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As autumn supposedly has arrived in the southern parts of Australia, flora is decelarating growth from their summer speeds. I say "supposedly" as it can be still humid and warm on afternoons in New South Wales. Sunrises and sunsets have not displayed thd intense colours, hues and streaks that I expect in April in the Antipodes.
As leaves begin to discolour and drop, I drag out the old furniture to the garage. Another step forward in the process of the twice yearly roadside disposal provided by the local Council. Daylight savings had ended a few weeks ago - and nights look more full as they arrive earlier.
I have a motley collection of mainly smallish items which I say I want to part with - but never seem to be able to do. What is it that we are encouraged to do - start small, do it regularly and soon the job is done?
I can be the type who loves to pull out the weeds one by one, instead of procastinating and eventually do a bombardment of weed killer spray.
Procastination irritates me, but I go through periods practising it. At times I find that delaying a chore can pay off, but often it is simpler and more rewarding to do it on a timely basis.
In a burgeoning contemporary world of more self service and self management, what I find remarkably irritating are constant App updates to new versions, regular change of passwords and greater recurrence of cutoffs that never happened before the internet of things.
Is there more choice in entertainment for the family and self? While payable streaming services increase, there are more ads and less inspiring programmes on free to air screens. Cinema megaplexes are still around, despite the rise of access to personalised viewing as opposed to shared collective viewing.
Our human eyes strain under the weight of reading, writing and viewing on small but portable devices.
Food we may have taken for granted are increasingly processed, prepacked, programmed and interfered with. Climate change affects our usual growing sources, politics and logistical barriers challenge distribution and consumers are further distanced from the producers.
We can now bank without physically stepping into one. We can dine at our own accord without ever knowing the kitchen and staff cooking it. We generate work output without meeting our team members. We purchase goods and services without having to go to a mall.
We are told we can save our personal time to do other things. Do we use the freed up opportunity to embrace more of Nature, the vibes beyond the electronic, artificial and virtual world significantly enveloping us?
Do I fully realise its autumn, with her gentle embrace of an ever spinning Earth?
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