Ring Tone

Problem: Constantly feeling a vague anxiety that you’ll forget to silence your phone and then it’ll inevitably go off at the most inconvenient of times (causing you to attract some uncomfortable stares and very bothered-sounding sighs in the process).

Solution: Choosing a pleasant ring tone which minimizes the consequences of any such forgetfulness. If you choose wisely, people may not even realize that a phone is going off; they’ll simply wonder where such pretty music has suddenly come from. My phone now rings to the sound of a classical Spanish guitar piece called “Mi Favorita.” Crisis effectively (and melodically) averted.

Enneagram Advice

I liked some of these suggestions written for Enneagram Type Fours (the “Romantic/Individualist” type – which, unsurprisingly, happens to be my type).

In case you don’t know: the Enneagram is a typology of nine interconnected personality types. It’s often used as a tool for self-development. You can find a wealth of information online about the Enneagram; here’s a good place to get started. (And here’s someone who looks at the Enneagram from a Christian perspective.)

armamentarium: n. All of the equipment available for carrying out a task, especially all the equipment used by a physician in the practice of medicine.

tintinnabulation: n. The ringing or sounding of bells.

Spotted in: The Bells,” a poem by Edgar Allan Poe.

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