Another aspect is the irony that helps undermine the church’s credibility. In my case, the last shreds of my testimony evaporated while I was teaching seminary. If the church taught truth, teaching doctrine would be strengthening.
Why do you despair? Because voters will choose a team that you wouldn’t choose? Or because politicians suck? Or because Canada is on the wrong track and none of the parties are willing to fix it?
Because those are all aspects of democracy. And even though democracy is a terrible system, it’s better than every other system we’ve ever tried.
The more I get involved in politics, the more cynical I become. But I hope you succeed at coming up with a better way to do it.
But they couldn’t form government when running against Danielle Smith. The NDP have very little appeal or credibility in Alberta. I campaigned with them during the last provincial election. Never again.
It’s simple but not easy. When you’re building a portfolio for someone else, emotion plays a much smaller role. When you do it for yourself, it’s easy to get caught up in greed or fear and to make mistakes (like putting most of your funds in Tesla, like one DIYer I met).
Make sure that you will actually review your portfolio every six months and not every two weeks or two years. Set clear parameters and objective measures. Decide how long something can lag (or lead) before you make changes. Then stick to your rules. The hardest part of portfolio management is discipline.
I’m on vacation with my extended family and I brought my laptop. I didn’t expect to get a lot of work done, but so far I’ve only been able to keep up with emails. There’s always something to do and someone who wants my attention. Family definitely comes first, and I’m enjoying the vacation, but I’m getting very little work done.
How did you manage that? Who did you travel with? How did you separate work time from fun time?
What if I don’t care about flavanols, but I like the texture a banana produces? What else can make a smoothie smooth like that?