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October 30, 2018
Day 1,827: Five Years and a Day
I’ve been doing this blog for five years now…plus a day. I missed the anniversary last night! 
October 29, 2018
Day 1,826: Travel and Murder
Whew.
Okay…so today was a travel day. Got up early, even though pops and I talked for a long time last night, and “hustled” my parents out the door so we could go have breakfast together. I put “hustled” in quotes because it took half an hour, but that is excellent for my family
October 28, 2018
Day 1,825: Dunes
Today was really cool. I went out with my family up to Arcata, and there’s this new section of the beach there where these giant sand dunes are, what’s not a new section of the beach but they’ve turned this area into a park now and you can go there. It was so pretty. It was a perfect day today. We stopped at a hole in the wall on our way up there, and got sandwiches and hiked out to the dunes and ate our sandwiches. It was just a really nice day.
I’m actually writing right now on my iPhone bu...
October 27, 2018
Day 1,824: Happy Birthday, Dad
Happy Birthday to quite literally the best man I know: my dad.
I’m keeping this entry short tonight because it’s already 2am and I’ve been up since 5:30am (with a one hour nap before dinner)…but I owe so much of who I am as a grown adult man to my father. He’s one of the kindest, most genuine, strong, smart and generous people on this planet, and I’m *incredibly* lucky to have had him as a role model growing up. So lucky.
With that, it’s time for bed. More tomorrow, I promise!
October 26, 2018
Day 1,823: The Switch
You know…there’s always a post-milestone malaise for me, at least emotionally.
See, I actually did work today. I got some outlining and brainstorming done for By Any Other Name, some good stuff…but no actual words on the page. Sigh. And, that’s the let-down, I think, of coming off the hard push to finish something–or at least finish a stage of something–there’s always a bit of fatigue, and a bit of letting the foot off the gas pedal.
I’m not saying that’s a bad thing. I can’t go full-tilt all...
October 25, 2018
Day 1,822: All Building All The Time
Woof.
I spent the entire day today taking care of the building. It’s always more work when we have a vacancy to fill, and this time, we have TWO. One was an inch away from being filled today, and in the end, they backed out. It happens all the time 
Day 1,821: All Building All The Time
Woof.
I spent the entire day today taking care of the building. It’s always more work when we have a vacancy to fill, and this time, we have TWO. One was an inch away from being filled today, and in the end, they backed out. It happens all the time
October 24, 2018
Day 1,821: Torched
Writing a quick on tonight because I have to get eeaarrrlllyyyy 
October 23, 2018
Day 1,820: Journaling
It’s been a while since I talked about journaling, and why I’ve been doing it daily (and publicly) for almost five years now. But, I have a friend who’s just starting to journal, and it made me think about why I picked this habit up, and why I’ve stuck with it.
Journaling every day has two major draws for me right off the top of my head. The first is that it serves as a way for me to process my day: my emotions, the things I accomplished, what I failed at, and also looking forward to the next...
October 22, 2018
Day 1,1819: Another Mile Marker
Hit another mile marker on the road to “finished” today: I completed the rough draft of Starstuff 2: Electric Boogaloo.
Deja vu? Quite.
See, I’ve finished a rough draft of this particular story twice before. This is the third “rough draft.” And…it shall be the FINAL rough draft. Lol. “Final” rough draft…that sounds ridiculous. But it’s not! From here, I do a rewrite, and I do mean an actual rewrite. Not a reconstruction from the ground up.
That process is daunting for sure, but that’s not how...
