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  • Gordon

    Gordon

    Describe a random encounter with a stranger that stuck out positively to you.

    Yesterday we were on the world house tour of Seattle and the surrounding area looking at houses. There was one house we approached and I had already written it off as the neighborhood was not walkable. I waited outside with our dog as my wife and the realtor took the tour.

    I stood outside and started talking with the next-door neighbor. His name was Gordon and he was awesome. He was from Jamaica. We told stories and laughed. I toured the house later and my wife did the same.

    We really wanted to buy the house just because of Gordon.

    Unfortunately, we did not..

  • Quarantine

    Quarantine

    Jot down the first thing that comes to your mind.

    We have lived the last few weeks in a restricted capacity staging our house to be sold. Everything had to pristine and perfect

    I can wake up to tomorrow and leave the coffee maker on the counter, enjoy that cup of coffee and do some non move related activity.

    Like sleeping in. I am not great at that anymore.

    To Note

    Take this album and flip it upside down. Thats pretty cool. The music is still pretty bad.

    I do love this prompt.

  • Der Zug

    Der Zug

    Describe a random encounter with a stranger that stuck out positively to you.

    I love random encounters almost to the point they don’t seem so random.

    My son and me were taking the train to Berlin on a snowy Friday morning. We claimed a spot in a little compartment on the train. We had plenty of room to stretch and do as we please.

    Abfahrt

    As we were departing, a woman hurried in our booth and asked if she could join us. She said she work to do. This was all in German but I was able to answer in German. I told her that would be fine.

    Zeichnung

    I sat on the train sketching in pen and ink as the woman sat doing her work. After about an hour she asked me if I was a professional artist. Which I am not. But still that was flattering

    Gespräch

    Which started one of many conversations. We learned she was a teacher in the Berlin Schools. She learned our son was an elite skater. She said she was doing a segment on skating for her students and asked if Max would like to contribute.

    Which he naturally did. She bought three beers and we sipped them together watching the snow start again in earnest.

  • ADHD minus H

    ADHD minus H

    Describe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow.

    Every decision we have made in our lives has been in the past. We are constantly making decisions every single minute of every single day.

    • How often do you have trouble keeping your mind on what you are doing (e.g., in meetings, conversations)?
    • How often do you make careless mistakes or fail to finish tasks? More than I would like to admit.
    • How often do you have trouble organizing tasks or activities? I’m not horrible here, but I tend to bounce all over the place.
    • How often do you avoid or delay starting tasks that require sustained effort? I get bored easily.
    • How often do you lose or misplace things (e.g., keys, phone, wallet)? I have honestly never lost any of these, but I misplace them often.
    • How often are you distracted by noises or activity around you? Shiny object.

    So it was a decision of mine, with discussions with my partner, to actually go see a doctor and see if there’s anything that could help.

    We were sitting around with friends the other day and my buddy said to me I don’t want to lose my creative all over the place Mark.

    I don’t want to either.

    But it was a big decision for me to go to the doctor and address these issues.