with in human nature, 1. failure and 2. Achieving a goal and plateau after it's been done.
Sillysoul88
posted by
SillySoul88
on December 14, 2004 at 7:41 PM
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OOPs - forgot to add: maybe someday I'll visit and explore that Someday Isle - it must be nice when one can afford to be there
posted by
L.E.Gant
on December 14, 2004 at 7:34 PM
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Another Isle to go with Isle of View and Isle of It and a couple of dozen others - Piers Anthony would love it!
A good book to read is Spencer's "The Present" - it summed up what I'd been living for most of my life. Maybe it will help you too, at least to get out of what Dr Seuss calls "the waiting place" (see Oh! The Places You'll Go).
posted by
L.E.Gant
on December 14, 2004 at 7:32 PM
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scriber,
well good luck with that, I hope you make it!
posted by
Julia.
on December 14, 2004 at 2:48 PM
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waiting for tomorrow.
posted by
scriber
on December 14, 2004 at 2:29 PM
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Ca88,
thank you...so do I, unfortunately. Maybe we can charter a boat and share it??
posted by
Julia.
on December 14, 2004 at 2:24 PM
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Quirky - this was good. I do get stuck on Someday Island sometimes...
posted by
Ca88andra
on December 14, 2004 at 2:01 PM
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Pickles,
Well...thinking is good, lol.
posted by
Julia.
on December 14, 2004 at 1:30 PM
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Taps,
I have had that experience myself a time or two. Maybe we need a gps system?
posted by
Julia.
on December 14, 2004 at 1:29 PM
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Wild One,
And to you, as well!
posted by
Julia.
on December 14, 2004 at 1:29 PM
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I hover between the both. Good post - it got me thinking!
posted by
littlemspickles
on December 14, 2004 at 12:58 PM
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Quirky - I don't have any trouble getting into the boat but, often
I have trouble staying on course.
posted by
TAPS.
on December 14, 2004 at 10:54 AM
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:) Happy Holidays Quirks!
posted by
Wildwoman_Laloba
on December 14, 2004 at 10:51 AM
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Yes Wilds...right NOW! lol.
posted by
Julia.
on December 14, 2004 at 10:43 AM
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like, right now, Quirks? :)
posted by
Wildwoman_Laloba
on December 14, 2004 at 10:38 AM
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My Wild One,
Thank you for reading today.
posted by
Julia.
on December 14, 2004 at 10:33 AM
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Good post Quirks
Someday Isle.......I like the whole analogy you carried through this post.
posted by
Wildwoman_Laloba
on December 14, 2004 at 10:22 AM
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SincerityAnna,
thanks for your comment...that is a
great attitude to have and I've nothing against the credo "Just Do It." However, I do think that sometimes, it's a bit more involved, things hold us back and we can't get to the doing until we know what those blocks are...it's the same as, for example, telling a person with depression to just "snap out of it,"--they can't do that.
posted by
Julia.
on December 14, 2004 at 10:22 AM
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Word.smith,
Yay for you!! I'm building me a new raft to get off the island as well!~
posted by
Julia.
on December 14, 2004 at 10:19 AM
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quirky...
I like to say it this way..."Why wait till tommorrow to do what can be done today...?" I know it's hard for people to "just do it" but when are people going to realize that it won't get done until they just do it...GREAT POST!!!
posted by
SincerityAnna
on December 14, 2004 at 10:04 AM
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Quirky, I believe it's important to know
what I want to achieve. The old black and white helps me tremendously, I'm at that point when I need to make another list - new year a-coming and all. One thing I do know for sure is that I won't be part of the castaways hanging out on 'Someday Isle". = )
posted by
word.smith
on December 14, 2004 at 9:46 AM
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Passionflower,
I wish I could just do that...I think that for most people it's not that simple...
posted by
Julia.
on December 14, 2004 at 9:43 AM
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I was once stuck on Someday Island but I just woke up one day and decided it was time to move on.
posted by
Passionflower
on December 14, 2004 at 9:18 AM
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