First Poem- Ever

The Past

I want to change what happened
I don't want the same outcome
I keep trying but in vain
It will keep being the same

I know now that what happened happened
We do not have the power to change once written down
Unless we learn from the lesson before
Don't keep doing the same old same

So change the words and the meaning
Make it so it cannot be the way you regret
Stop the mistakes and errors
Fix them before it becomes too late

Better yet change the focus
Go from it was to it is
Dwell not on yesterday
Rather focus on the now

Keep present for the time being
Let it flow and don't let it stop
Don't accept the way it always was
Change it now to it is

Organization

So, I have amassed a great number of music Cd's since their creation and the fade out of vinyl. After having replaced all of my vinyl LP's with their equivalent in CD format I have also continued collecting en mass at a hectic pace. Now I have the dilemma of where and how to store them. Initially I had a couple of IKEA "Billy" bookcases which seemed to do the trick. Then they were moved to some built in bookcases when we built the new house seven years ago. Now they are spilling out all over and take a lot of time to re adjust every time a new title appears on the shelf. So long, in fact, that it takes a whole day to sort them because I cannot just slip one onto the shelf. They are filed by artist last name first, first name last and were grouped from newest to oldest in relation to release date. With it being such an endeavour (almost like preparing to climb Mount Everest I am sure) they task gets put off until today when I started sorting and swapping and filing and whew I only got through the A's and barely into the B's.
The solution will be a media server which is like a hard drive with capacity in the terabyte range. At this pace I will probably need three or four to hold the 3000 to 4000 music Cd's (this is to hold the music and album art, liner details, etc.) I think I can do it along with iTunes to have a complete audio catalogue. I don't have the same rampant problem with DVDs but I do with books which will be another challenge and post. So, back to the media server. All is not over once the choice is mad3e. The next challenge is to load all of this data onto the server (task is to develop an estimate of man hours for this) which is somewhere around 3000 hours (rough estimate, eyeball, thumbnail). And then, what to do with the stuff once all is loaded and no longer required. I guess sell "the collection" to a used CD store, recycle somehow or advertise the collection on eBay. The other question is of course around cataloguing them all. There is software that uses scanning or bar code technology to scan them into a database so that a listing can be effected versus a manual load into MS Excel or MS Access (very labour intensive).
So, challenges and future posts!
If you have any comments, suggestions, ideas or want to help me with this momentous task- let me know. Drop a note, send a response or comment. I need all of the help I can get....

Time Flies

Wow! It is June already. There are moments when it feels like time drags on and when time goes by so fast it feels like everything is out of control. What to do? Well, one can look at it like you have to get your arms around all of it all of the time- won't happen. It will be a continual frustration because one will never catch up or get your arms around it all and touch your fingers. It is impossible because there is too much and it is all moving too quickly.
So, what to do? Decide what you have control over and what is worthwhile expending the energy on. What are the priorities? What is important today and tomorrow? Start by chunking it down to smaller pieces so it is more manageable and you will start to see progress.
This is all great advice- now why can't I follow it myself? I need help and support on this journey so I can get out of the tangled mess that I keep mulling around in. I need help and a boost to get on top of it and work my way forward to achieve success- where are you? Please, contact me and help me. I will acknowledge and support you in your endeavors too. Isn't this what we are supposed to do? Help one another get over the rough spots? Help me and help you- call or contact me so we can work through this. Please.


On this day in:
1967 - In the U.S., "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was released by the Beatles. It was released on June first in Britain.

Birthdays
Charlie Watts (The Rolling Stones) 1941
Marvin Hamlisch 1944
Stacy Keach 1941
Johnny Weissmuller 1904
Henry VIII (England) 1491
Marquis de Sade 1740