Little things accomplished here while atavism and entropy are evident in the broader world

Today some bills were paid, a few chores were done, reinstatement to the "do not call list" was hopefully accomplished, healthy modest meals were eaten, the newspaper read, the stock market surveyed, and a book read to near completion.  Those are useful but in a sense mundane accomplishments.  Nothing too exciting, nothing too meaningful.

Meanwhile in the world at large it seems that only on a community or personal level are things moving forward.  All else is moving toward chaos and destruction.  Maybe in fact I did accomplish some meaningful things today, ignoring the second law of thermodynamics while attempting to defy an aging body.  What am I talking about?