Once again, I find that it is 12:40 past midnight before I find myself having a moment to sit down and share a few words.

I'm not even sure I am *"sharing"* a few words, so much as just trying to empty my head of this-and-that before I head off to bed. Which, of course, pretty much is what a *"Ulog"* IS... I think.

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*The Golden Hour*

## *The World is a Busy Place*

I can't help but think that when we remark on how we "*never have time*" to do things, it's really a reflection of simply having agreed to take on too much; perhaps taking on too much in the *original* belief that we'd be able to handle more than can be reasonably expected.

Of course, that's not *always* true... sometimes we simply find that we are swimming in *"slowly rising waters"* that we have little control over. It's a bit like paddling your kayak up a stream on a sunny day, not knowing that there has been heavy rains 200 miles further inland , which is slowly making the river move faster and faster towards the ocean.

Maybe that's not a great analogy, but it's the best I've got, right now.

Anyway, it makes me kind of sad that I haven't had more time to keep up with my blogging here... but there's just *"no time."*

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*The view from here... at least during the day*

## *Memories, Resurfacing — The Enneagram*

Mrs. Denmarkguy asked me for some information earlier today that ended up sending me down a rabbit hole to times gone by.

I used to be an active student of The Enneagram, using it not so much as a *"Personality Typing Tool"* but as a personal and spiritual growth tool.

Whereas I have never been a big proponent of so-called *"labels"* (I think it's too easy for people to "hide" behind them), I did always find the spiritual side of the Enneagram very useful... perhaps because it centers on rigorous self-inquiry, rather than simply handing you answers on a plate.

Which makes me think about how often people expect to find *"magic pills"* to solve the problems of their lives... the idea of *actually doing the WORK* seems almost abhorrent, to many.

And yet? We pretty much *all* want the *benefits* of having done the work.

I'm thinking I might go back to writing life explorations as seen through the lens of the enneagram. Wonder if there are any Enneagram Enthusiasts in Steemlandia?

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## *And So, There was a SoftFork...*

I have been reading the plethora of posts concerning this latest update... which seems to have been implemented not only *very quickly,* but without many of the hitches of past changes. 

I have also been reading the various laments concerning this *"Soft Fork"* ranging from the idea that a bad precent was set, to outrage at the fact that a relatively small handful of people can make major changes to the community without people knowing much about it, in advance.

It's not a popular point of view, I know, but *consensus driven systems* have a way of trending towards some unhealthy form of *communism* if the *"decision tree granularity"* is allowed to become too small. 

Which is a fancy way of saying that when you have too much *"decision making by committee and public opinion,"* NOTHING tends to ever get done.

I do believe our community's witnesses acted in everyone's best interest, given the very limited information available to them. I just hope that a potentially *cooperational* relationship with Tron doesn't turn into an *adversarial* one. 

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*More golden hour leaves...*

## *Barking Up Imaginary Trees...*

I have always found it pretty amazing how people can *"re-invent reality"* to suit their individual lenses of perception... and then make outrageous non-correlating claims in service of reinforcing that reality.

What the HELL did I just say?

You have to be *mental* to actually think that Bitcoin took a nosedive because Steem's witnesses implemented a softfork... would you like a tinfoil hat, too?

*(And yes, I did really see that somewhere in a comment, today...)*

Anyway, it reminds me a bit of a different discussion Mrs. Denmarkguy and I were having the other day, about how people will go to *great lengths* to protect their carefully constructed *"Personal Mythologies"* from getting infiltrated by actual *facts.*

Sometimes, to such an extent that the simple *facts* are treated like *personal attacks and insults.*

Just something to ponder...

Thanks for reading! I need sleep...

*(Another **#creativecoin** creative non-fiction post)*

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