Post Black Friday

Hurray hurray we survived

another Black Friday to be archived

With all the shopping done,

there's miles of wrapping paper to be unspun

At present I know where the scissors, tape, labels and pen are

The unwrapped gifts and empty boxes scattered afar

The pile with the wrapped is very small indeed

Now is the time to apply artistic ribbon, not race with speed

With AMAZON PRIME why, I wonder,

Did I have the delivery here to put me under

All the tags and ribbon, bows and tape

What goes to who, who wanted what?

Definitely a new resolution apparently clear

I have to start in January to be done this time next year!

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A long dark tunnel

As my chest tightens I battle the thoughts trying to invade me. Which is worse? The memories or the fear of the future? Watching a wedding yesterday torpedos me back to memories on how I ended up marrying him. After years of uncertainty, we seem to blend and melt into a family plot of four children from the other's previous marriages. Symbols of failure which expound so much joy, proving that the cup is really half full. Feeling failure is probably not unique to the mid life crisis era of those begotten to be forgotten. Yet there are so many others who can expell and expand into the world as one of the greats. It doesn't seem like any of the greats didn't feel failure. That chest heavy, air sucking the wind out of you until you're almost breathless, while the brain churns. That is probably a really good description of the feeling of failure. Watching the kids all have a great time, the parents still symbols of a pe...

In pursuit of excellence

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Pointing out presentation pitfalls

Do you have any horror stories you relive constantly over the presentation that went haywire? I am failing superbly at staying within MINDFULness, the latest phenomenon not quite realized. (remember April 2015 when I predicted on my blog OptioneerJM that adult coloring was going to catch on and why you should too?) What disastrous presentation can you never forget or let yourself go on? Me? I did some reflection upon creating powerpoints and how this is a skill that I have under developed while critical in my lifelong learning journey, prevailing self-development, knowledge junkie crutch and continual improvement ...... I've been spending some time self-critiquing on Powerpoint savviness ... or not? READ more: https://optioneerjm.blogspot.ca/2016/10/powerful-points-on-powerpoint.html Power points This actually got me thinking. MicroSoft's "Power Point" or better known by acronym .ppt (especially helpful for the 140 character limitations...

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