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I'm hungry today. Looking forward to April. Just got my bank statement in the mail. Have $7 in account.
 

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Oh look, things are going 90% well today, highest it's been in a while. My dealings with the stock market have decidedly improved. Perhaps I was exaggerating last time.

Hmm, today I was having an interesting conversation. Something just came out of my mouth that sounded a bit too detached from my usual personality.

"You know," I said, in response to a conversation about Brave new world, "Perhaps people are happier trying to become happy than they are when they're happy."
Laura says, "They just don't realise it!"
 

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:yuckyuck But there probably is some psychology to that....

That is part of why clicker training works with animals - it is the anticipation of the reward that keeps them coming back for more. Anticipating rewards is its own reward!
 

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It is, have you ever heard the quote "It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive"? That one just flew out of my mouth before I even realised I knew it too. :p
 

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Northed said:
It is, have you ever heard the quote "It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive"? That one just flew out of my mouth before I even realised I knew it too. :p
Where is that from? Sounds like Thoreau but maybe someone in that era?
 

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Hi Northed! Welcome to the journaling club!


snapshot said:
Northed said:
It is, have you ever heard the quote "It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive"? That one just flew out of my mouth before I even realised I knew it too. :p
Where is that from? Sounds like Thoreau but maybe someone in that era?
A great quote! Nice ear Snap, but it's a little later... Robert Louis Stevenson, a fellow lover of all things Samoan. The full quote is To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor. He loved to travel.
 

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Wow, you're obviously very knowledgable about such things. :D I agree with the fella.
Me, I only just read this quote from a dictionary of proverbs, an little yellowing book I found in the corner of my bookcase.

And thanks for the welcome. :frow
 

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Beware of CheerioLounge and don't read his journal...you'll gain 20 pounds just reading about all of the goodies he spends time baking! :gig
 

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Ooh, now you're making me curious. I'll have to drop in sometime and feast my eyes. :p
 

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His title is Desert Dreamer, but I swear it SHOULD be Dessert Dreamer! He's always baking something.
 
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