Swallow That Toddler! - Another One Down The Hatch...

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Forget about Brian Tracy's frogs or Nicholas Chamfort's toads that I alluded to in a recent post: https://ctptalk.com/@hirohurl/january-crypto-accumulation-progress-report-excuses-distractions-lecherers-and-toads

With Saturn exalted in Capricorn it is time to emulate Old Man Time and swallow a few toddlers instead.

It takes discipline and an eye for the long term benefits to grind your way through flesh and bone, the perfect "Saturn in Capricorn" scenario, especially as the Sun is there too right now.

Eating the offspring of my life in Japan; that's what I have been doing this month at any rate. Shoving those pewling brats down the hatch as soon as they appear on the scene.

Four down, one to go. Belch!

The Five Babies That I Must Devour

These tiresome upstarts, the five offspring of Chronos (aka Saturn) are born early in the year and bespew it with their untimely demands.

  1. Women's College Class Reports (Hera)
  2. Women's College Exam Grades (Demeter)
  3. Women's College Syllabus Preparation (Hestia)
  4. Vocational College Exam Grades (Poseidon)
  5. Tax Returns (Hades)

Last week, I had a bit of a break after devouring the three little madams. Hence my increased productivity on the Hive blockchain and in moving forward with brisk good cheer in my online business.

The Frozen-Handed Midwife of Rhea

Then, over the weekend, a fat brat was delivered in the form of a parcel load of student exam papers as it were from the vault of Neptune.

The midwife of Rhea arrived in the form of a frozen-handed postman on a post-office scooter to announce the delivery.

Though the delivery was swift, the devouring thereof took up the whole day to the neglect of all other business, offline and online.

Chronos Back On His Throne (for now)

And now Chronos, Lord of Time, is secure on this throne for another week or so before the hellish process begins again with the impending birth of Hades, god of the underworld, and surely of tax collectors...

In the meantime, I trust that, having digested my ghastly repast, I shall gain some vim and vigour to enjoy my former freedom and productivity for yet a little while until the hellish due date approaches.

Until then, though somewhat bloated, I remain #alive and perchance #aliveandthriving ...

David Hurley
#InspiredFocus

P. S. This post was inspired by my memory of hitch-hiking to Bern, Switzerland, when I was nineteen, and seeing there the "Child Eater Fountain" or "Kindlifresserbrunnen":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindlifresserbrunnen

Image source: Andrew Bossi; sculpture by Hans Gieng (de), CC BY-SA 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

P. P. S. This one is for @bradleyarrow - he knows why!

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Very good @hirohurl
Interesting and entertaining post my friend
If the offer to help me develop an email series is available i would be grateful buddy
!ALIVE

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Glad you enjoyed it @benthomaswwd - and thanks for the !ALIVE tip!

Okay, what is the best way to contact you. If you drop me your email address via the contact form @ https://top5programs.com/contact I'll get back to you.

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I was a bit confused until I saw the P.S. note towards the end.

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Your Listnerds email made me curious and I came to see what it was all about. I didn't know the source, it really has been an entertaining story.

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Thank you for the feedback @yeckingo1 - I was interested to see whether curiosity would pull people over to to the blog post. Glad you enjoyed it.

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I love the way you crafted your story to get your point across. It was very effective to me. I work on the worst one first so that by the time I get to the later ones they go down easier. If I get stuck on one for two long, I switch to a different one to keep my progress going. Take care.

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Weird and different. Makes me wonder if you are a professor at a womens college?
I read, I engaged and I upvoted.
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Hi @ijat - thanks for the engagement and upvote.

In the offline world I'm a freelance teacher and have "part-time" gigs at a couple of colleges - one of them is a women's college, the other is a vocational college.

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You have true talent, this post is so entertaining the way you Juxtaposed the Greek Mythological Pantheon to your life :-D

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I wondered where you were going with this and I love the analogy.
I thought you were heading down the kill your darlings track (Stephen King) but this is works so very well. Good luck with the tax man

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Interesting, @markhodge - perhaps this story of mine is a darling that I could not kill in my egocentric little scribbler's heart!

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Epic how you constructed the whole thing, starting with the email! :)

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Thanks @gadrian - glad you enjoyed it! The email is what most people see first, but was of course the last thing I constructed.

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Yep, true, that's how I do it too.

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Entertaing way to tell about your use of time when faced with several thing on the schedule.
When i have several things on my schedule i tend to start with a verey easy task just to show early progress and if i get stuck on one task i switch to another one.

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And I assume very shortly all five of them will have been devoured. I like plowing through my tasks so that I can finish up and do the things I actually want to be doing.

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