One of the advantages of being unemployed is the free time you finally have to get things done that you kept putting off. On the other hand, one of the disadvantages is the feeling of dread having to start working on things you needed to get done but kept putting off. It’s a similar feeling I had when one of my previous jobs, like many others, started allowing people to work from home. While working from home I felt bad that I wasn’t getting things done. The dishes need cleaning, the lawn needs to be mowed, and I need to put in another load of laundry. But it also didn’t seem fair to the company to be doing non-work-related things while on the clock. So, things would wait until my workday was over, but then I would procrastinate and put things off, causing a giant loop.

I told myself things would be different this time. While unemployed, I have tried to keep some kind of schedule. I get up and do my Transcendental Meditation (TM) most days. I also have been going for walks to keep myself active. I have realized that I have a hard time concentrating on things (including putting time in job hunting) when home, so I have been going out to places like Starbucks and other local coffee shops where I can take some time to read (Really enjoying “The Wager” by David Grann), and I have a bunch more books on my list that I want to get to. Letting myself take some time to read has been a bit stressful, but I am getting past this and starting to feel calm and at peace

I have also met some of my former coworkers just to hang out and catch up with how everybody’s job search is going. It helps to filter out all the noise and focus on things. While the free time is nice, it can get a bit boring. I have applied to a few things and will continue to look for positions and companies tat may be a good fit going forward.

Here are few other things:

Hopeing the Mets do not break the bank and sign Juan Soto. The long term contracts have never worked out, and more often than not, people will be complaing in a few years that they want to get rid of him, but nobody is willing to take on his salary so we are stuck. The team had some gooc chemesty last season that got them into the play-offs. Why mess things up

What a crazy epesodo of Survivor 47 on Wednesday. Its been a really good season, and its interesting how the producers have been editing things. I feel that they use to try and tease you on who might be the one voted off. This season, they seem to be going more direct. Here is a plan the players have come up with, here they are discussing things at camp and at Tribal Council, and here is the vote exaclty like we told you it would be. This week expacially. They could have made you guess which way the plan that Andy, Sam, and Genevieve came up with was going to go, but instead they basicly laid it out, showed the others being fooled, and showed Caroline getting voted out like was planned. It was like we were in on the plan.

Not sure if this way of telling the story is better or worse. By making you feel you were part of the plan, and new what is going to happen, you feel special and incuded. But some of the classic blindsides, where you felt like you were on the side of the player getting voted off, the feeling, the feeling hit you hard when the votes were read. Imaging if they edited things from Carolines point of view. She supposidly felt so safe she told Sue not to use her idol on her. Also would like to see if there was any discussion with Rachael to use her block-a-vote to help keep the four girls safe. The feeling you would have had when the last voste was read would have been devistating.

I know its hindsiget, but when Andy was at the Sanctuary, the four women had to at least discuss the posibilty of Andy flipping. This would have at least had them thinking more about not splitting the votes, and other ways to play things

Only 2 more episodes left and Season 47 will be in the books.

Have a great day

Average Andy

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