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I started using Duolingo. I’m not sure if I can keep up, since it’s rather intense with 5 min/day. Also, no account, no notifications. I do not want those! I’m supposed to do it daily, but I’ll start with one day per week, and see if I even like that level of intense learning.
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I’ve given up on my local Dutch library and lending ๐ online. It’s just too depressing. The only adults promoting online lending are those working for local libraries, not book readers. That says it all, I guess. Unless you’re under 18, it’s too limited, too expensive.
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๐ 19 km run-walk-run in 2ยผ hours. That long straight cobblestone road was mind numbing, but I did it! Stretching afterwards felt better than usual, because that’s what cobblestone does to a runner.
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So many hurdles for reading e-๐ through my local library. After buying a โฌ160 e-reader (not Kindle, nor Sony), I still need to โ pay a yearly subscription โก buy a Windows PC or Mac โข install Adobe Digital Editions. This is for people with time and money to waste ๐
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I find it difficult to switch between sketching, drawing and mosaic art (pixel art). They all ask for totally different mindsets.
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Removed around 30 l of trash heap left behind by previous renters. I already removed 500 l of trash from the backyard more than a year ago. I guess they were too lazy to put the container at the curb. More likely, neighbors used the garden as a trash heap when no one lived here.


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๏ฟผListening to this weekโs atp.fm ๐a whopping 2 hours 22 minutes 9 seconds โณ
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Two months ago I needed two full days to recover from my ๐ Now barely a full day, though I felt more tired after my ๐ than I usually do.
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I’ve started using Day One (Classic) again to get myself to meet my personal goals. I can have three goals (priorities) at most; more is mere fantasy, not something that’s feasible in most people’s lives, including mine.
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I had no idea there’s such a thing as creative non-fiction, IOW, fact-based storytelling with a more personal narrative. Examples are memoirs, personal essays, biographies, literary criticism, literary journalism. Personal essays are to memoirs what short stories are to novels.
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Another โhome invasion.โ This time by carpenters, to repair the damage done by the roof workers. ๐
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Only two weeks before Iโm fully ๐ vaccinated, though I expect a Pfizer โboosterโ later this year if new variants threaten a fourth pandemic wave occurring.
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๐ 10 times 200 m, with 200 m recovery as intervals. Afterwards, I saw my โก drop to 45 bpm. Must be the anticipation of being ๐ later in the day. It also used to happen on days I ran an important race: less appetite, lower heart rate, and a deep calm.
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I’ve run over a year with my current ๐ shoes, obliterating the 1000 km limit I set for it, based on previous experiences. The support is completely wrecked, and I could as well run barefoot. Stillโknock on woodโI haven’t been injured in all that time, which is astonishing.
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If I understood correctly, we can expect booster vaccines for the last quarter of 2021 to update our immune system to the plethora of new COVID-19 variants popping up all over the world. As I expected, this thing will drag out over a decade rather than be restricted to 2020 only.
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If love for something turns into disgust or hatred, isn’t that a clear sign you haven’t truly separated from the thing? Both are strong types of emotions, or, bonding. Letting it go is also letting it be.
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I did my longest RWR ๐ since a long time, and part of it on new (to me) terrain. Of course, I got lost, a bit, so the expected 16 km became 17 km, and I’m dealing with itches from brambles and nettles I encountered on a rarely used path. ๐ it started to ๐ง after I was back ๐
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Reading the Command Line Interface Guidelines ๐จโ๐ป
Yet with its creaky, decades-old constraints and inexplicable quirks, the command line is still the most versatile corner of the computer.
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It’s probably smart to check with superior ๐ if one isn’t sure if one is really tired or just playing tired out of laziness ๐ฅฑ I find it hard to sense the diff. ๐


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My house has been invaded by two groups of workers at the same time. ๐