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Day 2,114: 1AM???

It’s 1am??? Already?

Crap. Podcasted with Josh. Ran late. Have to get up early to talk about my latest writing with J.

Which means sleep

Day 2,113: Mic Check

So, I’m writing this entry late. Uuuuggghhh.

I was testing out my new podcasting setup and it had some kinks. That was expected…but I just started to check it all out and troubleshoot too late

Day 2,112: Keep Hope Alive

I got to go to a screening tonight of Liz’s first-ever starring role in a feature film. Man, is it crazy to type that out. I’m so freaking proud of her.

The film is called Keep Hope Alive, at least that’s what the working title of it was/is. It’s finished; cut together, music, most of post-production (if not all, actually–it may be entirely complete). It’s a riff off Weekend at Bernie’s if “Bernie” were Bernie Sanders.

And it was delightful. You never know how a project is going to come toget...

Day 2,111: LT

Pro tip: if you get an error message on your AC unit with the letters “LT,” it means “low temperature” and the unit needs to shut off for a while so that ice doesn’t form on the condenser coils.

Learned something, yo!

I was a little depressed today. It happens. My session yesterday at therapy really wiped me out. But…I just kinda rolled with it, you guys. I let it be. I still got my podcast stuff done, but otherwise I just kinda floated through the day. Not my ideal way to spend a day, but it...

Day 2,110: Therapy

Therapy is some good shit, y’all.

First session back from a couple weeks away and it was…intense.

I…well, I guess it’s personal for right now. It’s a bunch of stuff I’m just beginning to work through, but the point is that I realize there are things about myself I need and want to work through, and I’m so, so glad that I’m going each week.

Being a human is complicated. We do a lot of things for reasons we don’t always understand. It makes me feel healthy and empowered to examine those things...

Day 2,109: Friyay

Coops just did a stanky leg. It’s a patented Coco move, actually. He scratched his ear, then sniffed it once he was finished

Day 2,108: Just Let Go

I have to remember to just let go.

Stop trying so hard. Stop thinking so hard. Just let go and relax, enjoy it, breathe, slow down…stop holding on so tight. Let the expectations and the goals and the plans and all that shit just float away. Have fun.

Find the joy.

That was my focus today. And not just with writing. That was my focus overall.

It worked. Mostly.

I wrote, and that was a struggle…until it wasn’t and I finally just did it. I can’t tell you how good that felt to finally just let go...

Day 2,107: The Itch

I’m feeling the itch.

It came upon me in a flash this morning listening to one of my indie publishing podcasts; the itch to get back in. Day in, day out. IN.

I want to finish my second book.

I want to finish my third.

And then I want to write more. And more. Until I have enough to support myself and my family from my writing.

Mostly, though…I want to to write and enjoy it. That’s the singular thing that’s been missing since I wrote Starstuff…at least consistently. And I’ve been feeling like t...

Day 2,106: A First

Today was a first in my life.

I got less tired as the day went on.

How that happened, I have no idea. But man…starting the day out, I was so freeaaakking tired because of Vegas and the ten day travel gogogo extraveganza and whanot. ‘Twas to be expected. What I didn’t expect was hitting the afternoon time and feeling like my regular self.

I feel normal tired tonight. Love it.

I realize I talk a lot on my blog about how tired I am

Day 2,105: Flibbety Flabbety

Brain was a bit mush today. But you know what? I got my work done, yo.

I am slammed at work already