For Saturday, May 19: What kind of collection do you have?

Collect moments not things. Unknown

I spent today (Saturday) sifting through boxes of things with my Grandpa. Things he has saved over the years that when he sees them he is reminded of a moment. He thinks the things are the memory but what I hope he discovered as we went through box after box is that the thing isn't the memory. The moment that brought about the thing is. Our moments become our most prized collection. Things break, get lost, lose their representation, get stolen, etc. But moments. They find a home within us. And even if our memory fails us the moment still lives on in our hearts. My Grandpa has lived a lot of moments in his life, something the things he has collected will never be able to compete with. So collect your moments and let the things pass you by.

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The End of Affirmation 365

I've been thinking about it for over a month. Usually, when I'm in it I'm engaged. But this time? I started it indifferent and I've felt indifferent all along. I should have never started. Hindsight is 20/20 they say and they aren't wrong. So when I opened my eyes this morning it was clear. It's time. Time to quit this 365. This is the first 365 that I haven't posted several of the days, the first 365 that I wasn't super excited about, the first 365 that I've quit. I've changed my social media presence and interactions the past year so this is also the first 365 that hardly anyone has been interested in. Is it the topic or my decision to not be as accessible on social media? Or is it some other reason altogether? Well, regardless...I'm throwing in the towel on this one. I can't say if I'll ever do another 365 again. Time will tell and I will know if and when it's time.

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Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

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