1- I WORKED YESTERDAY EVENING! For ~1.5 hours. And I wrote ~1500 words. And survived. I think this little night shift may be the answer, even though I’m not particularly jazzed about it. I AM jazzed to be writing something “real” and this routine will be temporary but — I believe — worthwhile. I debated going to Starbucks but no matter what, the only place I want to be after ~6pm or so is my house (unless I’m doing something social!).
And so I worked in my closet. It could use some decluttering. But it works!
(This is also my Official Podcasting Studio, BTW. It has decent acoustics!)
2- I enjoyed Laura Tremaine’s recent ep on girls trips. It made me a little jealous — she has taken FAR more than I have, and I had to bail on the last one, this past September. BUT it was fun to think about doing more of them in the future. She mentioned the Splitwise app – 100% agree this is super helpful and we used it on our last trip!
3- Sarah @ Harrytimes had a gem of a productivity post today: HERE. I will high five all of Sarah’s selves: past, present, AND future! (Admittedly I was particularly excited she mentioned her commitment to Inbox Zero as a fellow die hard.)
4- I was shocked to hear my own name while listening to this week’s Happier Ladies this morning! It made me so happy. (They were talking about planning out your day and how this practice helped one of the hosts accept the limitations of her time. I am accepting of my own limits, though clearly have been pushing the envelope a bit lately.)
5- Time to make a PLAN to vote!! I am going to do “early voting” next Tuesday after school drop-off. IF there’s a huge line (have heard mixed reports), my backup plan is to do it that afternoon. My voting site is the local library! It’s nice be able to go somewhere familiar. I think I also voted there in 2020.
I will be voting for Kamala Harris, like my favorite cat lady Taylor. I feel kind of weird mentioning it (this is not a political/partisan space) but I also feel kind of weird not mentioning it. Everyone should vote! (Please no political battles in the comments!)
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Ooo, your podcast mention reminds me that I saw your name pop up in the Cup Of Jo comments earlier this month! I think in the post asking people what they did for a living. It was exciting! I took a picture of it to send you (and then promptly forgot, lol).
Nice work using that later-in-the-day time block to get some writing done! It’s good to know that you can do that again if need be. Your situation kind of reminds me of how Liz Craft feels when she’s stressed about a show. Like what a gift to be writing a book – and yet, what a source of stress!
I voted today. I wanted to vote with Paul on election day as our voting site is at the community center next to his school. But I didn’t want to run the risk of something happening that would prevent me from voting (although I don’t know what could/would). I also voted for Harris/Walz.
I have only done one girls trip since becoming a mom. I used to do an annual running girls trip before having kids. Now I would have a hard time doing a personal trip on top of my work travel… :/ I would like to do another one with the friend I met up with last summer in Banff. We used to do running trips together but now we have decided to do hiking trips instead since we don’t train/race like we used to. I’d go back to Banff in a heartbeat with her!
We voted absentee and hand delivered our ballots a week ago. Yay to MI for making the process so easy! Congrats on getting some evening writing done! I just got another grant rejection so I’ve been spending the day feeling sorry for myself (lol). I think I’m getting better at moving on quickly from these rejections… but also it does kind of suck too. I just went on a stupid walk for my stupid mental health and now I’m going to do some stupid yoga and then lie on the couch watching a stupid movie. Hopefully after next week’s long clinical stretch I’ll feel better. Oh and also yay for being able to walk without pain again. Small victories, right?
I think your walk/yoga/movie sounds like amazing recovery and I am impressed!!! (even if it seems stupid in the moment). I would call pain-free walking a big victory!
Washington state is completely mail in ballot and I don’t understand why more states don’t go this direction. We are able to fill the ballot out at home, and we can mail it back or drop it at the local ballot box (also my library).