10 Very Minor Things You Wish About Your Day
As a rule, I dislike memes, but a few days past I came up with a good idea for one: 10 Very Minor Things You Wish About Your Day. Almost certainly someone’s already done this or a similar list, but I don’t care; since I don’t pay attention to memes, I don’t know what’s been done!
Here’s the idea: Describe ten of the most minor changes you’d make to your everyday routine that would give you greater happiness (perhaps in the philosophical sense of happiness), less aggravation, or even greater amusement. 10 very minor things that would improve your day. 10 very minor changes to your habits. 10 very minor changes to the interactions you have. 10 very minor changes to your lifestyle. 10 very minor changes to your family.
Here are mine, which I came up with in significantly under ten minutes.
- I wish my electric toothbrush were more “vigorous.”
- I wish I kept my mail and papers off my dining table.
- I wish they wouldn’t ask whether I wanted anything to eat with my coffee at Starbucks. (I go every day and they know I’m not buying a damn banana!)
- I wish they had better quality basketballs at the gym.
- I wish I didn’t have hair that grew at the bottom of my neck.
- I wish my Dish Network receiver skipped automatically to my next subscribed channel as I moved forward (or keyed to the wrong channel number). The current design is terrible usability.
- I wish my small duffel bag were more comfortable to carry or my large duffel bag were smaller.
- I wish they didn’t have street cleaning in Evanston.
- I wish cell phones didn’t receive reception in the train.
- I wish I could wear sandals to work.
April 28th, 2005 at 10:28 am
6. I wish my Dish Network receiver skipped automatically to my next subscribed channel as I moved forward -
This is becuase your guide is set to view ALL channels, not just subscribed channels.
Solution: Press your guide button - the guide grid is displayed. It shows ALL channels. While looking at the guide, press the Guide button again. It toggles to just subscribed channels. (If your have created “custom” guides, like I have, for just “sports channels”, each press of guide goes to the next guide. In anycase, after the proper guide shows, press the clear button to remove the guide from the screen. Now, when you press the up/down channel remote button, you will only go to those channels you set the guide for (in this case, only subscribed channels).
May 5th, 2005 at 8:43 pm
I found these quiet amusing.
1) I can wear sandals or no shoes to work. In fact, I often just kick off the shoes when ever I feel like it. No joke I have taught a large lecture in bare feet. I guess that is the bonus of working in academia.
2) What the @$# are you doing going to Starbucks for coffee everyday. Just think of all the really good coffee you could buy for that price. [Of course I am one of those people who drink 10 cups a day and carry my extra in a mason jar to work.]
3) Something needs to be said about junk mail, you know the Viagra, lower mortgage !$#@. That would certainly make my day better if I never had to see one of those emails in my in box.
4) I would totally love it if one of those advertised items that you use while you sit and the machine works your abs to perfection actually worked.
5) Kids that actually picked up their dirty clothes, dishes, random junk. Yeah that’s the life.
6) While we are at it can I wish for a magic wand that will automatically clean my house?
7) Ok so shoot me, I can not come up with 10 at the moment.
May 5th, 2005 at 8:50 pm
Mal,
Re #2: It’s sad, I know. It’s emabarassing. I just hope I’m not turning into a yuppie.
Re #3: Thankfully, I get close to ZERO junk mail at work, and my home e-mail has awesome spam blocking due to the combo of server-side spam blocking (SpamAssassin) and client-side on Thunderbird (Bayesian).
May 24th, 2006 at 7:16 pm
10 very minor changes to your family. I’d start with my 12yo.sister,who’s abused in her delicate blonde world. my frends say”Jack,how do you put up with such behavior? well I just let her scream as we play.i guess its just nice to reach out and take her in the back door so dad can counsel her also. preteens gotta love them all…!