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o People with large private wealth sometimes do good things
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that no government bureaucracy would ever sign off on.
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#nn of #100DaysToOffload take 2.1, https://100daystooffload.com/
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+* TODO Try writing more, you'll worry less :100DaysToOffload:
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+ :PROPERTIES:
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+ :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 2023-02-04
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+ :EXPORT_HUGO_PUBLISHDATE: 2023-02-04:
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+ :END:
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+The past couple weeks, I've intentionally cut the phone out my
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+morning routine. I was writing a daily journal (on paper), about a
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+page or two. I've always found that to be cathartic, as well as a
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+good way to organize my thoughts and do some day-to-day planning.
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+Now I'm writing two daily journals.
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+#+hugo: more
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+
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+The second one is an attempt to
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+capture family history and oral tradition. A lot of history,
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+artifacts and stories have landed on me after 150 or 200 years.
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+I'm "getting them out" in a semi-organized manner. There will
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+probably be online versions later, but I find the process of writing
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+on paper leads to much more creativity at the start.
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+
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+Which leads me back to the start of this post. You can start you day
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+doom-scrolling, filling your head with sound bites, stories of political
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+(and other) apocalypses, or you can use the time to create, reflect
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+and plan before spending the time you this day. Your choice.
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+
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+(turns out this is version 2 of my previous post...)
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+
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+#45 of #100DaysToOffload take 2.1, https://100daystooffload.com/
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+* TODO "Weem doin' it by the numbers again, Mom" :100DaysToOffload:
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+ :PROPERTIES:
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+ :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 2023-02-07
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+ :EXPORT_HUGO_PUBLISHDATE: 2023-02-07:
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+ :END:
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+
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+The short story ..
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+#+caption: [[https://FOO.COM/BAR/BAZ.JPG]["Name of work" by WHO is licensed under cc by 2.0]]
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+#+attr_html: :width 200px
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+[[file:images/BAZ.JPG]]
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+#+hugo: more
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+
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+When we were kids and Dad took us to shower at the
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+campground, there were apparently mental list of how to do it, a
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+phrase from my distant childhood memory (probably age 2 or 3) has me
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+telling mom (still working out grammar) "Weem [we am] doing it by the
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+numbers again, Mom"
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+
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+#nn of #100DaysToOffload take 2.1, https://100daystooffload.com/
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+* TODO Count Your Blessings :100DaysToOffload:
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+ :PROPERTIES:
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+ :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 2023-02-09
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+ :EXPORT_HUGO_PUBLISHDATE: 2023-02-09:
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+ :END:
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+Do something radical.
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+
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+#+begin_quote
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+Count your blessings, name them one by one
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+#+end_quote
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+
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+Literally. Do it. Write them down. Meditate on all the good stuff
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+in your life. Maybe even give thanks.
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+
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+https://hymnary.org/text/when_upon_lifes_billows_you_are_tempest
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+
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+#nn of #100DaysToOffload take 2.1, https://100daystooffload.com/
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+* TODO "Branding" volunteer hiking trail maintenance?
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+ :PROPERTIES:
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+ :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 2023-03-11
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+ :EXPORT_HUGO_PUBLISHDATE: 2023-03-11:
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+ :END:
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+
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+# The short story ..
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+
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+# #+caption: [[https://FOO.COM/BAR/BAZ.JPG]["Name of work" by WHO is licensed under cc by 2.0]]
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+# #+attr_html: :width 200px
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+# [[file:images/BAZ.JPG]]
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+
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+In your "Presidents Log Book Entry" in the monthly newsletter, you
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+talked about the need for the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club (PATC)
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+to build its "brand identity" to reach our target "consumers". About
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+that...
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+#+hugo: more
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+
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+I'm involved in PATC as a trail maintainer and an avid hiker with 1700
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+miles of an AT Section hike over 14 years. I'm in it to meet the likes
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+of Tom Johnson, one of your predecessors as PATC president. I ran into
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+him once in the middle of a long day-hike, corresponded a bit and devoured
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+the copy of the history of the PATC which he wrote and sent to me shortly
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+before he passed on while leading a hike. I'm in it to work with
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+Jon & Katherine Rindt, Mosby district supervisors. I admire their non-ceasing
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+selfless work to clear 100s of blow downs, corral the cats (volunteers
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+like me), fix signage, work with the county/state/parks to get parking
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+lots fixed, etc. I'm in it to take trail maintenance classes from the
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+likes of Robert Fina and to, again, admire the dedication, learning
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+and investment of time and resources he puts into it. I do my little
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+bit, but there are giants out there. I'm in it to take walks with my
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+family, to meet casual hikers and to talk to the steady stream of thru-hikers
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+who are on a mission. I'm in it drag my daughter-in-law, a professional
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+ornithologist, out with me to do maintenance and to be amazed as she
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+identifies 30+ in species of birds around us on one outing without
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+even seeing most of them. She then put together a display about the
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+birds that is in the display case at the Tucker Lane parking lot (thanks
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+to Jon, too).
