I spent most of the day solving a technical issue with my website’s security certificate.  Due to the poor internet, what would take 5 minutes to research and solve ended up taking several hours.  Everything is back running normally, and we shouldn’t see those “unsafe website” warnings any longer.

While out and about, I did spot the Hawaiian Ambassadors teaching a Ukulele Class.

Tonight’s entertainer was Chris Pendleton a Comedian and Violin Player.  She spends the first half of her show performing a funny stand-up routine followed by various tunes on the Violin.  Very entertaining.

Chris Pendleton

The Graveyard of Good Intentions

Back in the day – when I was working – and before e-mails and any chance of remote work – many people used briefcases to tote work-related papers, books, briefings, and brochures from one place to another – generally to and from your home.  After a long day at the office, and with an inbox full of things to do – I would have the choice to stay late or dump all the paperwork into my briefcase, and I would take it home and get it done after dinner.

You know what happens.

The work never got done, and I would tote it back to the office the next morning and continue where I left off.  But – the briefcase gave me license to leave the office with the good intentions of finishing at home.  After years of following this routine, I renamed my briefcase the “Graveyard of Good Intentions”  or where unfinished office work went to die – at home – unfinished.

My first long cruise, longer than seven days, was a 28-day voyage from Sydney to San Francisco in 2006.  E-books weren’t widely available then, and I was convinced that on this long trip with 14 Sea Days, I would have hours to read.     I brought six hardcover novels – with the intention of reading them all.  As you can probably tell by now, I think I read the first chapter of one book, and the rest remained unopened and returned home in my suitcase – unread.

I no longer tote hardcover books but have dozens of titles on my Kindle and in my Audible Book app.  I rarely have time to “crack” open a Kindle – occasionally have time to listen to a book while exercising.  So the Kindle is now my “Graveyard of Good Intentions.”  Full of interesting titles I would like to read but never seem to work their way high enough on my daily “to-do” list.

While cruises, particularly long ones, may at first seem like an endless source of time to do many things, there will be a lot of competition for your time.  Look at one of the Daily Programs for this cruise, and you will find every hour filled with some interesting activities.  My advice to people taking a long cruise for the first time with a lot of sea days – don’t assume you will have endless idle hours to stare at the sea or read a good book.  You can certainly make that a priority if you choose, but you may find that other activities will prove more compelling.

Another sea day tomorrow.

Tell me in the comments – have you had a Graveyard of Good Intentions on your cruises?