Australia Day 9, work

Tasmanian Devil info board
Didn’t see this exhibit on our first visit six months ago.
Tasmanian Devil at Zoo
Tasmanian Devil.

A grand entrance and a grand exit. That’s what you need in show business.

Gabe Anderson

Gabe “the bass player” Anderson caught my attention a year ago. Can’t remember how. Probably from Seth’s blog. Here’s the rest of the context from his quote above:

“A grand entrance and a grand exit. That’s what you need in show business.

One to rile them up. One to send them home.

When you appear on stage and when you disappear off stage…these are the two most profound moments because your presence means everything in that room.”

Note: i’ve never considered, or even thought of considering, being an entertainer. Yet at this stage in my ‘semi-retired career’, why not?

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11 months ago in Glacier

Mountain sunset
Exactly 11 months ago this was arrival day. Near sunset, Chief Mountain on right horizon. Heading to Swiftcurrent Valley.
Mountains
This was the next day in Swiftcurrent Valley, and the first sunrise for my 2023 season.
The very next day i checked in here, 11 months ago.

Scarcity creates value.

dad

Not being able to see makes sight valuable.

Not being able to read makes reading valuable.

Not being well makes wellness valuable.

Not being able to do what you planned to do makes doing what you planned more valuable.

One month from a Glacier Summer reunion.

Note: 10 more days in Australia, then 3 weeks in Walt Disney World, then a one-way ticket to the high country.

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Reverse Fathers Day, work

Two people sitting in a forest
Photo: Glacier trip, before starting the High School buddies tradition.

What if you start thinking the opposite about everything you believe at work?

dad

Tradition and dogma imprint careers as an aspirational devotion ‘to put bread on the table and create quality of life’.

Many cultures, including the one i was born and raised in, promote putting work first, especially for men. And now in recent decades, women too.

What if you thought differently?

Take your ‘career’ for example…

No overtime.

No weekends.

No holidays.

No skipping vacations.

There are obvious tradeoffs between a padded bank account and a lean bank account.

One must decide.

We are always deciding.

Even when we don’t decide, we still have made a choice.

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Work fun

Bluey book cover
One of this morning’s Father’s Day gifts from Chapin.

Doing ‘business things’ differently is my favorite work fun.

dad

Having fun and .thinking .differently are synonymous to me now.

Actually, truth be told, it’s always been this way.

Shhhh.

Our secret.

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Crikey, Mate

7-second video: Zoo crew.
5-second video: The sign says it all.
small group koala encounter
An onstage, but out of the way, private Koala experience.

Every day is Father’s Day.

dad

In “jeff-land” it feels absurd to celebrate magnificent blessings once a year.

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