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Day 3,926: Pillowcase

Busy day today! Man. Busy day. But…I did it. I got my teeth cleaned AND took care of a surprise cavity. First one in a long time. I think I had another tiny random one like two years ago. It was another tiny one—20 minutes, they said, and they were right; in and out. Hardly any numbing. $75. Can’t complain about that, I suppose. Hygienist said my teeth were in good shape, too, just keep doing what I’m doing. I get tartar, but no plaque. I didn’t actually think about the difference between those ...

Day 3,925: Two

It was…a floaty anxiety kind of day. Not really sure why, it just was. I got stuff done. Pages, though not all of them. Edited the podcast. Got my hair cut (finally!). Watched some sports. Took a genuinely great nap. THAT was a highlight, for sure.

Rest. Then tomorrow back at it for realsies.

Day 3,924: Trials

I tried to get the pages done today, but it just wasn’t going to happen. Not with what we had going on, which was essentially an important phone call in the morning and a movie escapade in the middle of the day…and then I was still wiped from podcasting last night, so I needed a nap. That’s the whole day, right there.

I did write. Got a couple pages done in the morning. But, I just had to let it go. It happens. It’s why an every-day kind of writing goal truly needs to be a smaller one. Someth...

Day 3,923: Spare

Eventful day today. Helped Josh with some movie stuff. Recorded a podcast. Got my ten pages written. Got a flat in my car. Did all my netflix work. And hung out with Ashi and Avi for lunch (plus Joe and Madhuri).

A great day. And now it’s time for sleeps. Night night.

Day 3,922: Thirteen

Another solid work day. A bit more intense and hectic than I anticipated…but I was still able to get everything done that I needed to.

I think it hit 100 here today. So…don’t like that. The poor ACs we have. The one that cools our main living space just runs constantly from 9am to 8pm. HATE that. And that’s even with our temp set to 78. It’s rare that we get extended heat waves like this. Not in that they don’t happen, because they do, every single year. I just mean for as LONG as this. It’s ...

Day 3,921: Critters

I have a new rule with writing. It’s not groundbreaking. It’s something I’ve known for a long time, but for whatever reason just today, I was like, I should make this a thing: I’m not allowed to end any session—even my little ten minutes breaks—at the END of anything, like a scene or a chapter.

Starting a scene or a chapter is always the hardest lift of drafting. Setting the tone, the image, the headspace, etc is always the most work. And when I already have momentum from having written for a...

Day 3,920: Living ZZ

I’ve changed a lot since I started writing this blog ten years ago. Like…a lot. And I don’t mean who I am fundamentally as a person, or what I enjoy doing, that sort of thing. It’s always the smaller stuff, and even that’s because it’s so freaking hard.

I can set a writing goal, now, and accomplish it. Like, I’m going to write two books this year. For the first time ever. I didn’t have the most banner writing day today, but I will tomorrow. I know that sitting here in bed tonight: I’ll hit my...

Day 3,919: A Stumble

Bit of a stumble today. I did my morning session, but only got three pages out of it because I had to figure some stuff out. Which haaapppeennnss…but then the rest of the day got away from me in terms of things took way longer to finish today than I expected them to, and suddenly it was past evening writing time and I still wasn’t done with work and other stuff. Sigh.

But, that’s okay. Back at it tomorrow. Night night.

Day 3,918: Biden

We live in crazy times. Crazy, very very stressful times.

A good day today, nonetheless. I wrote my ten pages. Fucked up the home security system for a hot minute. But, it was still a good day. Night night!

Day 3,917: HAWT

Man…it was hooooottttt today. Really, really hot. It was supposed to be 97, I think, and it topped out at 100. And no breeze in the evening to blow it away. Yikes.

We stayed in all day, obviously. Took it easy. I watched racing and basketball. Hung out with the pups. Tried twice to take a nap and didn’t really succeed either time. That’s okay. It’s sleepy time now, and I’ll get a full night’s sleep. Back at the writing tomorrow! Gonna aim for fourteen straight days, I think. I have a really n...