In the afternoon I visit a friend of mine, who lives nearby. She still has to get her christmas-presents, especially since I have mine already.
Today I thought I start an attempt on Benjamin Franklins 13 virtues. He started with Temperance and in German, this can be translated into Enthaltsamkeit and Mäßigkeit. Since there is also the virtue of Moderation, which also means Mäßigkeit, I decided on the translation as Enthaltsamkeit. Mr. Franklin defined this as: Don't eat to dullness, don't drink to elevation.
Now I don't drink alcohol, so I decided to use Temperance on food, cafeine, sleep and computer-use.
It is only for a week, then silence is on, I will write about this next week.
I start today, before the beginning of the new year, because Mr. Franklin started each week on a Sunday. And this being Sunday, right before the new year, it seemed fitting.
And I already failed. Didn't get up at 5.00 am as planned, more like 10.00 am. Also I have been playing on Facebook and on My little farmies. BUT: I only had one black tea, freshly pressed Orange-Juice, a spoonfool of Lecithin (good for concentration) and a bowl of bread and milk. So at least I didn't eat to dullness.
For lunch I planned a salad with fried sea-fruit and a baguette with herb-butter. No dessert. I thought of buttermilk for dinner or carrots. Don't know yet and it is not interesting to you anyway.
As you can see, I am trying something new for the new year and I am curious how long I will pull that through. But it is worth a try. At least, every virtue will have to be followed a week only.
At any rate, I will end this on a happy note, me thinks.... :-)
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