Last week my Aunt passed away. She was my Dad's sister. My Dad passed away about one-and-a-half years ago. Every time someone passes away I get thinking about death.
I've always thought that the way I would die was by spontaneous human combustion. But lately I felt that I might go by way of a heart attack. Then I started thinking maye the spontaneous combustion will trigger a heart attack and it will be up to the coroner to figure out which event actually killed me.
I remember when my Mother passed away. I was drinking a lot during that time and doing a lot of drugs. I started having panic attacks all the time. Years earlier I had suffered from anxiety and had learned how to control it. After my Mom died none of those things seemed to work, the anxiety just got worse and worse. I even went to a therapist to help me with it. It finally died off (no pun intended). One thing I remember going through after my Mom passed away was not wanting to get close to anyone or anything because I had a "why bother they'll just die" feeling. It took a long time to get rid of that. A couple years later I sobered up but I still have to deal with anxiety on a daily basis.
Following the death of my Father I went through a similar thing but because I was sober didn't realize it was happening. I had never suffered through depression, or that feeling I alluded to earlier in this blog, sober. It took almost a year to figure out what was happening to me. Luckily after realizing it I was able to get out of that rut.
Yeah - death sure is a weird thing. When I was in my teens and 20s, hell even 30s, I didn't think of death that often. But once you hit the big 40 and people around you start passing on it takes up a lot of head space. I remember when I wasn't working much I would sit at my fiance's place watching day time television. I would watch old shows that I grew up with and all that I could think of was whether this actor or that actor was still alive.
Lucky for me I don't have cable.
Dave the Dude
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Time Saving
In this fast-paced, texting, grammarless, ambivalent towards spelling society I have found an ever-growing need to save time. Here are just a few ways I have found to put more bang in the buck of my day.
In the morning a great way to save time is by brushing your teeth and peeing in the shower. I find brushing your teeth in the shower gets them more clean and takes about 30 seconds off the day. As for peeing in the shower. You can wash yourself and pee at the same time - those morning pees do take a long time. Plus you're saving water by not having to flush. Now if you have to do a number two your SOL (pun intended). Of course, if you train your body to only defecate every other day then that's an awesome time saver.
I find a lot of time is spent washing dishes. That's why I try never to use a plate or cutlery. By eating sandwhichs, hotdogs or anything that is encompassed by bread or a pita you can eat with your hands. A napkin or paper towel makes a fine plate and you can use it to wipe your mouth clean afterwards. That saves anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute.
Doing laundry is always a time eating duty. Just follow one simple rule: you don't have to wash your clothes, sheets, etc. until you smell them yourself. If you wear the same pants, underwear and socks for two to three days in a row no one is wiser. No one ever looks at those. A different shirt every day keeps people unaware that half your wardrope was warn yesterday. Don't stop there - don't throw that shirt in the wash. You can wear the same shirt every other or every three days and peope don't know it hasn't been washed. Quite the time saver.
Multitasking is a big time saver. Driving and eating breakfast on the way to work. Not wiping your ass but jumping in the shower immediatly after not only saves time but saves toilet paper and thus money as well. Time equals money my friends.
The only thing I haven't been able to save time doing is driving. Now in typical alcoholic thinking if everyone did as I said then things would go smoothly. Why when merging onto the highway do people have to drive all the way to the end of the merging line thus block traffic as they stop to find a way into the next lane? I always look for a spot to merge in before I reach the end. If drivers kept an eye on the walk/stop lights they would also be able to factor in when to speed up so they can make that green/amber light in time. Stop day dreaming and pay attention.
Just a few things that help me during my day so I have more time for the more important things in life like thinking of ideas for this blog.
Dave the Dude
In the morning a great way to save time is by brushing your teeth and peeing in the shower. I find brushing your teeth in the shower gets them more clean and takes about 30 seconds off the day. As for peeing in the shower. You can wash yourself and pee at the same time - those morning pees do take a long time. Plus you're saving water by not having to flush. Now if you have to do a number two your SOL (pun intended). Of course, if you train your body to only defecate every other day then that's an awesome time saver.
I find a lot of time is spent washing dishes. That's why I try never to use a plate or cutlery. By eating sandwhichs, hotdogs or anything that is encompassed by bread or a pita you can eat with your hands. A napkin or paper towel makes a fine plate and you can use it to wipe your mouth clean afterwards. That saves anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute.
Doing laundry is always a time eating duty. Just follow one simple rule: you don't have to wash your clothes, sheets, etc. until you smell them yourself. If you wear the same pants, underwear and socks for two to three days in a row no one is wiser. No one ever looks at those. A different shirt every day keeps people unaware that half your wardrope was warn yesterday. Don't stop there - don't throw that shirt in the wash. You can wear the same shirt every other or every three days and peope don't know it hasn't been washed. Quite the time saver.
