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Day 2,326: Shut Down

America is shutting down.

Everyone is retreating to their homes. Large gatherings are all cancelled. Workplaces are shuttering. The only busy places that remain are the grocery storeswhich arent really that bad, all things considered.

Heres why: the trains are still on time. We still have power, water, the trucks are still running. Unlike a natural disaster like a major earthquake, all our infrastructure is still working. So, in that regard, I feel grateful. Life may not be normal, thats for...

Day 2,325: Last Day

It was my last day for a while in the Netflix offices today, and it just so happens to have coincided with the first confirmed Coronavirus case for an employees spouse who works in the other building on campus, the big building. So . . . Its all in lockdown over there starting tomorrow.

Crazy timing.

Work was good. Solid. Got my shit done. Had two great writing sessions today to FINISH this particular draft of the book, which is momentous in the sense that I finished this PART of the story ....

Day 2,324: Modern Bed

The three month struggle to get our new bed is finally over. Im lying in it right now.

West Elm has really cool stuff. Love it. But if its not something they say they can ship immediately, be prepared to wait for it way, waaaaay longer than they say it will take. When we bought the bed, they said two weeks. It took 12.

The new mattress seems to be really nice, too, I think. Its squishy, way squishier than our last mattress, but I dig it. Ive always liked my mattresses to be nice and soft....

Day 2,323: New Old Job

Looks like I’ll be starting a new job on Monday. Except it’s also my old job.

The group of people I work with are being outsourced to a new company, and that includes me. I’ve always been a contractor anyway, so this really isn’t all that unexpected. But it is a shift. My position won’t be working AT Netflix any more. It’s fully shifting to a new company.

They’re called Haus, and I’m really excited to start working for them on Monday. I’ll be doing the same work I’ve been doing, I think. I...

Day 2,322: The Turning Point

I got some clarity today on the job front. Praise be. I was made an offer by a new company, and I’m deciding whether or not to accept it. I think I will. It’s a decent offer. And I’d get to continue doing the work I’m doing right now, which I know is valuable to my coworkers.

So…that’s exciting, a relief, and stressful all at once. It’s change.

I also have some clarity on the writing front. A new step I’m going to take this year: I’m going to reach out to an author and see if they want to...

Day 2,321: Corona

We doomsday prepped today.

I was reading last night about the American Hospital Association’s predictions for Coronavirus over the next several months and it’s not good. At least for hospitals.

Here’s the thing…relatively healthy persons such as myself and Liz don’t have much to fear from this virus. It’s similar to the flu in that regard. It’s a serious health problem, but mostly for other people.

But, man…that’s enough. That’s enough for this to be a major problem. I spoke with my mother...

Day 2,320: Social Butterfly

Today was so much socializing! It was great

Day 2,319: It was a rough week

This week was a rough one, y’all.

I’m spent. I worked over 40 hours in the span of just three days, including a 16-hour day on Tuesday. Followed by news that my work situation is changing slightly. Hopefully only slightly. There are a couple opportunities in that regard that I’m hoping come through, but they’re not guaranteed.

Working as a contractor is always a bit precarious because of state laws that prohibit employers from using contractors as they would employees. So, nothing in the...

Day 2,318: Late

It’s late so I have to make this a quick one.

I had a good day today. I decided on what to do next with the shift in work, and in much less time than I thought I would. I usually don’t need pokes and prods in order to jump at an opportunity either, but this time, it did.

Which doesn’t surprise me. I’ve been seeking safety recently, needing it. And maybe I’m finally feeling ready to step out again a bit and stretch myself. Which feels…good.

Good day today, y’all.

So grateful for Liz and my...

Day 2,317: Change

Change is always scary. At first. And sometimes second.

But change has always been good to me. I don’t know how I forget that, but I do. And it’s true, it’s always been good. Without fail. Even deciding to write full-time in 2017 that failed in every respect save that I HAD to do it, or it would have felt like true failure: giving up. And I learned some things about myself that I didn’t know, the kind of things that will serve me for the rest of my life.

My work situation is changing. Soon....