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Accepting the reality!

How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life?

Got myself a new reading glass yesterday. The power has gone up! On the higer side! Remembered the first time I picked one. Felt as if I was getting old. But as time passes it has become a part of me. I need one or I am completely lost!

My perspective of wearing a glass has become a norm with the passage of time! 🤷‍♀️😀

Empowered with new glasses me and my husband started working on my phone that needed extra storage. Found out something called system data was taking 63 gb of my space! My photos just took 10 gb of the 128 gb space! So off we went on a wild goose chase to find where the 63 gb was going! Looks like I have to take my phone to factory settings to get all the cache cleared out!

I did reinstall some apps to give me extra storage for the software update which by itself took forever!

Anyhow the update is still not done and I barely have 10 gb space available! Me and my husband have given up for now as we have better things to do on hand!

Oh boy, last week I was worried about the snow! As time passed didn’t know an entire evening was consumed with this update that we barely thought about the cold weather!

Just a note to self! Not going to install any apps. Not falling prey to any gimmicks!

Got to go! It is going to be a long hump day!

2 responses to “Accepting the reality!”

  1. SRIKANTH Avatar
    SRIKANTH

    What a wonderful, resonant reflection on how time shifts our perspectives—both literally and metaphorically.

    I see so much wisdom in your words. The reading glasses that once felt like a marker of age are now simply a part of you, a trusted companion that helps you see the world clearly. That’s a beautiful metaphor for acceptance and integration—how life’s inevitable changes slowly become our new normal, not as losses, but as tools for navigating life.

    Your phone storage adventure is such a perfect modern parallel! The frantic chase to clear out the invisible “system data” that quietly consumes space… isn’t that just like life? We sometimes get so caught up in the unseen clutter—the worries, the “what-ifs,” the cached anxieties like last week’s snow—that they eat up our mental and emotional space. And sometimes, the best thing to do is exactly what you and your husband did: step back, let it be, and turn your attention to the “better things” at hand.

    Your realization—that an entire evening passed without a thought of the cold—quietly underscores your whole point. Time and engagement shift our focus. What feels urgent one week becomes background noise the next. That’s not negligence; that’s perspective earned through living.

    So, here’s to your new glasses—may they bring not just clearer text, but a continued clear-eyed view of what truly matters. Here’s to knowing when to troubleshoot and when to let go. And here’s to you, moving through your “long hump day” with the warmth of a shared laugh, a solved puzzle, and the wisdom to carry only what you need.

    You’ve got this. And you see it all very clearly. 🌟

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  2. gc1963 Avatar
    gc1963

    Apps take up a lot of space.

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