SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org

I haven't checked the news in a few days... Seems it's been eventful. I'm summary... There was an attack on a US embassy in Iraq, Trump branded it the anti-Benghazi and sent in support, no one died, then over the next few days authorized drone or other attacks to kill military leaders of Iran who were not in Iran, but were in Iraq, maybe in connection with this embassy attack. Is that right?

I'm guessing the perpetually exploding talking heads have been exploding, and those who have called every Trump breath a constitutional crisis call this one, and on the other side Trump is hailed as the most heroic hero to every heroically be heroic?

In the book When, The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, author Daniel Pink recommends embracing and building upon the psychological waves of time we are on, such as the feeling of a starting point every new year (and new month and new week, etc.)

So recommendation : embrace January 1 as a fresh start, start implement a new system of action in the right direction. Then do it again on Sunday or Monday as you start the new week.

Spurred by a bustling global economy that includes $17 trillion in new valuation and record highs for American stock markets, low-income earners in America are seeing their wages increase at a faster rate than any time during the last decade.

https://disrn.com/news/low-income-workers-experience-fastest-wage-increase-in-over-a-decade

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And I wish I knew a way to mute notifications on a specific thread. :/

@freemo I just finished reading Loserthink, Scott Adams' new book. On this very happening thread right now, it's tempting to reply to posts with photos of pages from this book. I found myself engaged in what he calls Loserthink early on, tried to pull back from debating the meanings of words, but moral equivalency, ends justifying means, and more unhelpful ways of thinking are quite readily on display. I'm glad I read the book recently.

Each of my kids got a stocking and 4 gifts for Christmas. But they can't have free reign over their gifts until their rooms are clean... Still not that motivated to clean their rooms. Maybe by next Christmas?

#parenting