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five days of pain

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2017.05.12

I've had a right-side, weather-related migraine for five days. I've burned through all of my powerful meds, have to go to court to deal with a fine (a lifetime first!) and still have a meeting this afternoon. Well, I'm nothing if not practiced at managing a migraine.

Four good things that happened today:

  1. I've survived a difficult round of navigating a substantial project for a non-profit where I sit on the board. Tough but needed doing.
  2. We've decided to start looking for a new place to live; too many shenanigans by our landlady, and there's a massive construction project going in next door.
  3. Had a really good session on helping a potential client with planning a business (yesterday).
  4. Expect to have the same today (different potential client).

rand()m quote

Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.

—Sigmund Freud