D195: do you have the time not to do it?
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what's in this email: What is the sequence of your morning stuff Having context with people you care about, is huge! the number of times I've had something in common with this "meat head body builder" has been surprising How to lose interest at hello, claims to teach you how to fix that Sunday July 19, 2026 morning, 7:30 am Greetings Thinkers, I gotta get out of here early today, so here, early today. It's 7:30 right now and I've been up for an hour now. Did all my usual things in not a slow Sunday way. Wake up, bathroom, brush teeth, skip flossing, SHOWER (I rarely shower in the morning but I felt I needed it), moisturize, dress, start water for coffee, start Duck's food warming up on the stove, do the dish left over from last night, clean up whatever Joey ate when he got home late, stir the dog food, make the coffee, sit down, write Morning Pages. Check the dog food, turn it off, make it up, let it cool. Sit for the Daily Email, which I am considering a shift to call Kymology Daily Memoirs. What do you think? What is the sequence of your morning stuff? Does it change a lot? Is there good for you stuff in there or just the essentials of what has to be done? Do you feel we've talked about this before? If you do, we probably have. I listened to a YouTube video yesterday, Chris Bumstead, 6 time Mr Olympia. He's a body builder. I only know him because he's a guy Joe likes and follows. Joe sent me the video. I used to resist watching such content. Why would I want to watch this muscly guy do his workouts?, I would think. But I did, because someone I love asked me to and I do that for some things. Sometimes I DO do what people ask me to. Having context with people you care about, is huge! Thus, a good reason to watch the videos that feel like a waste of time, sometimes. So I watched this one (stopped once it got to the workout part) and he was talking about his morning routine. I'll tell ya, the number of times I've had something in common with this "meat head body builder" has been surprising. I actually like the guy now. This time it was about why "morning routines" matter. It reminded me of another thing I was listening to, another - someone asked me to. A book, and a writer was talking about what it was like to elevator pitch that she wrote about how important journaling is. That no matter how you say that, you pretty much lose interest immediately. It's like those "articulation mastermind / classes" that are trending now. Have you seen those too? How to lose interest at hello, they claim to teach you how to fix that. Another time I felt big resonance with what someone else was saying. She was lamenting how awful it was to describe herself that way because it just didn't land, it never translated for what she felt she was really doing. It didn't convey the significance, the importance, the vitalness. "I write books about journaling" = mundane, predictable, ordinary, BORING. This is what I feel about a lot of things sometimes. Trying describe the "magic" of dailyness, Morning Pages, writing at all, slowing down to think, authenticity, 30 Day Challenges. whatever it is, in a one liner that actually says what it is, it doesn't do much of anything. So, if you've read me write it before, it must be because it's important. And maybe it will resonate this time. That's exactly a part of this work too. Why I do what I do. Because each time whatever the "topic", you can potentially experience it differently , as can I potentially experience it differently. There's "magic" in that too. (Need a better word for magic) What else? I agreed to some counter shifts at Lucketts. That's where I'm heading today. I'll be checking people out all day. I don't think I've made as little as $17 an hour since I was in my 20s... I suppose the cliche of - it's not all about the money, fits here. What will your Sunday look like? If you're reading this in the morning, maybe you'll think about what you think your Sunday will be. Maybe even write that down. Then by the end of the day, maybe you'll reflect on how much it was or was not like what you thought it would be. Sundays. Do I have the time? Do I have the energy? Do I have the money?reading this the next day and thought - those probably are definitely not good or right questions to be asking a lot . Just started a doc called Mom Things. Do you have one of those? What about Dad Things? Yesterday I put in the window AC unity by myself and a couple months late. Now to see how it goes. 6 days to (PINK) Christmas in July What does this have to do with you today? πΊ KG βAll the emails in a list β standouts / other thoughtsIf hot coffee has to come with a warning label that it's hot, I feel like watermelon should have to come with a label that says "could explode". I am a car packing Tetris pro. Soon it will be August, Edgie and Weezie word of the dayaccentuate: to accent, emphasize, or intensify. use it: I accentuate things and stuff when I curate stuff and things quote"Do you have the time not to do it? ~Cbum Energy to you. prompting:is "buyers remorse" regret if