Monday, December 9th

The Daily Report

Last Friday, the Tales of MU page was loading pretty slowly and intermittently giving me error messages when I tried to update it/navigate the back end. I'm pretty sure there was a problem on the host end, though they didn't list any such thing. That's why my planned MU blog post didn't go up. I'll be putting it up sometime today. The point of that blog post is to convey to the readers who don't follow these posts what I'm going to be doing with the schedule and why. It's more responsive now.

Although it's working fine for the moment, I'm a little dissatisfied with my host for Tales of MU in general... they've never really lived up to their claims when it comes to speed/processing power and every time I complain they tell me I'm probably running faulty plug-ins on my Wordpress install. Not sure what I'll do about it, yet, but I might start looking for another host in the new year.

On an unrelated note, we've had a ton of snow dumped on us over the past 24 hours. Right now there's a large fallen tree limb blocking the end of our driveway. But amazingly, it's still 35 degrees warmer here than it is in Nebraska right now.

The State of the Me

Doing okay. I neglected to turn my alarm on last night, but I was still awake not long after 8.

Plans For Today

Today is day 1 of the chapter writing cycle, brainstorming/planning. I've got a bunch of tasks I've been kicking around trying to get done while stressing out over writing... I think part of the problem there is the "bunch". I'll try to narrow it down to a few specific ones, maybe make an actual to-do list for the day.

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Now that I have explicitly given myself time and space in my work routine to think, I'm realizing how few of my mental/emotional well-being rituals I've been doing since... well, I'm not sure since when, exactly. I'd imagine at the very least, a few months before the move. I never tended to do them with any regularity while I was in the apartment in Maryland because of space and time constraints. I kind of imagine I haven't done them since the last time I left Nebraska before the move.

I have been listening to my relaxation playlist on my phone on an almost daily basis, but that's pretty passive. I haven't been doing deep breathing exercises, I haven't been meditating, I haven't been listening to my creativity or confidence playlists... when I start to feel a little buried, I tend to view these things as expendable because they do take time. But they contribute so much to both my health and my ability to get things done.

One of the things I was looking for with the end of the nomadic phase of my life is the ability to establish a routine that won't be completely wiped out every few months. I've been here for two months, but other than things like trying to keep to set "office hours" I haven't done much in that area. I guess this is a good start. With the first day of the four day cycle being focused on brain work, I can set aside some time at least one day a week for renewal.