From TitleMax
50 Cognitive Biases to be Aware of so You Can be the Very Best Version of You
By TitleMax.com
50 Cognitive Biases to be Aware of so You Can be the Very Best Version of You
By TitleMax.com
By TitleMax.com
Transition
After the wreck, my husband got a ride to work on Monday. After work, someone gave him a ride to an Uhaul to rent a truck. This time, they actually had a pickup. Going to the grocery store in a 20ft box truck seems a bit overkill.
If Mike was only going to use it for driving back and forth to work, it would be cheaper than a rental, but we’ll need to look for a car. So, later today we will pick up a car we reserved yesterday via Enterprise.
For one week, I get to drive a nearly brand-new car. So there’s the silver lining.
Need a new Creative group?
Image by Mohamed Ramzee from Pixabay
I just joined this group. If you are a creative and would like to share your ideas for feedback, check this out:
After two steps forward…
We fell one-and-a half-steps back.
I’m still sore from yesterday, as I expected, but now we have no vehicle. And with the price of used vehicles skyrocketing, I’m not sure if we will be able to buy one.
I was in the passenger side with my husband driving. Sarah, Benjamin, and Ethan were in the back. We all walked away with some bruises and a minor cut… All for admiring the new soccer fields. It only takes a moment before one realizes that the light is red a little too late.
But now, I have to find some way to get extra cash. I have another short story coming out soon, but I may come up with some “merchandise” to sell for this blog. Until then, you can check out the links page to support this site.
Nostalgia: New and Improved Thanksgiving Turkey – 1950s
A place for God’s people and a place for the World (Rev 11)
Creepy Building
Went to Louisiana Monday for a road trip with Mike. We stopped at this creepy building on our way back.
It turns out that it’s the abandoned Texas & Pacific Hospital in the middle of Marshall, Texas. We didn’t go inside, but I did get these pictures.
Feel free to use these pictures however you want… I would appreciate it if you link back to me but I’m not enforcing anything.
A small donation
My husband texted to see if I would go with him to donate blood. I almost said no, but I changed my mind, thinking that I would write while I’m waiting.
Mike filled out the questionnaire and decided to donate plasma. This meant we would be there for an hour at least. I’ll be able to get a lot of writing done.
I’m now typing this on my phone because both the keyboard and tablet have low batteries. I did bring my backup battery, but I’m saving that for my phone. Apparently, the machine was running slow and it was taking much longer than it should.
Weaning myself off of this addiction
Facebook has been around for a while now. While I’ve used it to see what people are saying about current events, it wasn’t until I moved to Texas six years ago when I felt that I “needed” Facebook. I use it to keep in contact with friends and family in the North East.
For a while, I tried to convince them to go onto MeWe, but I can understand why they won’t. MeWe doesn’t have the features that Facebook has, including making unlimited groups on a whim, at least not without paying something. I think there’s a limit to how many pics you can post per month.
MeWe is the only social media the most like Facebook.
There are plenty of Twitter clones, though, the most infamous one is Parler. There’s also Gab, but I found that I liked minds.com best which is kind of like a Twitter/Blog hybrid. It allows you to microblog or if you are feeling adventurous, you can post longer posts.
Over the last year, I’ve been feeling increasingly uncomfortable using Facebook even for my writing groups. Partly because I would go on for help, only to find myself endlessly scrolling through useless and “curated” information. Feeding the beast that has been contributing more and more to the very ideals I’m against.
The problem is, I do have family and friends on there that I do not want to abandon. So, I’ll probably be on Facebook on the weekends, and all of my posts from this blog will automatically post to the Mometek Facebook page.
I made a few lame attempts to use Facebook only on the weekends and failed. But this time I’m really going for it. Before I didn’t really have a plan, this time I do. I’ve already uninstalled Instagram from my phone. I’ve set up my WordPress blog (this one) to automatically post to the Mometek Facebook page. On Friday evenings, I’ll post a recap of the week on this blog and then share it on my personal page (maybe even tagging family members).
At least that’s the plan.