sandwich island tribal gear.

it was a cold brisk morning, but the sun was shining. i woke early and decided to walk to my first meeting, clear across town, when i check my phone now it seems i walked seven miles today. also broke my diet a bit, had some sugar and some baked goods. did my best to put together a large business transaction before the holidays commenced. contemplated an upcoming trip to taiwan, changed out a lamp out of the new house and helped my mother-in-law clean out a tub that had gotten flooded over the past week and ruined some boxes we had in storage. spoke to around a half-dozen people regarding business and mentored a friend at lunch about how to get out of the most recent problem he finds himself emerged in. spent time with the wife, bought a microwave with her and decided to forego the tv, we will try to do without one in the living room. read the news a few times, played words with friends and then checked the social media pages of a few girls who I follow and wonder what life would be like if i had chosen to be with them. towards the end of it, i will shower and head to bed early. bed calls me early in the winter.

i did not help with the cooling of the planet, nor did i do any charity work. i also did not help anyone, at least significantly. not certain if any of my actions resulted in the world being a better or worse off place. i gave away a tv and some tupperware to one of our staff, and complimented a women who was working at the electronics store about how well the place was run. i did not call my mom or any of my older friends, nor did i pick up a pen and write a letter, attempted to play an instrument or ponder the meaning of it all. i did not cheat nor did i attempt to get ahead of anyone or anything that was in my way. i rarely thought of others in my business, my competitors or friends who might be doing better then me and for this i am quite happy. i did not shave, but did pass the salon and thought that a haircut would be useful. probably more useful for my son.

if i did not live today the world would have gone on just fine. perhaps even better. the significance of it all does not equal the amount of calories i had to consume to muster through it. if i did not have a kid and wife, a family back home, perhaps i would not have been doing this anymore. living, consuming, taking us space. the middle ages are tough, adjusting to becoming mundane and less significant, still having the ideas and plenty of money to do things, but also having the wisdom and lack of energy to hold you back.