{"id":1475,"date":"2008-04-14T09:16:07","date_gmt":"2008-04-14T14:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathodavid.malibulist.com\/blog\/?p=1475"},"modified":"2008-04-14T09:16:07","modified_gmt":"2008-04-14T14:16:07","slug":"is-it-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/index.php\/2008\/04\/14\/is-it-worth-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it Worth It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was told by various people through my life, pick your battles. When I was younger, I really thought I could fight all battles that came my direction. If I was right then I would win and darn the torpedoes full speed ahead. I found out over time and finding myself on my rump after losing a battle, that fighting every battle was not the way to go.<\/p>\n<p>Now I find that not everything is worth my time and effort. Especially in some places on the Internet which have turned into serious time sinks. These do not include this web log. I find that writing here in the morning tends to clear my mind wonderfully for the day. But there are other things out there that I really shouldn&#8217;t get my knickers in a twist about. Some people are going to be jerks on the Internet and I need to accept that I am not going to be able to change their point of view no matter how much information I toss at them.<\/p>\n<p>Recently a number of friends have been going through some rocky times in their lives. It really is amazing how a phone call, e-mail, or letter can bring things sharply into perspective. Things that seemed like such a big deal now seem so trivial and I wonder why I was wasting my energy on it when my friend here is going through something in which the stakes are pretty big.<\/p>\n<p>So I am going to step away from those spots on the net that are causing me to lose a lot of time. I am also limiting my game playing on the machine. I can get sucked into those for extended periods of time.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also going to sit down and figure out what the next step is for me. Right now there is a lot and nothing going on behind the scenes in terms of what is next for me. But I do need some quiet think time to figure out what I am going to do next. Or at all.<\/p>\n<p>I am grateful for all the good things and people I find on the Internet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was told by various people through my life, pick your battles. When I was younger, I really thought I could fight all battles that came my direction. If I was right then I would win and darn the torpedoes full speed ahead. 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