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Am I an Adult? Part 1 : A new definition of Adulting...

Consideration for the common good,  not to mention common sense, and the on-going legal and financial, aka Consumer, or public Financial, education needed to advance the common good, not to mention avoid having all of us drown in debt, are crucial to the health of any funcioning democracy or even a semi functioning republic.  Therefore, I suggest a new definition for the word Adulting, more to…

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SoL Saturdays Update, Context, PTSD, Homelessness & Debt: Project Do Better

What we still need our children to prove, for recognition of Service Adulthood (Phase II of Project Do Better…), is not their prowess in battle or the hunt, not their virility, not their adeptness at social maneuvering, but their ability to contribute meaningfully to society by teaching another person, from level 0, how to do something that is both difficult and absolutely neccessary in our…

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Writing Process: Removing a Darling Comment

Writing Process: Removing a Darling Comment

     Volunteering can be most difficult in health settings.   This is part of what Phase II will help build,  starting about 15-20 years from now as Phase I draws to a close, by building a cadre of Serving Adults (and here is the comment I removed):  A timeline for building support for a robust public health system could run as long as the generation currently in charge of funding the system,…

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Service Adulthood Began Early, With Compassion In Oakland

Service Adulthood Began Early, With Compassion In Oakland

     This is part of what Phase II will work toward on a larger scale, starting about 15-20 years from now as Phase I draws to a close, by building a cadre of Serving Adults:  “…700 people of all races and backgrounds have volunteered to work with Compassion in Oakland.“      So, I continue to work on Project Do Better’s manifesto, now re-writing Part II.      I look forward to hearing your…

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We can Do Better Wednesdays, and Homes for All: Chapter 8, section III. E.

We can Do Better Wednesdays, and Homes for All: Chapter 8, section III. E.

This post is the start of the rough draft of (5/5 of Phase II) Chapter 8 of my non-fiction WiP, Do Better, fka Baby Floors.   This part of chapter 8 will begin the later years of A Home for Every Person, mapping out a path to get there for Phase II, with a potential new service-adulthood rite of passage. Sorry, Dear Readers, I forgot, earlier, that this chapter has 5 sections per early and late,…

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Wondering Wednesdays, Do Better, Chapter 8, section III. D.: 4/5 of a map for the later years of Phase II

Wondering Wednesdays, Do Better, Chapter 8, section III. D.: 4/5 of a map for the later years of Phase II

This post is part of the rough draft of  Chapter 8 of my non-fiction WiP, Do Better, fka Baby Floors.   This part of chapter 8 will begin the later years of mapping out a path to get there for Phase II, with a potential new adulthood rite of passage. Sorry, Dear Readers, I forgot that this chapter has 5 sections per early and late, rather than the usual 4. The overall objective remains that of…

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Wondering Wednesdays, Do Better, Rough Chapter 8, section III. C.: 3/5 of a map for the later years of Phase II

Wondering Wednesdays, Do Better, Rough Chapter 8, section III. C.: 3/5 of a map for the later years of Phase II

This post is part of the rough draft of  Chapter 8 of my non-fiction WiP, Do Better, fka Baby Floors.   This part of chapter 8 will begin the later years of mapping out a path to get there for Phase II, with a potential new adulthood rite of passage. Sorry, Dear Readers, I forgot that this chapter has 5 sections per early and late, rather than the usual 4. The overall objective remains that of…

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Wondering Wednesdays, Do Better, Chapter 8, section III. B.: 2/5 of a map for the later years of Phase II

Wondering Wednesdays, Do Better, Chapter 8, section III. B.: 2/5 of a map for the later years of Phase II

This post is the start of the rough draft of  Chapter 8 of my non-fiction WiP, Do Better, fka Baby Floors.   This part of chapter 8 will begin the later years of mapping out a path to get there for Phase II, with a potential new adulthood rite of passage.  Sorry, Dear Readers, I forgot that this chapter has 5 sections per early and late, rather than the usual 4. The overall objective remains that…

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Do Better, Chapter 8, section III. A: 1/5 of a map for the later years of Phase II

