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January 22, 2022
Day 3,006: Air Mattress LIFE
On the air mattress in the guest bedroom tonight, and for the rest of the week, actually. Why?
BECAUSE THE FAM IS HERE. Ashika, my goddaughter, and her parents, our genuinely long-time friends Madhuri and Joe are here visiting and we could not be happier to have them.
We cleaned the house just in time for them to arrive, praise baby g. I was still able to get the work done that I wanted to get done today, AND…watched the Niners beat the Packers to advance to the NFC Championship game next ...
January 21, 2022
Day 3,005: Entropy
It is the nature of the universe—literally—to descend into chaos. To break down. It’s an observed phenomenon called entropy. The natural order of things is from order to chaos.
I think that might be why creation is so hard. Takes so much work. We’re fighting against the nature of the cosmos! Life itself, as a very concept, is a fight against entropy. That’s why it takes energy.
I had a good day today. Entropy was held off. The writing was good. The work was, too. And some cleaning at the e...
January 20, 2022
Day 3,004: Dips
Solid writing this morning. Not my full two hours because of how late I went to bed, but goddammit, even that’s a win folks because just a week ago when I was reeaaallyyy struggling to get to the page, I wouldn’t have sat down to write ANYTHING with a late start.
And it was a *good* session. This is gonna be a good book. I can feel it, now, thank god. Starting to actually see it, and it’s really exciting. A worthy sequel. Though, it’s not really a sequel. The first book was only the beginning...
January 19, 2022
Day 3,003: Palindrome!
A palindrome day! Next one won’t be for 110 days. I was thinking about the next really cool numbered day, and I think it will have to be day number 3,333. That will happen around the end of this year, I think. Maybe very early next year.
I had a good writing day today. Just goes to show what consistency can do to help me get my shit done. It’s late tonight; I stayed up making a murphy bed that was…challenging. Don’t regret it. But…tomorrow morning may be difficult. We’ll see. I’m still going ...
January 18, 2022
Day 3,002: Didn’t Have It
This morning was one of those mornings where I didn’t have it. Resistance got the better of me, and all it took was my phone.
I used to have a rule about my phone and writing: I didn’t pick it up until after I was done. Sigh. I’ve let that slip over the past couple months. No more. The rule is back in effect.
I did get up on time, though, and I did get my ass in the chair. So, progress was still made. I can do better, though. I adjusted my wake-up time back to what it used to be. I wanted ...
January 17, 2022
Day 3,001: Progress
Woke my ass up and got out of bed on time today! I wrote for two hours! Didn’t make a TON of progress, but that’s pretty normal for having lost my groove or struggling to find my rhythm. Give me a day or two. I’ll get it back. And what I did write was fire. For real. Locking in on a storyline, and I’m feeeeeling it. Hopefully my cowriter approves…
I put half of a murphy bed together today! Or “wall” bed. The kind the swing up against the wall to give more space.
So, our friend Joe has been...
January 16, 2022
Day 3,000: In The Year…
In the year 3,000
That’s…that’s a big number up there. Wow. What a milestone. I’ve been writing a blog/journal/whatever entry, now, for three THOUSAND consecutive days. I’m not sure I can even really wrap my head around that.
I was so lost when I started at day one. I think I started this blog because I’d just reached an ending, and I need to start something to balance that out. I’d realized I wasn’t an actor. I didn’t want to be one. But, I did like writing. That seemed to scratch the act...
January 15, 2022
Day 2,999: Saturdays are for Coco
Life is fragile. It’s precious because of that, too.
Nobody has died in my life, thankfully, but I’m reminded of that nonetheless today, and it came in many different ways.
A friend of ours—a few of them, actually—was diagnosed with cancer recently. They just had surgery for it. Went well. They’re recovering. But, the tumor was larger than they thought. It had spread to some other surrounding tissues. They will have to do aggressive chemotherapy. So, our friend is going to be sick for a wh...
January 14, 2022
Day 2,998: Getting There…
Work on the project continues. ALMOST finished with painting. So. Much. Painting.
Netflix work really smoothed out into a nice rhythm this week. Phew. And hopefully that keeps up. I think…THINK…my work is kinda set for the next couple weeks. We’ll see. I always enjoy when it is, because I can kind of schedule life.
Pups are nice and sleepy. Another long day ahead tomorrow…
Night.
January 13, 2022
Day 2,997: Another Late One
Blerg. Another late one tonight.
Writing this morning was great! Made good progress. I have a better sense of my characters and the journey they’re going on, which, honestly, was stressful to take time to work on because I couldn’t exactly see the progress in my outline, so I worry that I’m standing still…
But I wasn’t. I was able to move forward today because of spending that time.
The only thing that’s missing right now is that I need to be putting in MORE TIME. That’s hard. I have so...
