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(6pm) Quotes:
William G. Nickels, "Win the happiness game"
- "... happiness is a skill that can be learned."
"Happiness is living in the now and appreciating what we have now."
"Focusing on tomorrow, we lost today."
"People sometimes become slaves to plans."
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(6pm) Quotes:
William G. Nickels-"One way to conquer fear,
therefore, is to ask yourself what is the worst thing that can happen, think it through,
and see if you can accept it."
"The worst thing in life is to be afraid to look foolish and have others laugh at you." (As one of my dad’s friends says, tis less embarrassing to ask dumb questions than to make dumb mistakes.)
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(1pm) I suppose I had better do some catching up.
I got a call from my old boss at the County. (They have a big mess, so they have contracted with me to try and clean things up a bit and to train the new staff. (I went over March 7-9 for the first trip.)) (My new boss was supportive. (He doesn't want to pay employer costs so he hired me as a contractor. (In order to make that believable to the IRS, I need to be working for other people.))
Friday and Saturday nites I went out partying with Samantha. (We had a lot of fun!)
Last Saturday nite I went to the strip joint again and then to the Top Hat. (I worked on smiling and keeping my body language open, but couldn't work up the nerve to ask anyone to dance.)
Last nite I took myself to "Hannah and her sisters" (Great flick.), and then to the Top Hat. (I smiled, but couldn't do more than that. (I still have a lot of fear to work through.))
Erica and I are still uptight around each other.
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(7pm) Maybe I should get a button like the one Carrie has, that says "Start me up"?
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(8am) Tis a beautiful morning.
(4pm) Busy day.
Erica called this morning to say hi. (She went to Big Sky skiing for a few days.) (She came back to town today to enroll in school, and is heading back out tonite for another ski trip.) (Good for her!)