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Magiks and Holistic Mental Health Therapy

January 15, 2019 / The Great Fartsupial

Yeah, I’m going here.

I thought this might be an interesting topic to blog about. I’ve talked about other options that are more scientific, but not really weird or occult techniques. And, I’m not going to talk about using the Ouija board, as I find it rubbish and only find it a novel looking board to use as decoration in someone’s home.

Day 5 – Integrating the apps back to the home screen.

January 11, 2019 / The Great Fartsupial

The more the week passed, the more certain apps were needing my attention. I had notifications from family and acquaintances on Facebook Messenger, I had numerous times that I had to access the Internet from an email, and a few other things. I decided to cut the week short by a few days, and moved apps back to the main screen under a few conditions.

Only move the apps that I have paid for, and only move the apps that I use.

Let me tell you about content mills.

January 9, 2019 / The Great Fartsupial

I’m going to let you in on a secret.

Content mills suck.

Starting from scratch, Day 3.

January 9, 2019 / The Great Fartsupial

1:58 pm: My current home screen has changed a few times. I realized that because of certain functions of the Fitbit Versa, I was going to need to be able to access the applications. The Bluetooth was not working at all, and it was extremely difficult to sync the watch to the Fitbit online dashboard that I finally had to call “uncle” and move the apps back to the home screen.

This made me wonder. What ESSENTIAL apps do I need on a daily basis at the moment to manuever efficiently and effectively? I came to the conclusion that I would need:

A calculator.
The Phillips Hue application.
The Ring doorbell application.
Amazon’s Marketplace application.

Starting from scratch, Day 2 (cont.)

January 8, 2019 / The Great Fartsupial

Or, “What do I have to work with today?”

Upon waking up this morning, which is usually around 3-5:00 am, I grab my phone, turn on the flashlight on the phone, get on some comfy clothes, and make coffee.

Starting from scratch: Day 2

January 8, 2019 / The Great Fartsupial

If you read yesterday’s post, you would have seen that I am minimizing what I am using on my iPhone X for the next week. Link to the post is here.

Because of getting a Fitbit Versa from my wife, I looked to see if there were any minimalistic phones that were compatible with the device. It looks like I am stuck in the smartphone world until I no longer need the help to physically get better. Plus, there was an article I found somewhere on the internet that stated that Fitbit is slowly changing to utilizing smartphones in their technology and phasing out some of the older technology.

Everybody needs a buck.

“What if you started from scratch?”

January 7, 2019 / The Great Fartsupial

This is another gem from Fumio Sasaki’s book. I wondered if I could start from scratch, starting with my phone. I have an iPhone X with 256 GB of space.

Now, let’s be honest. I did not delete things off my phone. There was a lot of items that I do use, whether it be daily or occasionally, but I do use those apps. Instead of deleting the apps off my phone, I merely moved a lot from one screen to the next. I did this because I tried an app called Moment from the App Store, and it was shit. I couldn’t get it to track properly, it was too busy, and it just would not suit my needs.

I am not a Green Lantern.

January 6, 2019 / The Great Fartsupial

Green Lanterns have to show an enormous amount of willpower to use their power rings and fight evil.

I have a Green Lantern ring.

I have very little willpower.

I am NOT a Green Lantern.

The art of discarding an item for the sake of appearances.

January 5, 2019 / The Great Fartsupial

Sasaki believes that if you are keeping something only for the sake of appearance, to fit in with the Jones’s, or to merely feel adequate in an inadequate world, discard it. I did this exact thing last night.

I used to own an Apple Watch, merely for the compatibility with my phone, and for the sake of appearances. Most people I knew had either an Apple Watch and an iPhone whatever, or they had an Android phone and a Garmin watch/activity tracker. I gave it to my daughter, who I feel is old enough for a watch such as that, and could probably get more use out of it.

Farts of Facebook.

January 4, 2019 / The Great Fartsupial

Here I have compiled a list of some of the things I have said on Facebook lately, for those of you who don’t follow me on social media outlets (which may be for the best!), but I thought I would share some nuggets of “old farts” with you.