you DID or DID NOT buy the thing? why does the expression "rainbows and butterflies" cover so much? reminders:do your desires you can become the kind of person who doesn't require certainty before acting the things we do, do things to us write that down YES, YOU CAN SHARE THIS. If you know someone who you think would like this, please forward this email. What happens when you reply to this email? I reply to you. ALSO - this is your open ended invite to What would Idgie (pronounced Eddie )and Ouiser (pronounced Weezie) do? Things you could know about me:Newest added to oldest I am not the person who gives "responsible advice" ref: D190: taking the leap before it will work, IS what makes it workβ revere what you say I don't know. I continue to wonder about life and the meaning of it and if I'm doing it right, spending it well. These are normal and regular thoughts for me... nothing to feel concern for me about. when did I become a person with a "good dog"? I don't understand or like people who don't look for sea shells at the beach I LIKE rules and I value integrity, authenticity, honesty. ever green perennial Kym I make things bigger than they are, and I use them. Camp burritos and dog food are the most labor intensive things I make you should never say "just my thoughts" about your thoughts how is a process, what is a thing To be close to me in this life, you run the risk of having your life be part of me and I exhibit about mine. The folks who are close, are close in part because they know that and accept it. I have never been CAGEY about my age and I don't like people who are. Old plants are special. plants given to you from people you love, plants that out live those people. God help me when one of those plants dies. "man made" doesn't bother me I will do spider surgery before I "put them out of their misery" I'd rather be dirty or wash out of a mixing bowl than shower somewhere else (sorry Mom) I was not a whiskey drinker. I don't know when I become a whiskey drinker. I have hated whiskey and all dark liquor all my life. Now I drink old fashioneds. Who have I become? You will often find me "wrapping my head around that good thought" vague. I don't like vague. don't be vague with me, I won't be vague with you. at least not on purpose. defines WEIGHT as: the quality of the quantity of matter you are carrying I like to antagonize common sayings and typical perspectives Everything is a choice and authenticity is supreme. Reflecting on my life whether it's looking back at the last month or doing a "this time last year" thing, shorter or longer time frames, doing this at all is a reflection of who I am. That I care to consider who I am, who I have been, what I have done, so that I may use all of that to inform what I do and who I am in the present and the future. That I reflect is a reflection of who I am. running with turtles I know, I'm a horror to say anything to some times.. when all my identities are umbrellas I love a good double negative! Plan in quotes because I'm so averse to "plans" and "goals". I chunk out my days, to the minute, in Gcal. I love to putter so if it becomes "I puttered my life away" so be it. I'm not a cherry picker, of anything. I like to use things that exist rather than start from new or scratch. I am an ostrich about politics, news, current events, pop culture and media. I dislike clichΓ©s and most positive quotes, under thought things meant well, commonly said quotes and phrases. Don't tell me what to do, don't ask me "how how are you?" or say "I'm sorry for your loss" unless you want to annoy me or you really, really mean it. And know it can be hard to tell which it is, and I'm wrong not infrequently. 30 Day Challenges are my thing. I have a tendency to make things every day things. This is where 30 Day Challenges come from! Like yourself. Know yourself. Express that self. Peepers are my favorite sound. Triangles are my favorite shape. 54 is my number. I never need to talk but thank you for offering to listen. If you say I'm overthinking it, I'll probably say you are underthinkig it. why I do what I do: I want to "make you" THINK. I don't mind if your experience and perception of me "makes you" be more mindful, use your brain more, "think too much" or consider something more carefully, or differently, or moves you to be (more) thoughtful or intentional or authentic. I am a hugger and I mean my hugs. I don't like to have scheduled things. The days where I have something scheduled are a certain category of feeling. I'm not very fond of pre sign ups, committing to things in advance externally. My favorite days are the ones I call "blank slate days". Nothing scheduled, nothing formally EXTERNALLY committed (I am full of internal commitment and ideas all the time, so no day is truly uncommitted). use the moons I love rules and I am a ruler follower. I like a cup to fill. So which is it Kym. Do you like wide open clean slate no commitment things? Geez what a walking contradiction. A biggest when to which Witch!? SOC life - what you allow in, turns into what you spend your time on. Can you see it? 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