From the Capitol Music Folder

It's definitely time for a change. Do you ever get the feeling that you are heading for some big life change, but you don't know what it is? It's like that. It's time to reassess, clean house. Radically change what I eat, or the work that I do, or my circle of friends. I don't know what, but something.

I suppose I should start by literally cleaning house, dusting the shelves, throwing out old files. That would help clear the way for whatever new thing this is that I feel waiting for me. I tend to keep everything. My fifth grade science notes might come in handy someday, right?

But the very fact that I still have fifth grade science notes tells you that I've been this way for a long time. I can imagine all those ten year olds, dumping out the contents of their lockers and running down my school's hallways yelling, "I'm free! I'm free!" And as they ran past, I must have gathered the pages of my report on kidneys and tucked it carefully into a manila folder marked, "Kidney Report."

Habits like that don't die quickly. I still file everything in manila folders. In fact, on my desk right now there are eleven of them - helping me organize the web orders I have processed. I'd be lost without my folders.

So as big as this change may turn out to be, it won't include letting go of manila folders. That would be too much stress. And stress can wreak havoc on the adrenal glands. And the kidneys. I should know - it say so in my report. See, I told you it might come in handy someday!

Ron B