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December 2[edit]

Self Discipline[edit]

I am a disciplined man with a very fixed and set routine which includes strength training. However, I noticed that whenever my routine gets disrupted due to official commitments,I get irritated. In addition, I get headaches due to prolonged sitting at conferences. My point is what is the use of exercise,strength training and discipline if my body reacts in such a manner at the slightest disruption of my routine. I solicit your suggestions to improve.Sumalsn (talk) 04:34, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It is not obvious that your headaches are related to your routine. At the Reference desk we cannot give medical advice; if they are regularly bothering you, you should see a medical professional. Also, is the irritation you are experiencing your body's reaction to the disruption? Might it be the case that you'd get irritated by a disruption of any very fixed and set routine, also if it does not involve physical exercise? One possible idea is for you yourself to make your routine less fixed and get accustomed to variation. Depending on the severity of the irritation, you might consider cognitive behavioral therapy in consultation with a qualified therapist. Or you might just "lean into" it and learn to welcome the irritation like an old (although irritating) friend. --Lambiam 07:21, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Much obliged for your kind advice. Sumalsn (talk) 09:56, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Sumalsn: Possibly you take your routine too seriously? May be it's too tight, if any disruption makes you feel uncomfortable. Have you tried to make some deliberate break in it for doing anything or even doing nothing? --CiaPan (talk) 08:19, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
PS. This reminds me of one of my favorite advices (allegedly, and old proverb says a good advice is the most dangerous gift in the world): make a plan to be spontaneous from tomorrow.
I've been trying to implement it for more than half of my life. So far no luck.

--CiaPan (talk)

"Good advice costs nothing, and it's worth the price." -- Allan Sherman

"I can be spontaneous - under a carefully controlled set of circumstances." -- Joe Hackett in Wings

←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 12:55, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

My thanks to all who replied. Sumalsn (talk) 08:08, 13 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

governmental databases for local businesses?[edit]

In the United States, do the states, counties, and/or municipalities have databases or records of local businesses? Is that a thing?

In the article Dan Johnson (Kentucky politician), there're plenty of sources & citations to verify the creation and existence of his church, the Heart of Fire Church. In researching and editing that article, I've come to the believe that the church doesn't exist as an entity any more. However, I haven't seen any reliable sources to verify that, and thus the church is still referred to in the present tense. One thought I had, though, was to check a Kentucky or Louisvillian or Jefferson County database of registered businesses and see if Heart of Fire had been formally dissolved or just dropped from the rolls (as it were)—but I don't know if such a register even exists, or what it would called if so.

Any pointers in this area would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, — Fourthords | =Λ= | 16:13, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Companies House isn't a thing in the US but they do have the SEC and each state has it's own business register. The church is still going - do a search on The Kentucky State business register here. You'll find records under 'Heart of Fire' and 'Danny Johnson Heart of Fire Ministries, INC'. Nanonic (talk) 17:35, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah yeah! That's exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. "Business register"; I'll try to remember that in the future. Thanks! — Fourthords | =Λ= | 19:48, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think churches need to register with the government. Is the church also a business? RudolfRed (talk) 21:33, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Most organised churches function partly along business lines, particularly if they are claiming charitable status and tax exemptions: in the USA they need to be incorporated in order to claim these as, according to this, 85% of churches in the USA are.

Churches typically accept donations (income), pay for premises, etc. (expenses), pay their 'ministers' stipends (wages/salaries) of some kind: all these financial activities need monitoring in some way to prevent fraud (though this sometimes doesn't succeed).

See also Church tax, though that doesn't apply in the USA. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 51.194.245.32 (talk) 51.194.245.32 (talk) 16:18, 3 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I found this directory which was not very helpful. Alansplodge (talk) 23:00, 3 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]