Heloooooo everyone!
Updates: in Fairfield (Iowa). Lot's of friends. Lots of food. Lots of sugar. Have been mostly avoiding the food and especially the sugar because of minor stomach troubles. They seem to be going away now. It would still be nice to avoid all the sugar though. I should pretend I still have the stomach problem so I can continue to eat healthy.
Fairfield is so warm and cozy and safe compared to the Big City. It's very enjoyable, but I also see how dangerous it can be. If life is just a little bit unpleasant, then there is more impetus to do things that give me deep satisfaction, even if they're a bit harder. If I'm not doing that, then I'm just alone and bored/unhappy. But in Fairfield, there is a candy land of fun distractions. Friends, games, play. It is exaggerated greatly because I'm literally on vacation, but there is probably a 20% productivity boost I get by living and working in New York, just because friends are less easily accessible and everyone around me is type A busy with work.
I think both places could learn something from each other. New York could teach Fairfield how to buckle down and get stuff done, and Fairfield could teach New York how to mellow out and take a break. Since I'm naturally from the latter camp, I'm finding it very valuable, learning the New York lessons of industry and assertiveness.
This is a short one, but I want to at least get something out Sunday. I've been more busy than usual, actually, trying to get as much time with everyone as I can during this short visit. In addition to being a bit sick through all of it, which makes me a slower and more spacey than normal.
Anyhoo, Happy New Year!
2016. We are so far past the present, into the future, that I am not sure what to expect at this point. We're long past the point of jet packs, alien invasions, and the world ending, according to 1950's Sci-fi. What's actually happening continues to surprise me. I hope I live another 70 years worth of story, so I can see how it all turns out. Probably won't take quite that long, even.
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