Jul. 21st, 2023

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The momentum that I talked about in the collage made three weeks ago continues. I am continuing to check things off on my to-do list (see Week 5), which I find immensely satisfying.

It is, I remembered this week, one of the top five capabilities identified when I took the Strengthsfinders test: Achievement, by which is meant that I have the ability to organize myself and methodically tackle one task after another. (My Enneagram result is Number 2, the Helper, which also fits).

Eric has noticed this characteristic in me. During one of our nightly phone calls this week, he teased me about how, when asked about my day, I have a tendency to roll out a list of achievements, and often say something (rather smug) about how I had 'a virtuous day.'

I did a bit of study about Puritan theology when I was writing The Wild Swans (I have Puritan forebears, so it felt a bit personal). Puritans valorized hard work, the interconnectedness of the community, and yes, some things I don't value quite as highly, such as a suspicion of light-heartedness and a conviction that it was more worthy to do work that you disliked rather than liked.

Well, I don't go quite that far, but Eric's right. I do feel virtuous when I'm getting things done. This week, I did financial bookkeeping and other administrative work, searched for job openings, worked on reinstating weightlifting in my exercise routine, and brushed off my Duolingo account so as to started working on French again. (The weightlifting has been rather heavy going, no pun intended. Although I have tried to start slowly, never using anything higher than five-pound weights, I have been privately amused in noticing this week how many times I have yelped an involuntary "Oh my God," every time I have made the slightest movement and discovered yet another sore muscle.

Image description: A woman in the lower right corner (Peg) looks pleased with herself. A halo shines over her head. Background, center: a calculator, money, a laptop. Superimposed over a corner of the laptop is the word 'Virtue' surrounded by a laurel wreath. Upper part of card: shoulders and torso of a woman in exercise clothing holding a weight in an upright row position. A cartoon owl (Duolingo logo) flies in from the upper left corner. Behind the owl is the French Flag.

Virtue

Virtue

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