Three Weeks for Dreamwidth: CLEAR (Collaborative, Limited, Emotional, Appreciable, Refinable)

This year during Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, I'm writing about goal-setting frameworks for goals_on_dw. Read Part 1: Introduction to Goal-Setting Frameworks, Part 2: The 1-3-5 Rule, Part 3: The 12-week Year, Part 4: ABCS (Achievable, Believable, Committed, Specific), Part 5: Backward Goal, Part 6: BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goals), Part 7: BSQ (Think Big, Act Small, Move Quick), Part 8: CLEAR (Collaborative, Limited, Emotional, Appreciable, Refinable).


Part 8: CLEAR (Collaborative, Limited, Emotional, Appreciable, Refinable)

CLEAR goals are Collaborative, Limited, Emotional, Appreciable, Refinable. This goal-setting method is ideal for work or school, where you'll be interacting with other people. It helps manage and direct group efforts based on its components.



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Birdfeeding

Today is cloudy and mild.

I fed the birds.  I've seen several sparrows and house finches, a red-bellied woodpecker, and two red-headed woodpeckers (please be a breeding pair, please be a breeding pair). 

I put out water for the birds.

I put the flats of potted plants outside.  I have consolidated down to 3 flats plus the wave petunias.

Follow Friday 5-2-25: Hannibal

Today's theme is Hannibal.  See my Follow Friday Master Post for more topics.


capspiration -- Multi-fandom daily screen caps.
[Active with multiple posts in April.]

comparatives -- Hannibal comparatives
A community dedicated to making NBC Hannibal comparatives.
[Dormant with last post in April 2022, but posting is open to all members so this should be revivable.

hannibal_fans -- A fan community for Hannibal.
[Low traffic with last post in August 2023.]

smallbatchicons -- small batch icons
Multi-fandom icon community, 5 icons on a theme.
[Active with multiple posts in April.]

terror_sffa -- Horror, SFF, Animation, Myth, Spec Fic
Panfandom and multimedia.
[Active with multiple posts in April.]

HR 867, “the igo boycott act”

Here's a post about  HR 867, “the igo boycott act.”

Of course, it's obviously not just anti-American for violating personal freedom of choice, it's also anti-capitalist for violating freedom of doing business.

It's also completely pointless other than intimidating people.  All you have to do is A) keep your mouth shut about why exactly you are doing something and/or B) have some other reason besides the forbidden one for doing what you want.  It's how the bigots get around most requirements for diversity -- the smart ones always have some other reason for not hiring the person.  You don't like Israel's raging genocide?  Come up with some other reason to avoid buying things from them.  An unassailable one is "We prefer to buy American."

There's no need to have an open boycott, or conspiracy, if everyone is using the same playbook, in this case "genocide is bad and we don't deal with genocidal maniacs."  A discontiguous conspiracy will do the job.  And you don't have to surrender your ethics to anyone else, although you might want to keep them quiet while the country has its head up its ass.

Random Scenarios

Taken from this post.
Pick from the scenarios listed below.
Post picture prompts OR write starters OR whatever!
Have a grand ol' time.

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Fossils

Ptero firma: Footprints pinpoint when ancient flying reptiles conquered the ground

Study links fossilized flying reptile tracks to animals that made them.
A new study links fossilized flying reptile tracks to animals that made them. Fossilized footprints reveal a 160-million-year-old invasion as pterosaurs came down from the trees and onto the ground. Tracks of giant ground-stalkers, comb-jawed coastal waders, and specialized shell crushers, shed light on how pterosaurs lived, moved, and evolved.

Today's Adventures

Today we went up to the All Over Arthur Garage Sales.

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