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You all know that the only responses to threat are fight or flight, right?

Wrong.

We think we learned these two responses from animals.

But they have others.

Have you ever seen a scared rabbit? They freeze in the hope that they will blend in so well the predator will not see them.

Have you ever been a dog roll over and present its belly to a threat? They submit so as to not look threatening in return which would escalate the threat.

So, in reality, the choices are fight, flight, freeze, or submit.

I tend to submit.

Which is why my last surgery included a procedure I did not want and wish I had not submitted to. Would you fight a person about to cut you open?

TTYL,

Linda

No I’m not suggesting you need to clean out your mind. You might need to do that sometime but that’s not today’s topic. Today’s topic is a method for downsizing physical things.

It’s simply this:

Decide on one area you want to clean out. It might be your clothes closet or a specific kitchen cupboard or some place else.

Walk away from that space.

Now make a list of everything you remember having in that space.

Since you didn’t remember some things, those are, obviously, things you don’t regularly use. Get rid of them.

Done.

TTYL,

Linda

Most of us have routines we do pretty much without thinking.

Like a morning routine with steps we follow every day.

So, how is it I got to my desk today without putting on my socks?

TTYL,

Linda

Shortly after noon on Christmas Eve day 2023:

57° and rain.

Not white.

Perhaps the snow on Halloween was not a harbinger of things to come?

Unless it was a harbinger of more weird weather to come.

TTYL,

Linda

I think my most valuable clothes might be my socks.

I only wear wool socks.

Those that have at least 50% merino wool.

They keep my feet a comfortable temperature all year around.

They even keep my feet warm when they are wet.

And merino doesn’t hold odors so my feet don’t smell bad.

Add to those my Crocs and my feet are ready for anything I ask of them.

Rain, snow or sun.

I do, however, change into a dry pair when I get home.

Not because the socks stop working.

But because I don’t like leaving wet footprints when inside.

TTYL,

Linda