I did a little on the Step Out of the Stress Trap pamphlet today, but I’ve also spent a lot of time thinking about the first page of my site. It doesn’t really express what the site is about… yet. That’s okay…it will get there. Rethinking and rewriting is just part of the process, helping me to get some clarity and to give the site some power.
I also spent quite a bit of time learning to use the e-mail program at Host Monster, because I want to be able to send messages from StressToPower.cheerfulmonk.com. It wasn’t always sending messages to my AOL account, for some reason, so I had to get that working. I only mention it because everything takes a long time, and you can’t predict what you’ll get done each day. So it’s important not to rush, to keep plugging along and enjoy the process. That’s especially true when you spend a lot of time on a seemingly insignificant detail.
In particular I was writing to Dawud Miracle about getting some advice about the site. Presumably we’ll schedule a telephone interview for sometime next week. The content is most important, but I’ll see what he has to say about the website design. I spend a lot of time looking at other sites, seeing what moves me and what doesn’t. I really want it to be a good site.
I went to an appreciation dinner for teachers over at the Unitarian Church this evening. I spent some time talking to a person who worked in the same division I did before I retired. It felt as if he was trying to make me feel bad because I wasn’t doing anything he considered worthwhile. I tried talking about the things that mean the most to me, but there was no way to make a connection there.
He can’t imagine what he’ll do when he retires in a few years. So I didn’t argue, I just got back to work when I came home…and was grateful.
sad that he had to judge your happiness based on his own needs and outlook on life.
also sad, that if all he has is “his work” then he may be one of the unfortunate types that die soon after they retire!