A Guide for Living

1. Introduction

I should be continually striving to fulfill the potential of my humanity +(in general) and my particular gifts (in particular), grounded in Christianity. +"... 'Live up to the light thee hast and more will be granted thee'. ... [so] I +strove to lead a more Christian life, in unison with what I knew to be right +..." Caroline Fox, 26.04 in QF&P

Accepting that I will fail again, while trying to fail better, what +follows are some specific actions or goals, which I may use "as an aid to +self-discipline" [BPD]> if I take the above seriously.

2. Specifics

Start most days with some quiet time, prayer for the day ahead, what +opportunities/risks it may offer for doing good/falling short. End most days +with some form of [Ignatian] Examen
Apologise less, and only when it's genuine, and not a dishonest +attempt to look good/earn brownie points.
Enumerate specific concrete goals/projects +
- For those +already underway, describe/identify KPIs/criteria for declaring victory and/or +pulling out +
  - CCrawl research paper
  - Grant proposal
  - PDF project
  - CDX project
  - WebArch book
  - Move south
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- For candidates, +prioritise +
  - CCrawl whitepaper
  - Middle Way project
  - Autobiography
  - Group of N
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- [ref. BPD "[C]omplete all tasks I take on and only take on +those I truly feel I can carry out. To finish current major projects before I +embark on new ones"]
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Start a House Group dedicated to Good Old Fashioned (Christian) +Quakerism [ref. BPD "[M]ake a commitment to discuss my faith and the faith of +others each week"; "[A]ttempt to find others who would want to participate in +mutual guidance"; "[T]hink about the future of Quakerism"]
Start having people in for lunch (Bonnie?) or dinner
Ask Mark if we can start having lunch every week or two
Look for a way to volunteer in a helping capacity Samaritains? Google +[volunteer counselling opportunities edinburgh] suggests there are _lots_ of +opportunities Reconsider my unwillingness to serve as an Overseer
Anger management: try harder to own the weaknesses that fuel my +aggressive responses +
- To Catharine
- To (motor)cyclists
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Declutter, including reclassifying much long-held-on-to as clutter. +[ref. AW "[Release] many possessions and attachments ... no longer hoard +newspapers/cuttings and printed matter generally.]
Practice explicit humility and thanksgiving, giving thanks for "the +comforts [I] enjoy and the responsibilities [my] affluence entails" [BPD] and +the blessings of my family.
Aim for honesty and integrity, not forgetting the that tact is not +dishonesty: "Is it true, is it kind, is it necessary, is it helpful?" and "Does +this build community?" Things to document/confess/seek to redress, or lay to +rest? Russian History Early years of marriage Timanous
Try not to dismiss suggestions/opportunities out-of-hand.