Do Better, Chapter 8, section III. A: 1/5 of a map for the later years of Phase II

This post is the start (for a Reader who’d expressed interest in my writing process: the Featured Image is my high level outline, which I sketched initially, and the image below is my detailed outline for this section) of the rough draft of  Chapter 8 of my non-fiction WiP, Do Better, fka Baby Floors.   This part of chapter 8 will begin the later years of mapping out a path to get there for Phase…

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Beta Readers Still Needed for Do Better

Beta Readers Still Needed for Do Better

This Project is nearly ready, but cannot complete its guidebook without more Beta Readers for the 5th Draft.  Until then, I cannot publish and release this work into other hands.  I need help, please.    This post is the start of the rough draft of  Chapter 8,Chapter 8, section II. E.: 5/5 of a map for the early years of Phase II,  of my non-fiction WiP, Do Better, fka Baby Floors.   This chapter…

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Do Better (was Baby Floors), Chapter 8, section II. D.: 4/4 of a map for the early years of Phase II

Do Better (was Baby Floors), Chapter 8, section II. D.: 4/4 of a map for the early years of Phase II

This post  about the Do Better Manifesto records the rough draft of  Chapter 8 of my non-fiction WiP, Baby Floors.   This chapter will begin the early years of mapping out a path to get there for Phase II, with a potential new adulthood rite of passage. The overall objective remains that of putting a floor on poverty so that each and every baby born can have a safe childhood. Outlines for chapter…

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Do Better, Chapter 8, section II. C.: 3/4 of a map for the early years of Phase II

Do Better, Chapter 8, section II. C.: 3/4 of a map for the early years of Phase II

This post is the  rough draft of  Chapter 8 of my non-fiction WiP,  Do Better, fka Baby Floors.   This chapter will begin the early years of mapping out a path to get there for Phase II, with a potential new adulthood rite of passage. Project Do Better needs eyes on the above linked book, but is leaving the original rough material here for comparison, at the request of followers interested in…

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Nearly Done: 4th Draft! But Here's Chapter 8, Rough Draft II. B. 2/4, Phase II

Nearly Done: 4th Draft! But Here’s Chapter 8, Rough Draft II. B. 2/4, Phase II

     This post continues the rough draft of  Chapter 8 of my non-fiction WiP, Baby Floors, now Do Better.   This chapter will begin the early years of mapping out a path to get there for Phase II, with a potential new adulthood rite of passage. The overall objective remains that of putting a floor on poverty so that each and every baby born can have a safe childhood. Outlines for chapter 8 will…

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Working Wednesdays, Do Better, Chapter 8, section II. A.: 1/4 of a map for the early years of Phase II

Working Wednesdays, Do Better, Chapter 8, section II. A.: 1/4 of a map for the early years of Phase II

This post is the kitchen sink version of the rough draft of  Chapter 8 of my non-fiction WiP, Do Better, fka Baby Floors.   This chapter will begin the early years of mapping out a path to get there for Phase II, with a potential new adulthood rite of passage. (the current version of Draft 3 is nearly done: ask if interested in Beta Reading, pls…)   The overall objective remains that of putting a…

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Day 34/67 of GED in Five Months, circles, and flu

Day 34/67 of GED in Five Months, circles, and flu

 Adulting is also about understanding how history and science fit together, just as circles and triangles fit together, and impact us today.  This and last year’s Covid-19 pandemic is not so different from the 1918-1920 wrongly-named Spanish Flu pandemic. Middle of week 9/18 Lesson plan, Day 34, Wk 9 Grammar: semicolons and colons How to find the height of a triangle Math: Circles and…

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Peer pressure, proving oneself, and new tools for that

Peer pressure, proving oneself, and new tools for that

       While most of our societies no longer need adults capable of hunting to ensure our protein supply, we clearly still have a burning need to find ways to prove ourselves, especially when we are young.  NPR reported on a nationwide problem, recently: teenagers are vandalizing school property for the attention on social media.  Somehow, the very human need to prove oneself is being channeled…