Paul Stefan Ort

Lessons for a New Month

• Web applications may not always be the most suitable tools.
• Daily journaling is time-consuming and must be planned.
• Re-evaluation and new prioritization is not identical to lazy quitting.
• Ambition and foolhardy zeal are incongruent.
• Trips are enlightening; take more of them.
• Daily blogging can foster creativity.
• It is better to deliver than to promise.
• Writing is difficult and good writers should be studied.
• The year knows no idle months.
• Food allergies must be taken into consideration.
• E-mail is rarely urgent.
• The web provides many opportunities to freely give.
• Difficult weeks are hardly memorable even only days later.
• It is important for musicians to attend live performances.
• Aversion to spending is not always a mark of frugality.
• Freedom to communicate through social networking websites should not be used to justify needless bombardment.
• A habit of filing personal correspondence is worth developing.
• Much procrastination can be eliminated by focusing on the next required action.
• Aversion to medicine can lead to unthinking acceptance of questionable schemes promoted in the name of "natural health."
• Termination of dialogue is not a sign of firm conviction; rather, it reveals insecurity in one's own position.