{"id":285,"date":"2005-12-13T00:13:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-13T00:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estrangements.com\/theblog\/2005\/12\/13\/a_year_later_th\/"},"modified":"2005-12-13T00:13:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-13T00:13:00","slug":"a_year_later_th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estrangements.com\/theblog\/2005\/12\/13\/a_year_later_th\/","title":{"rendered":"

A year later there is progress even as things stay the same …<\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some things don’t change. A year ago what I wrote is as true today as it was in December of 2004.
\nWednesday, December 8, 2004 The Busyness Cure<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve thrown myself this last week into doing a redesign of the website for the nonprofit that I’m involved with. While I can’t control much in this world and accept my powerlessness over people, events, genetics, the past, and the laws of physics, I can have the illusion of some small thing that is in my control when I work on a website. I wish I had more knowledge and skill. I am self taught. But I learn every time I work on a site.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

I am a terrible housekeeper. I’ve never enjoyed housework and I’m
\noverwhelmed with all it would take to get my house in order. But I find
\nthe time to sit down and go over the source code in a web page to find
\nthe reason why it isn’t displaying correctly. I forget to eat and sleep
\nas I work on a site. I test each page in three different browsers. I
\ndon’t do it for pay. I volunteer to do this.<\/p>\n

There is an art to it. There is a great site on website design. Zen Garden: The Beauty in CSS Design<\/a>
\nIt’s fun to browse this site to look at the web site creations by
\nprofessional graphic artists. I wish I were that good. I can aspire …<\/p>\n

A website is one place where things stay where I put them. They
\ndon’t get dusty. They are organized. I can feel good about it looking
\nthe way I wanted it to look. My websites are nothing like my living
\nroom!<\/p>\n

Working hard at something I enjoy is the best cure for getting my
\nmind off of other things. I don’t want to argue further with Someone I
\nOnce Knew. I don’t want to debate our respective faults and weaknesses.
\nI don’t want to continue with that. I don’t want time to dwell on a
\nsituation that I can’t change and question whether it would make sense
\nto change. The situation is the situation and that’s the way it is. I
\ndon’t want to debate who is at fault and what the facts are any more. I
\njust want to go on with my life and do what I can to help other people
\nif possible. Throwing myself into art and\/or work and life is my best
\ncure of all. I think it’s easier to do when enough time has passed. For
\nme enough time has passed.<\/p>\n

Snicks<\/p>\n

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