Multitasking is a big time saver. Driving and eating breakfast on the way to work. Not wiping your ass but jumping in the shower immediatly after not only saves time but saves toilet paper and thus money as well. Time equals money my friends.
The only thing I haven't been able to save time doing is driving. Now in typical alcoholic thinking if everyone did as I said then things would go smoothly. Why when merging onto the highway do people have to drive all the way to the end of the merging line thus block traffic as they stop to find a way into the next lane? I always look for a spot to merge in before I reach the end. If drivers kept an eye on the walk/stop lights they would also be able to factor in when to speed up so they can make that green/amber light in time. Stop day dreaming and pay attention.
Just a few things that help me during my day so I have more time for the more important things in life like thinking of ideas for this blog.
Dave the Dude
Saving Time
In this fast-paced, texting, grammarless, ambivalent towards spelling society I have found an ever-growing need to save time. Here are just a few ways I have found to put more bang in the buck of my day.
In the morning a great way to save time is by brushing your teeth and peeing in the shower. I find brushing your teeth in the shower gets them more clean and takes about 30 seconds off the day. As for peeing in the shower. You can wash yourself and pee at the same time - those morning pees do take a long time. Plus you're saving water by not having to flush. Now if you have to do a number two your SOL (pun intended). Of course, if you train your body to only defecate every other day then that's an awesome time saver.
I find a lot of time is spent washing dishes. That's why I try never to use a plate or cutlery. By eating sandwhichs, hotdogs or anything that is encompassed by bread or a pita you can eat with your hands. A napkin or paper towel makes a fine plate and you can use it to wipe your mouth clean afterwards. That saves anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute.
Doing laundry is always a time eating duty. Just follow one simple rule: you don't have to wash your clothes, sheets, etc. until you smell them yourself. If you wear the same pants, underwear and socks for two to three days in a row no one is wiser. No one ever looks at those. A different shirt every day keeps people unaware that half your wardrope was warn yesterday. Don't stop there - don't throw that shirt in the wash. You can wear the same shirt every other or every three days and peope don't know it hasn't been washed. Quite the time saver.
Multitasking is a big time saver. Driving and eating breakfast on the way to work. Not wiping your ass but jumping in the shower immediatly after not only saves time but saves toilet paper and thus money as well. Time equals money my friends.
The only thing I haven't been able to save time doing is driving. Now in typical alcoholic thinking if everyone did as I said then things would go smoothly. Why when merging onto the highway do people have to drive all the way to the end of the merging line thus block traffic as they stop to find a way into the next lane? I always look for a spot to merge in before I reach the end. If drivers kept an eye on the walk/stop lights they would also be able to factor in when to speed up so they can make that green/amber light in time. Stop day dreaming and pay attention.
Just a few things that help me during my day so I have more time for the more important things in life like thinking of ideas for this blog.
Dave the Dude
In the morning a great way to save time is by brushing your teeth and peeing in the shower. I find brushing your teeth in the shower gets them more clean and takes about 30 seconds off the day. As for peeing in the shower. You can wash yourself and pee at the same time - those morning pees do take a long time. Plus you're saving water by not having to flush. Now if you have to do a number two your SOL (pun intended). Of course, if you train your body to only defecate every other day then that's an awesome time saver.
I find a lot of time is spent washing dishes. That's why I try never to use a plate or cutlery. By eating sandwhichs, hotdogs or anything that is encompassed by bread or a pita you can eat with your hands. A napkin or paper towel makes a fine plate and you can use it to wipe your mouth clean afterwards. That saves anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute.
Doing laundry is always a time eating duty. Just follow one simple rule: you don't have to wash your clothes, sheets, etc. until you smell them yourself. If you wear the same pants, underwear and socks for two to three days in a row no one is wiser. No one ever looks at those. A different shirt every day keeps people unaware that half your wardrope was warn yesterday. Don't stop there - don't throw that shirt in the wash. You can wear the same shirt every other or every three days and peope don't know it hasn't been washed. Quite the time saver.
Multitasking is a big time saver. Driving and eating breakfast on the way to work. Not wiping your ass but jumping in the shower immediatly after not only saves time but saves toilet paper and thus money as well. Time equals money my friends.
The only thing I haven't been able to save time doing is driving. Now in typical alcoholic thinking if everyone did as I said then things would go smoothly. Why when merging onto the highway do people have to drive all the way to the end of the merging line thus block traffic as they stop to find a way into the next lane? I always look for a spot to merge in before I reach the end. If drivers kept an eye on the walk/stop lights they would also be able to factor in when to speed up so they can make that green/amber light in time. Stop day dreaming and pay attention.
Just a few things that help me during my day so I have more time for the more important things in life like thinking of ideas for this blog.
Dave the Dude
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