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This season’s Discardia is March 20-26, and once again I am celebrating. Because I am that sort of a geek.

The point is, generally, to get rid of unnecessary things in one’s life; to clear out the clutter and the trash and emerge happier. My strategy is a little different. I do more.

The one thing that is the biggest problem for me is procrastination. I tend to pile up ideas, projects, and plans, and then leave them lying around in the corners of my mind to get worried about for months. So in fact it’s quite helpful to get that motivational kick in the head, in the form of an arbitrary calendar date, to actually start finishing things and checking the long-term items off the list.

Last March I moved to a new city and a new job. This time, it’s nothing so extreme. Fortunately.

Yes, I am one of those people who really does benefit from productivity tips. The ability to admit it is recent, and, I think, a major step in personal growth.

Walking to work yesterday morning, the sun was just a few degrees above the horizon, straight in front of me. It was cold and dry, and the sky was unflinchingly clear.

Everything came together in just the perfect condition for me to be able to see a steady stream of water vapour sublimating directly from the snowbanks.

Mornings like these make me wish I knew how to use a camera properly.