365+ Days of Living the Dale Carnegie Principles Day 942. Tuesday, October 22, 2013 When I returned home I placed some items in my hallway to photograph. I have a series of items lined against my wall, waiting to be photographed. My house is a mess yet I love the chaos. My little photography hobby…
365+ Days of Living the Dale Carnegie Principles Day 940. Sunday, October 20, 2013 Smiling Daffodil: “Roe, I will try to behave but it is going to require a lot of Carnegie principles.” Roe: “Don’t shut down. I need you to be present – if nothing else for my sake—it’s not easy for me to…
365+ Days of Living the Dale Carnegie Principles Day 939. Saturday, October 19, 2013 I set my alarm clock for 9 am. I assumed that would give me enough time to get ready and drive to the wedding. Admittedly, I didn’t look up where the wedding was located. I just assumed that since it was…
365+ Days of Living the Dale Carnegie Principles Day 938. Friday, October 18, 2013 We sat down to dinner and conversation began. Carol has joined us before but she’s still somewhat new to our group. The four of us know each other pretty well by now. The conversation was not related to the shared experiences…
365+ Days of Living the Dale Carnegie Principles Day 937. Thursday, October 17, 2013 I parked the car and walked around to the passenger side. As I glanced at all the bags I had to haul I couldn’t help but wonder if I was out of my mind. Why am I doing this? I gathered…
365+ Days of Living the Dale Carnegie Principles Day 934. Monday, October 14, 2013 This morning I woke up before my alarm clock. I was troubled—the house is a mess. I didn’t do any chores this weekend and given that it’s Monday—it will be a whole week before I get to chores again. The weekend…
365+ Days of Living the Dale Carnegie Principles Day 933. Sunday, October 13, 2013 We began discussing a subject, my friend and I, and I found myself disagreeing with him. Our opinions are the complete opposite. I listened and found myself getting irritated—and I was thinking of the argument I’d retort back with. But instead…
365+ Days of Living the Dale Carnegie Principles Day 932. Saturday, October 12, 2013 I sat down to write my blog and asked Roe what to write. I couldn’t remember what we did today and I felt very tired. Smiling Daffodil: “what did we do today?” Roe: “what do you mean? We did everything!” Smiling…
365+ Days of Living the Dale Carnegie Principles Day 931. Friday, October 11, 2013 6 pm came and I dashed out of work to meet a friend to go dancing. I didn’t want to go—work really sucked the life out of me. I would have preferred going home and doing nothing all by myself. But…
365+ Days of Living the Dale Carnegie Principles Day 930. Thursday, October 10, 2013 My drive home from the gym is usually energetic and perhaps a bit euphoric. But not tonight. My thoughts meandered to a subject I don’t know the answer to— it’s a puzzle I don’t know how to solve. The more I…