You Are Not Alone

You Are Not Alone: HELP! Twenty-One Things To-Do   I am working on several things right now, which has given me the perfect excuse not to work on the house. I have twenty-one items on my list. No sub-categories or ratings. This is my first time after many years to have a list, let alone, having sub-categories on a list. You may see my 21 things to-do below. Will it look less frightening if I break it down into sub-categories, or will it just look longer? As my great grandmother, Alda, used to say “my get up and go just got up and went!” My motivation, my get-up-and-go is gone. Formerly I was a woman who had a place for everything and everything was put away as soon as I was finished with the item. I was a clean-freak so that others were annoyed with me at times. My husband still is annoyed with my germ-phobia which I blame on my father—he still lives it due to cancer years ago. Does anyone every lose the urge once it is established? Cleanliness appeals to me, but piles of t...

  This question was part of my Bible study on YouVersion (Referenced below). Naturally, I think of things I couldn't live without. For instance, food and water. The question is not what I couldn't live without, but what wouldn't I want to live without? Big difference between couldn't and wouldn't. It's like the difference between a want and a need. I want coffee, but do I truly need it? Here is the difference between wouldn't and couldn't: " wouldn't (i.e. would not) - implies that someone (or something) in particular usually does not fulfill an activity, but is certainly capable of doing so"( www.quora.com ). " couldn't (i.e. could not) - implies that someone (or something) in particular is unable to fulfill an activity, even if s/he/it strove to do so" ( www.quora.com ). By definition, couldn’t is something which can’t be accomplished, but wouldn’t denotes it is possible if chosen to do so. I wouldn’t want...