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End of January
Jan. 31st, 2025 05:17 pmI don't know what it is that things seem to go well for me personally when the world goes to shit. Sorry, guys. It's not my fault, but boy-o do I feel a bit guilty being happy. 2016 was when this fool was last elected and that's also when I sold my first book and had a kiddo. TBF, 2025 doesn't appear to have those kinds of surprises in store, but it's weird to see so much "ohmygod when is January over" when I'm sitting here like, I liked this month, actually?
You know, ignoring *gestures* all that.
Anyway, I've been feeling strong and capable all month. Knocking to-do list items out left and right, keeping the house clean, baking edible bread, and turning in cool projects for dayjob, all while going to Crossfit regularly, spending time with the kids when they're home, practising piano, chipping away at this WIP, and starting a garden.
I fear saying any of it out loud (or committing it to text) because surely things are going to fall off a cliff soon. That malaise will return or I'll get sick or Toddler will stop sleeping or Dr Lady will have another downturn... nevermind the stuff that could happen on the national level...
But you know what. That'll be then. For now, I'm happy with how January went. I read three books -- two physical, one very very long audio -- I wrote/edited/revised my WIP and it's now a healthy 89k, I kept my cardio up and got stronger, I can now sight-play simple piano music (well, assuming it's in C Major or G), and I only missed two or so days of journaling a daily joy. A little nibbles that feel like quite a bit now that we're at the end of the month.
On top of that, I learned to bake bread that was actually edible, I made several dozen bagels, and I'm overall feeling more confident in my ability to learn. This old dog can, in fact, learn new tricks.
I'd like to continue this momentum into February, although maybe shifting focus from baking to running. That was really the only thing I didn't maintain -- I made it two weeks into January and then went back to my weekly runs. If I'm ever going to get better at running, I need to find a way to trick myself into doing it more during the week. I'm not sure how to do that outside of having a set scheduled time, which I can't seem to do when things have been in so much flux -- what with the plumbing emergency earlier this month and needing to be on call for our parent friend quite a bit (that's its whole own post).
I don't know. I'll keep trying. There's only so much cool weather time left; it's hitting the 80s already next week, barely a week after it hit that record low of 28F.
Other than that, I will keep up my daily piano practice, writing, and daily joy journaling. Those seem to be good habits so far. :)
You know, ignoring *gestures* all that.
Anyway, I've been feeling strong and capable all month. Knocking to-do list items out left and right, keeping the house clean, baking edible bread, and turning in cool projects for dayjob, all while going to Crossfit regularly, spending time with the kids when they're home, practising piano, chipping away at this WIP, and starting a garden.
I fear saying any of it out loud (or committing it to text) because surely things are going to fall off a cliff soon. That malaise will return or I'll get sick or Toddler will stop sleeping or Dr Lady will have another downturn... nevermind the stuff that could happen on the national level...
But you know what. That'll be then. For now, I'm happy with how January went. I read three books -- two physical, one very very long audio -- I wrote/edited/revised my WIP and it's now a healthy 89k, I kept my cardio up and got stronger, I can now sight-play simple piano music (well, assuming it's in C Major or G), and I only missed two or so days of journaling a daily joy. A little nibbles that feel like quite a bit now that we're at the end of the month.
On top of that, I learned to bake bread that was actually edible, I made several dozen bagels, and I'm overall feeling more confident in my ability to learn. This old dog can, in fact, learn new tricks.
I'd like to continue this momentum into February, although maybe shifting focus from baking to running. That was really the only thing I didn't maintain -- I made it two weeks into January and then went back to my weekly runs. If I'm ever going to get better at running, I need to find a way to trick myself into doing it more during the week. I'm not sure how to do that outside of having a set scheduled time, which I can't seem to do when things have been in so much flux -- what with the plumbing emergency earlier this month and needing to be on call for our parent friend quite a bit (that's its whole own post).
I don't know. I'll keep trying. There's only so much cool weather time left; it's hitting the 80s already next week, barely a week after it hit that record low of 28F.
Other than that, I will keep up my daily piano practice, writing, and daily joy journaling. Those seem to be good habits so far. :)
