{"id":244,"date":"2009-09-28T01:10:06","date_gmt":"2009-09-28T06:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/?p=244"},"modified":"2009-09-27T14:23:08","modified_gmt":"2009-09-27T19:23:08","slug":"solitude-and-stupidity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/2009\/09\/solitude-and-stupidity\/","title":{"rendered":"Solitude and Stupidity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n<p><strong>I like to work alone. Being alone, however, brings a heightened risk. There is great value in having another person to talk to. Absent others, checklists and other reminders are helpful.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have been <a href=\"http:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/takingawalk\">taking a walk<\/a> this past week. I have been all alone in doing this. I won&#8217;t describe the stupid things I have done so far. Needless to say, I have wasted a little time and cost my feet a few unnecessary steps.<\/p>\n<p>I am a pretty smart guy. Not the brightest, but I usually do okay. A week like this past one has re-taught me the value of having someone to talk to. Just to talk about what I am thinking or not thinking. Little things, but things that can make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>Adjustments? Yes, I made some by the end of the week. I pause a few minutes at regular intervals. I check what is in each of my pockets &#8211; slowly, carefully, and thoughtfully. I check the time, the weather, and several things that could alter my day.<\/p>\n<p>In the evening, I have checklist on my laptop computer&#8217;s desktop. I click on it the first thing and read through it. I created the checklist the first evening. I am glad that I have it.<\/p>\n<p>I like to work alone &#8211; I really do. I have learned that I can work alone and accomplish much. I can also goof. A little humility comes along now and then to teach me the value of other people in even the smallest things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Dwayne Phillips I like to work alone. Being alone, however, brings a heightened risk. There is great value in having another person to talk to. Absent others, checklists and other reminders are helpful. I have been taking a walk this past week. I have been all alone in doing this. I won&#8217;t describe the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,20,10],"tags":[130,142,133],"class_list":["post-244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-judgment","category-learning","category-people","tag-judgment","tag-learning","tag-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions\/245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}