D: The world is too grim of a place, you can’t take it too seriously. That includes yourself - if you can’t laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at?

M: Other people.

D: Oh, right. Of course.

Hey, its summer! Like all summers it’s flying by far too quickly. We’ve finished the moving part of moving, but there are still plenty of things to do around the apartment before its ready for guests. I imagine buying a house is a bit like this, but much, much worse. Once we’re settled I think I’ll feel more relaxed, but for now, with boxes still piled in the dinning room, I feel like I need to spend all my time tidying, cleaning, sorting, arranging, a generally wishing I had less junk.

One of my new projects is to digitize all of my paper records. I’m eager to reduce the piles of paper I’ve been keeping (I’m aweful about filing them when I should and they just end up cluttering my desk).  I’ve already moved all of my bills over to e-bills, but I still get an impressive pile of paper mail. I’ll let you know how my paperless home-office works out.