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50 Questions, Part 7

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Man, I love a good long weekend! Who can argue with a four-day work week? Not me! Too bad I have a million other things to do and not enough time to do them all. Oh well! In the meantime, here’s Part Seven of 50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind.

You can read Questions 1 to 40 here.

41 .If you knew that everyone you know was going to die tomorrow, who would you visit today?
My closest friends and family. They’re all that matters in the end.

42. Would you be willing to reduce your life expectancy by 10 years to become extremely attractive or famous?
Not at all. I’m okay with being average on every level.

43. What is the difference between being alive and truly living?

When you’re truly living, you’re aware of what you’re doing and are taking those actions with your own free will. When you’re truly living you feel blessed and amazed to be doing what you do.

44. When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards, and just go ahead and do what you know is right?
When it starts to go through your head so much that you can’t eat, sleep or think about anything else. Sometimes, you just have to trust your gut.

45. If we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make a mistake?
Because we never like to be wrong, and trying several times is time consuming.

Seven (Very) Quick Takes

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It’s Friday afternoon, and I haven’t posted anything. Here’s Seven (Very) Quick Takes, since I’m at work.

1. It’s dead in the office right now. Hence the blog post.

2. My new mattress gets delivered tomorrow. It’s a Simmons and I’m excited. No more uncomfortable sleep! No more waking Kyle up with my tossing, turning and constant getting up to pee!

3. I am rocking the freelance work. The extra paychecks are wonderful. My first one more or less paid for my entire new mattress set!

4. Us Canadians get TURKEY DINNER this weekend! I’m excited. My mom is cooking dinner on Monday. I WANT STUFFING SOOOO BAD. You American readers should be jealous because you have to wait another month & a half for you Thanksgiving. Actually, it seems that we like to “one-up” you when it comes to holidays. National holidays? Ours is three days before yours. Boo-yah! I still love you guys though. You’re so much more patriotic than us.  I guess we just like to keep things on the DL.

5. Some jerk took my lunch out of the refrigerator at work and put it on the counter! How rude! It’s a good thing I actually went to the lunch room for my coffee break or my fruit would have been warm. Unacceptable!

6. It needs to snow because I’m tired of waking up early to pick up my dog’s poop before the guy who mows to lawn gets here.

7. Everyone I know is having babies. Okay, not everyone, but a lot of people. Stop it. I’m jealous. But I don’t want a baby at the moment. Or do I? I don’t think Kyle and I are quite ready yet.

Happy Friday everyone! How excited are YOU for turkey? Or are you not having any?

50 Questions, Part 6

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Read my answers for #’s 1 through 35 here.

36. Is it possible to know, without a doubt, what is good and what is evil?
In your own mind, yes. But to others, what you deem as “good” may be viewed as “evil” to others. For example, being gay is not viewed as being evil to those who have an open mind, but to some it may be seen as being evil, disgusting or wrong. So yes, it is possible to know what is good and what is evil, but it’s all in the eye of the beholder.

37. If you just won a million dollars, would you quit your job?
If it were only a million, no. But I could live a lot comfortably, like mortgage free or car payment free.

38. Would you rather have less work to do, or more work you actually enjoy doing?
Right now, I’d like to have more of my time be consumed by work I actually enjoy doing.

39. Do you feel like you’ve lived this day a hundred times before?
I sure have.

40.When was the last time you marched into the dark with only the soft glow of an idea you strongly believed in?
I honestly don’t know. Usually I have a good grasp on what I believe in before I march into the unknown.