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Day 2,886: MacGuffin

It’s so fun to podcast with Josh. We learn so much together. And we always have such a good time doing it when we haven’t done it in longer than usual, as was the case today. We went two whole weeks without podcasting, in fact, because of busy-ness and travel.

Lawrence of Arabia is a pretty spectacular film as far as I’m concerned…but it is far from perfect. It was really fun to discuss both of those truths tonight for the podcast.

Josh is killing it. He just moved. I get to see his new pl...

Day 2,885: Granted

I don’t take snuggles from Coco for granted. Not any more. Not after her health scare earlier this year. And right now, she is pressed right up against me so tight. She’s such a little snuggle bug. I love her so much.

Today was…not the most productive. I hate days like today. I was a bit of a zombie. Out of my routine and not able to recover. Sigh.

But…I’m going to bed ON TIME and I’m going to rock it tomorrow morning (and for the rest of the day).

Calling it early. Y’all have a good ni...

Day 2,884: Wait Time

Well…today was not quite the writing bonanza I wanted to it be, BUT…it was still a pretty damn good writing day.

The story is fire. It’s exciting. I’ve made some adjustments that I am VERY happy with, and I think realistically, if I keep pushing the pace, I will be done by this weekend. Or very close to it.

It’ll be my first finished first draft—and by that I mean one I know that I’m going to publish and not throw away—in seven years. SEVEN. YEARS. It’s rather astonishing it’s been that lo...

Day 2,883: A Quick!

Making this one quick because it’s sleep time so I can get up and rock a full day of writing tomorrow. I know that shit burned me out last time…but I’m so close to finishing. I think it might take two or three crazy writing days…but goddamnit…I want to FINISH THIS BOOK.

Wish. Me. Luck.

Can’t rush it. But, I can grind it out.

Handled my stuff today. Proud of myself. Aaaalllmmmooosssttt didn’t get up on time. It’s hard, I tell ya. But, I did it.

Night night.

Day 2,882: Outlines

Man…

I’m an outliner. A “plotter” as you might say. When I have my shit plotted out, ooooo boy. I can write really fast. And good fast. Not drivel. Fast that gets to stay in the final manuscript. All because I can see it in my head. It’s vivid. I get to play inside those vivid pictures, have some fun with the words, the pacing, really get to focus on the dialogue. It’s freeing.

Since it’s been almost two weeks since I last wrote, I went back to my outline this morning and gave it a refresh...

Day 2,881: He’s Here, He’s There

It’s good to be home.

I know we’ve been home for a good…well, I was about to say week, but that’s not actually true. We’ve only been home, now, for four days. No wonder I’m not fully back into my routine yet! Anyway…even though we’ve actually been home for several days, tonight felt like a normal night.

Odd, since today felt mostly anything but normal. And not for any major reason…I just felt “off” for most of the day. It was a good day! It started with a productive writing session. Then, ...

Day 2,880: Fit In

You know…not exactly sure why I’m thinking about it tonight, but I’ve never really felt like I fit in ANYWHERE.

I think the closest I feel to fitting in is with actors. Not all actors, for sure, but that’s never really what we mean when we say we feel like we fit in somewhere. I’m at ease with actors, in general, and most of my best friends are actors. I was an actor for a long time, myself.

But…not completely. Most actors I know HAVE to perform. It’s a compulsion. I’ve never really had th...

Day 2,879: Patience

I’m getting up tomorrow early. Or, rather, on time. Back to the writing. I have a gottdam book to finish!

Exhausted tonight. For no good reason.

Or, rather, I suppose it’s because I’ve traveled, stepped right back into working, I’m both excited and stressed about finishing my book, things are getting hairy with this project Liz and I are working on, and the real kicker: I realized our finances are a little tight at the moment. Nothing we can’t handle, truly, but tight. Tighter than I’d tho...

Day 2,878: Back in the Saddle

Back to work.

Spent most of the day exhausted, but it was good—genuinely good—to be back to work. Got done what I needed to. Netflix. Client work (great stuff today, Chris!). Big project work. Even helped Liz do a self tape. Been doing A LOT of those lately. She’s been crushing them, too.

Pups are good. Coco curled up next to me. Coops down on the end of the bed cleaning his paws. Liz is watching TikTok on the other side of Coco. All is right with the world.

Night night.

Day 2,877: Multilevel

MLMs should be illegal. Every single one of them. They’re all bullshit.

Any product that’s worth selling is worth selling it ON ITS OWN. No kickbacks. No recruitment. No uplines or downlines. No bonuses tied to anything other than SALES. And no buy-ins, or startup packages.

It’s all bullshit.

If that’s how they’re selling their product, by recruiting sellers, it’s a goddamn pyramid scheme. They make their money off of YOU, not their product.

All that said…watch LuLa Rich on Amazon Pr...