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+
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+So, yeah, brand identity. I'd welcome to chance to get to know you
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+and to talk to you about it, one-on-one. I could use some help cleaning
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+out water bars and weed-wacking my section once the vegetation gets
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+going later this spring. Let me know if you'd like to help.
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+
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+#nn of #100DaysToOffload take 2.1, https://100daystooffload.com/
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+* TODO The Bad Old Days. What the office means to me. :100DaysToOffload:
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+ :PROPERTIES:
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+ :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 2023-03-16
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+ :EXPORT_HUGO_PUBLISHDATE: 2023-03-16:
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+ :END:
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+
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+The short story ..
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+#+caption: [[https://FOO.COM/BAR/BAZ.JPG]["Name of work" by WHO is licensed under cc by 2.0]]
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+#+attr_html: :width 200px
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+[[file:images/BAZ.JPG]]
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+
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+#+hugo: more
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+
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+The long story...
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+
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+- Broken WIFI
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+ - Broken Video Conferencing
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+ - City noise
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+ - People having to find/fight for conference rooms
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+ - extroverts assume their preferences, style and choice of career
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+ should be normative for introverts. Late risers...
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+ - HR promotional blurbs on big screens in common areas promoting
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+ whatever it is HR promotes, convincing themselves, I'm sure that
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+ they are relevant and needed, but, in fact just sucking down
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+ revenue, mostly failing in attracting good candidates (see
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+ buying talent via acquisitions vs. normal hiring process)
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+ drawing focus off productive work.
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+ - hits of the return of office politics
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+ - badges
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+
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+#nn of #100DaysToOffload take 2.1, https://100daystooffload.com/
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+* TODO Who 'ya gonna trust? CNN, Podcasts, ChatGPT... :100DaysToOffload:
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+ :PROPERTIES:
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+ :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 2023-05-14
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+ :EXPORT_HUGO_PUBLISHDATE: 2023-05-14:
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+ :END:
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+
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+The short story ..
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+#+caption: [[https://FOO.COM/BAR/BAZ.JPG]["Name of work" by WHO is licensed under cc by 2.0]]
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+#+attr_html: :width 200px
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+[[file:images/BAZ.JPG]]
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+
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+#+hugo: more
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+On my [[https://fosstodon.org/@saluki/110354524960932474"][Mastadon feed]] this week, the question was asked
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+#+begin_quote
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+"Why have #podcasts become so popular in the last few years? What's changed?"
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+#+end_quote
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+
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+I think there are a lot of answers. Mine include
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+ #+begin_quote
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+ No need for the overhead or editorial control of older media forms.
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+ Lower production and distribution costs. A wide range of presenters
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+ and topics.
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+ #+end_quote
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+Thinking a little further, I think there's going to be another HUGE
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+reason to tune unto long-form talking-heads/analysis style podcasts:
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+You can be pretty sure (at last for a while) that the people talking
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+are people, not, e.g. ChatGPT spitting out articles. If you want to
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+hear what PEOPLE are saying and thinking, for the time being podcasts
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+are it.
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+
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+When we get to the point that AI generation of TV anchors and White
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+House press secretaries is common place, we will have arrived at an
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+existential crisis of trust in all mass-market delivered content.
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+
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+At that point, your best bet will be to have live, in-person,
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+one-on-one interactions with real people. And, come to think of it,
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+in any event, talking to people more might not be such a bad idea.
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+
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+#nn of #100DaysToOffload take 2.1, https://100daystooffload.com/
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+* TODO What matters in work? :100DaysToOffload:
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+ :PROPERTIES:
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+ :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 2023-11-05
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+ :EXPORT_HUGO_PUBLISHDATE: 2023-11-05:
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+ :END:
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+
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+The chart below is a mental framework I've used to evaluate my work
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+situation over the span
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+of may career. The goal is to move as far up the pyramid as you can.
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+Being at the top (interesting )is really a first or zeroth world
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+problem. Insert discussion of human flourishing/εὐδαιμονία here.
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+If you're failing at a lower level, the upper layers really don't matter.
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+
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+#+caption: [[http://git.galthub.com:3000/gmj/home.public.art/src/master/home/public/art/maslow2023.png][Maslow's Heirarchy of Jobs ]]© 2023 George M. Jones, is is made available under the terms of the [[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/][CC BY 4.0]]
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+#nn of #100DaysToOffload take 2.1, https://100daystooffload.com/
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