Downloading a new photo editor. Converting some .png files over to jpegs. Started working with Russell. This ended up being somewhat of a mental health session. Talking about communication skills. Here are some of my notes. They may mean more to me that what someone else gets out of them.

- Things that are kept in the dark are very destructive - air them out.

- Plans of reality vs real reality. Story of an army on the ground vs the ones who are planning to do a certain invasion. What is really happening on the ground.

- Expectations and who knows what. Lots of assumptions are being made.

- If things keep going, it can actually cause other problems. Undoing the underpinnings... hurting inside, affecting all of the other things, spiraling downwards.

- If you don't change anything... nothing will change.

- Admit what is true and do what is right.

- Can I change the situation to be more manageable? My choice not to do something is a choice of acceptance.

- Where is the line and how do we defend that line and advance the ball? Boundaries and what those mean and look like.

- The illusive dragon is very tempting (chasing that what if dream)... just keep fishing (doing the small things). There is a pattern in what is going on.

- The worth of souls.

- Priorities... first things first.

- Take what I am doing with adilas and super charge my training... Stick with the smaller budget and do all the rest of the hours in what I want to do and learn.

- God wants a discussion. Express your wants and then move in a certain direction. God doesn't move a parked car. If you are moving, he can work and influence that action. Momentum.

- Letting go, in order to get out... hand in the pickle jar, you can't get out of the jar if you are still holding the pickle. You may need to let go, in order to get out.

- Budget... 20 hours... and only do those 20 hours. Use the other hours as continuing education and building new skills.

- I'm a helper, a dreamer, etc. Adilas is both my hell and heaven (be real about what is what).

- What is my exit strategy? You have power to bail. Start building toward that exit strategy. Where is your line? What are your boundaries?

- Regardless to what happens... I do this (whatever that is - ideally in righteousness - according to God's law).

- This life isn't the end. What can I do to make the most of what I can do? Bloom where you are planted.