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1 *Towards a Guide for Living*
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3 I shold be continually striving to fulfill the potential of my
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4 humanity (in general) and my particular gifts (in particular),
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5 grounded in Christianity. "... 'Live up to the light thee hast and
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6 more will be granted thee'. ... [so] I strove to lead a more Christian
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7 life, in unison with what I knew to be right ..." Caroline Fox, 26.04
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8 in QF&P
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10 Accepting that I will fail again, while trying to fail better, here
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11 are some specific actions or goals, which I may use "as an aid to
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12 self-discipline" [BPD]> if I take the above seriously.
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13
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14 * Start most days with some quiet time, prayer for the day ahead,
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15 what opportunities/risks it may offer for doing good/falling
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16 short.
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17
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18 End most days with some form of [Ignatian] Examen
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20 * Apologise less, and only when it's genuine, and not a dishonest
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21 attempt to look good/earn brownie points.
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22
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23 * Enumerate specific concrete goals/projects
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24 * For those already underway, describe/identify KPIs/criteria for
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25 declaring victory and/or pulling out
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26 * CCrawl research paper
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27 * Grant proposal
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28 * PDF project
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29 * CDX project
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30 * WebArch book
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31 * Move south
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32 * For candidates, prioritise
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33 * CCrawl whitepaper
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34 * Middle Way project
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35 * Autobiography
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36 * Group of N
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38 [ref. BPD "[C]omplete all tasks I take on and only take on those
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39 I truly feel I can carry out. To finish current major projects
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40 before I embark on new ones"]
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41
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43 * Start a House Group dedicated to Good Old Fashioned (Christian)
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44 Quakerism [ref. BPD "[M]ake a commitment to discuss my faith and
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45 the faith of others each week"; "[A]ttempt to find others who
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46 would want to participate in mutual guidance"; "[T]hink about the
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47 future of Quakerism"]
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49 * Start having people in for lunch (Bonnie?) or dinner
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50
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51 * Ask Mark if we can start having lunch every week or two
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52
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53 * Look for a way to volunteer in a helping capacity
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54 Samaritains? Google [volunteer counselling opportunities
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55 edinburgh] suggests there are _lots_ of opportunities
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56
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57 Reconsider my unwillingness to serve as an Overseer
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58
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59 * Anger management: try harder to own the weaknesses that fuel my
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60 aggressive responses
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61 * To Catharine
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62 * To (motor)cyclists
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64 * Declutter, including reclassifying much long-held-on-to as
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65 clutter. [ref. AW "[Release] many possessions and attachments
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66 ... no longer hoard newspapers/cuttings and printed matter
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67 generally.]
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69 * Practice explicit humility and thanksgiving, giving thanks for
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70 "the comforts [I] enjoy and the responsibilities [my] affluence
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71 entails" [BPD] and the blessings of my family.
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73 * Aim for honesty and integrity, not forgetting the that tact is not
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74 dishonesty: "Is it true, is it kind, is it necessary, is it
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75 helpful?" and "Does this build community?"
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77 Things to document/confess/seek to redress, or lay to rest?
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78 Russian History
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79 Early years of marriage
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80 Timanous
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82 * Try not to dismiss suggestions/opportunities out-of-hand.
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