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Day 4,005: Pro Tip

When I think of the word successful, who comes to mind and why?

Huh. An interesting question. Who do I think is ‘successful?’ I hate it, but I guess the first person, or group of people I think of are authors who’ve sold more books than I have. I don’t hate so much because it’s a bad thing to sell a lot of books—that’s obviously something I’m working really hard towards right now…but I hate it because it makes me feel less-than. I also think of authors who’ve written better books than I have,...

Day 4,004: Agency

Are you taking enough risks in your life?

I struggle with taking risks, for sure. I am a rule-follower, I always have been, and I never do anything just off the cuff. I’m a chronic over-preparer. But that said…

Yeah. I actually think I do take enough risks. Like, being an author is a risk. I put myself out there for judgement in a way that very few people do—in a way that I didn’t do for a very, very long time. And I am super happy with myself for doing so now. It’s hard ass work. It’s a h...

Day 4,003: Apple ID

What makes a good neighbor?

It’s pretty easy to be a good neighbor as far as I go: just keep mostly to yourself. As in, you handle your business. Your responsibilities are something you take pride in, and you make sure your affairs are sorted to the best of your ability. I think that comes from the years we spent as apartment managers; our favorite tenants were the ones we never heard from unless there was something legit that needed to be taken care of, which was exceedingly rare. I prize th...

Day 4,002: Keep To Right

What could I try for the first time?

Modeling. No, not the take-pictures-of-me kind; I mean the plastic kits, glue and painting kind.

I have the gear for it. I bought it all four years ago. But I haven’t used it yet. I really want to. Honestly, I’m scared, though. Not of modeling, specifically, but of doing anything for the first time. I just became aware of that, actually. I think I’ve always been scared of doing things for the first time; it’s only now that I recognize it. Fear of failur...

Day 4,001: Stinky Butt

What have I been putting off doing?

That’s the WordPress prompt today. Daily question. I’ll give it a try. Not sure if I’ll stick with WordPress’s prompts, but it works for tonight since I haven’t looked up anything else yet.

I’ve been putting off doing SO MUCH. The first thing that came to mind was cleaning our floors. Like, scrubbing them down back to pristine condition. They’re a light color of wood, so you can see that shit if you look closely. Ugh. I hate it. The problem is that it ta...

Day 4,000: Dubs Win!

An off day today. I had work and got that done, but that was about it. I really wanted to watch the Niners game from last night, so I did. We won! I knew that, but it was still nice to see how it happened. And tonight, I really wanted to watch the Warriors play. We also won that game! It was a bit of a rollercoaster. We were up 11 early. Then down 12 late. Then won the fourth quarter pretty decisively with the baby Dubs. They played pretty dang well.

I really hope the Warriors are good this y...

Day 3,999: Short Hike

Happy birthday to Cat! Just got home from her birthday party and had a blast there. Wolfie and I hung out together most of the time, talking about when he was last over at our house playing A Short Hike. He’s so funny; crazy good memory for stuff like that. Reminds me of when he was super into pokémon, and he knew about all of them. He had an encyclopedia of them, in fact. Smart kid.

Cat was happy. She was having a blast, actually. We got greek food. Had cake. Played music. Talked about scary...

Day 3,998: Tobe

I’m writing this outside right now as Snacks and Joy are wrestling like they’re on Monday night raw. It’s dark. After bed time. Josh is gone from podcasting, the crickets are singing up a storm. But my office needed to be locked up, and Snacks was outside waiting to see Joy, so I let her out. They’re loving life.

It was a good day! I made good progress on the outline. Some ideas for Drake’s internal arc, the stuff he’s dealing with. Work was slow. Been slow this week so far, no question. But ...

Day 3,997: To Close Too The Sun

It was a floaty day today. Untethered. No reason for it I can really point to, it just was. Tomorrow’s going to be better.

I think that’s all I’ve got for you tonight. More tomorrow, promise 🙂

Day 3,996: Imma Peein’

Costco day is always a bit stressful. Not…no, not ‘stressful.’ It’s…disruptive. Always throws me for a loop in that regard. My day gets messed up. I mean, in a good way, because now my fridge, freezer, and pantry are all stocked up. But, it does kinda hijack the day. It was HOT today, too. Very warm.

Still…I got up for my writing this morning. I’ll do it again tomorrow. Progress needs to be made. It’s time. Let’s gooooo.

I think that’s all I have for you. Pups are great. Bear is great. She...