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February 18, 2020
Day 2,302:
It so easily could have gone off the rails today.
I got to work having forgotten entirely that I was supposed to move desks today, which meant gathering up my stuff—the easy part—and wiping out all my personal stuff from the computer I’d been using for the past three months, plus setting up my laptop to be my main computer again.
Stressful.
BUT…it was actually pretty easy. I like my new spot. Signing out of the iMac was pretty damn easy, and my laptop was essentially ready to go. I have all...
February 17, 2020
Day 2,301: Funky Day
Today was a funky day for no particular reason. One writing session today in the morning. Couldn’t muster the energy or focus to do any more.
I did take a nap, walk the pups with Liz, and get to do some model stuff. So that was all dope. And work was pretty low key. Got finished around 2:30 or so, so I got to go home early.
But just…unfocused. Tired. Scattered.
So, I’m setting my intention for tomorrow: it’s going to be a great day. Or, at the very least, a productive, structured day. Getting...
February 16, 2020
Day 2,300: I’m Back
Today.
Today I felt like I had a reset day. Finally. I got to recharge today. Fully. The batteries have been re-filled.
I went to the Hobby store today and I got the odds and ends that I need to actually get started. Things like pipettes to suck up paint for thinning, so I can the spurt them into a plastic cup and mix it. Then splurt it back up and into my airbrush, or onto a palette for hand brushing. I got all that stuff today.
And I finished assembling my little paint and tool racks for...
Day 2,299: A Pup Day
Today started with Coco waking me up in bed. I was worried that maybe she needed to go out because of tummy problems, but no. She just wanted to get up and it was 7am when I usually get up for work 
February 14, 2020
Day 2,298: I Love You!
Happy Valentin’s Day!
I got to spend the entire day with Liz. Work let me stay home, and we did pretty much everything together today. The only time we were apart was when I took the dogs for a walk in the morning, and Liz went and got her hair done for an audition.
We went to her audition together. We sat down for lunch together and watched the latest episode of Star Trek: Picard. It’s getting better, I think! A little. It’s still pretty broad, pretty clunky, but I am here for the adventure,...
Day 2,297: I Love You!
Happy Valentin’s Day!
I got to spend the entire day with Liz. Work let me stay home, and we did pretty much everything together today. The only time we were apart was when I took the dogs for a walk in the morning, and Liz went and got her hair done for an audition.
We went to her audition together. We sat down for lunch together and watched the latest episode of Star Trek: Picard. It’s getting better, I think! A little. It’s still pretty broad, pretty clunky, but I am here for the adventure,...
Day 2,297: Good Night Pasta Dogs
Great day. Long day. Started early with editor session on my book. Finished late with podcasting recording times.
Now…sleeeeep 
February 12, 2020
Day 2,296: Night
Need to sleep early-ish tonight because I need to get up early-ish tomorrow morning. Have a bit of work to finish before I meet with my editor that I didn’t finish today. And then totally forgot to work on in the evening.
Need to fix that.
Evening is not the time for me to be getting any work done. It’s just not going to happen. I need to relax. Recharge. Work needs to be schedule for and figure out during the daytime.
That’s my productive thought of the day 
February 11, 2020
Day 2,295: Fifty Fifty
I realized in therapy today that I’ve undergone a pretty colossal shift in my writing day in terms of the ratio between good and bad.
It used to be 90/10. 90 percent bad days. 10 percent good. And it was that paltry ten percent and sheer will power that kept me writing at all, which wasn’t much.
I’d say it’s 50/50 right now. Perhaps even slightly better than that. Maybe. I have as many good writing days now as I have bad ones.
That’s a major shift! Like, huge! And I can feel the shift when I’...
February 10, 2020
Day 2,294: Irdi
Came up with a new character tonight.
Was feeling a bit of the old inspiration, and decided to write on a different project for a minute or two before bed. Glad I did. It was dope. Great opening.
Solid day today, overall. I just kinda…just DID it, you know? I didn’t think about it, really. I just did. I didn’t second-guess. The thought-filter was off. The self-censor was quiet.
I could do a day like today the rest of my life, I think, work-wise. Writing session in the morning. Work for the...
