I’m a member of the Core group of the Evolutionary Collective.  There are about 65 of us Core folks, mostly in North America.

We have a deepened commitment.  There are some Zoom meetings we’ve agreed to come to.  For instance, either we come to an early call on one Thursday or a late one on the next.

What that means in Central European Time is showing up at 18:30 on Week One or at 02:00 on Friday morning on Week Two.

Last week was Week One.  I was at an evening cello orchestra rehearsal.

So I was online this morning from 02:00 till 03:30.

A part of me grimaces … and pouts.  The people in New York City don’t have to deal with this!  Both the early and late times are reasonable.

However, my fomenting mind is conveniently forgetting that most of our members are in North America.  In San Francisco, early is 09:30 and late is 17:00.

Do you have any alternative to suggest, Bruce?

Actually, no

To keep my word, I went to bed at 21:00 last night and set the alarm for 01:30.  So that’s close to four hours sleep.  After the meeting, I hit the pillow at 03:45 and set the alarm for 08:00, in the spirit of doing things this morning.  So another four hours.  That’s in the realm of eight hours sleep … “more than enough”.

I woke at 08:00 – exhausted.  I realized that an immediate doing of things would be impossible.  And then I complained about my inability to thrive on eight hours of slumber:

“A part of me grimaces … and pouts”

I shouldn’t have to deal with this!

My body (admittedly an older one) should be able to handle a wee hours interruption

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And then two moments of insight:

1.  It’s fair, not unfair.  Inconvenient for Europeans such as me … but fair.

2.  And then the whole story of “Fair … Unfair” faded away.  It was simply the way things are.  I don’t need to add my reaction.  Doing so doesn’t serve me or the world.

So there