by YatPundit | May 18, 2025 | Personal Management
it was time for new specs and I love them.
New specs
It’s been almost four years since I got new glasses. I’m nearsighted, got my first pair of new specs at The Vision Plaza in Lakeside Shopping Center. Glasses improved my ability to see the blackboard! Da Mall lacked a/c back then, open-air. Each store opened to the outside. So, glasses are important to me.
Contacts and vanity
I begged for contacts in high school, as soon as the doctor declared my eyes hit “adult” level as in not growing anymore. It was wonderful to go around sans frames! Of course, this was 1975ish, so they were the “hard” contacts. Extended wear meant extended misery. Later in life, I got more modern contacts, the thirty-day type. I still defaulted to the glasses for the most part. With all the travel I’ve done, dealing with contacts was just another hassle. I did go back to contacts more during the pandemic, however, because the glasses and a mask created a pain-in-the-ass combination.
Sunglasses
The thing about contacts from the get-go was the freedom to wear sunglasses. I’ve always been a cheap sunglasses person, mainly because I’m absent-minded. Leaving a pair of Ray-Bans in a hotel room or rental car wasn’t healthy from a financial point of view. Gimme those cheap sunglasses from the Iris parade or wherever.
Eyedrops
This glaucoma thing. Contacts are problematic! The doc has me on four different drops, twice a day. Contacts out, drops, contacts back in? Way too much bother. Thing was, the glasses were dated and my eyes needed stronger lenses. I wore the contacts for the tour guide class, with readers, of course. I broke down and bought a pair of readers with decent frames, as opposed to the 3/$20 kind you get at the drugstore.
That’s why I’m glad for updated specs. I went with a two-for-one deal, so I can indulge a bit of personalization and vanity!
by YatPundit | Feb 21, 2018 | Personal Management, Tech
Bullet Journal – year one
my first Bullet Journal entry/task list, 19-Jan-2017
Bullet Journal – year one
The concept of keeping a “Bullet Journal” was all the rage this time last year. As my friends began to take up the style, I thought I’d give it a try. I’d been back-and-forth with paper versus electronic task lists for a couple of years. New apps, new systems come and go. I needed something I could stick with.
The key aspect of the Bullet Journal – often shortened to BuJo – is that it’s forgiving. The BuJo starts blank. You can set it up this week in one style, shifting to another next week.
This was an opportunity. I like the Franklin-Covey system for task management. A-B-C, 1-2-3 worked for me. The world changed since I started that system around 1989. BuJo brought me back to it.
Weekly layout, daily details
I now set up a two-page weekly layout, with a monthly calendar, sections for Monday though Sunday, next to the calendar. Then I have general task topics, such as Writing, Blogging, Podcasts, Personal, etc. Each day, I take tasks from the weekly layout, move them into a daily list, then prioritize that. Notes about the day go below that, onto multiple pages, if necessary.
Managing the writing
Standard Moleskine – Dragon’s writing notebook!
Bullet Journal year one started with me adding writing notes as part of the daily BuJo pages. I’ve decided to change that up. I’ll finish Trusted Talents (the second novel in the Bayou Talents series) in the day-to-day BuJo. The third Dragons novel, Dragon’s Defiance, now has its own notebook. Well, it’s the start of a “dragons” Moleskine. Third Talents will go that way as well. Other writing projects will start in the regular BuJo.
Will three notebooks be a problem? probably not. If something comes to me for one of the two main universes, I can note it in the daily notebook and transcribe to the project notebook.
Starting a new daily notebook
Old and New – 2017 BuJo Moleskine, 2018 BuJo Moo Notebook
I decided to buy new Moo cards for NOLA History Guy just after New Year’s. When I placed the order, the company offered me their “Moo Notebook” for a discount. I grabbed it this morning and declared it to be the continuation of the BuJo for 2018!
Moo Notebook binding
The Moo notebook has an interesting binding, making it easier to lay flat.
And, we’re off!
