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Day 3,724: QUICK!

I’m supposed to be asleep in six minutes, so this is gonna be a quick one.

Didn’t get up on time, but I made my marketing meeting. Owe James an email about it. I got my Netflix work done. Almost finished the finances, budget edition. Took care of the pups. Went Costco shopping. Twas a good day…albeit writing-less. Sigh. A zero day in that regard. We look toward tomorrow!

Day 3,723: Frigid

It is COLD tonight in LA, at least for this town. Lower 40s right right with gusts up to 30ish miles per hour. It’s the wind, always the wind, that really makes it cold. If it were calm out, this would be nothing. But it just cuts right through you. Been windy all night and all day, too. Supposed to last through tonight as well, and be gone around midday tomorrow. At least it’s not super duper dry. I think the wind is coming from the north as opposed to from the East. These aren’t Santa Ana’s, I...

Day 3,722: Active!

I was surprisingly active today. Sigh. In a good way! The sigh is for tiredness. And soreness.

So, I did really good last year with yoga. Like…five months of it, I think? So, when you average that out, almost every other day for an entire year. Nuts. I’m going to continue and improve on that this year. It’s just so good for my body. BUT…no real cardio. Not doing my heart enough. So, the idea came from our France trip to bicycle more.

I’ve wanted to since I got my bike for Christmas a coup...

Day 3,721: Too Much

Not the most focused, productive day, but I got done what I could…and then I scampered off to Josh’s to end my week on the high note I knew it would: we podcasted. First of the year! We looked ahead. Talked about where we wanted to go. I’ve got places I want to go this coming year, both external in terms of projects to start and finish, travel, etc. AND internal places. More self care. More emotional health. More thriving.

It’s going to be a good year. I can tell.

The movie we watched was ...

Day 3,720: Nappo

I was tiiiiiired today. Got my sleep, though, so that’s good! Just not used to the full work routine yet.

I have grown so much, though, man, because here’s the thing: I knew I was going to feel that way. 100%. Not surprised. Not shaken or deterred. I knew I was going to feel tired today. This week. Next week, too. It takes me a bit to gear up, get into the groove, and take off. But, the solution is to just keep getting my ass up, keep showing up, and push through the initial barriers. On the ...

Day 3,719: Bombas

It rained today! It wasn’t supposed to—or, rather it was supposed to, but then they changed the forecast to a nope—but then it did. In the morning, and then again in the late afternoon, right before my evening writing session. Crazy!

Still struggling with how early it gets dark, BUT…I feel like I’ve turned a corner with it. I’ve embraced it, to a certain degree. Or, adjusted. It’s going to be getting dark by the time I finish writing for the day. Just enough time after closing up shop to walk...

Day 3,718: Boom

A really solid day and start to the new (working) year! I handled my shit. Fit like a glove. Familiar. Easy. I am exhausted, but I slipped back into a work rhythm much better than I feared I would.

Started with a full two-hour writing sesh. Going slow and clunky to start, for sure, but came up with some good stuff today. Then, Netflix work, which was light, but occupied my time. Yoga before lunch, then lunch, then back to work. Finished off the day doing a couple tasks I was dreading, but not...

Day 3,717: New Habits

I really want to get back to reading before sleep. It’s a good time for me to read, and while I did read quite a large bit more last year than the year previous, it wasn’t consistent. I read in spurts. And, at the end of the day, if that’s how I read, it’s fine. But, it would be nice to be more consistent about it, so I’m going to try.

Had a wonderful day with Liz today. We walked the pups together, ate breakfast, went and did some errands, lunch, nap, finished this seasons’ GBBO, at dinner t...

Day 3,716: The Year Is Dead, Long Live The Year

Happy New Year, everyone.

2023 was an intense one for me. But a solid one. Not exactly a banner year, or a “banger” as my friend Josh would call it, but a really, really solid year. Hopefully it’s the foundation for a banger this coming year. That’s the plan, anyway.

Liz is home. My love is home. All is right with the world.

Gonna end this one early here and go snuggle with her. Oh, how I missed her.

Day 3,715: Control

I remember seeing the film Control in theaters. I have no idea what it was about at the time—a friend at work had wanted to go see it and asked if I wanted to join him. I said yes, and dove into the world of Ian Curtis and Joy Division. I didn’t even know he killed himself until the end of the film. Odd, because I’m pretty sure I’d seen 24 Hour Party People before watching that movie, which was centered on the same musical scene, not Ian specifically, but they do definitely reference his death.

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