Big bright day. Note also the masses of weeds that have infested the rose bed even though I mulched that with two inches of wood chips at the end of 2024. I’m looking at the weather forecast to decide when I bail out of the office for a few days to prep the place for spring, which is going to be a lot of work. I’ve already decided that 2025 is the year of chaos gardening. After the nightmare of last year, I want masses of wild colour this year.
OPERATIONS: Seem to have lost my scripting energy. Different kinds of writing, I have found, require different mindsets and different parts of your availability. And this week I just can’t make my hands do the scripting. So today I’m going to move on to other ideas. Because if you can’t do one thing, maybe you can do something else instead. And that’s how you keep working.
STATUS: Inbox 75, still have emails to reply to. 8hrs 23mins sleep. I’ve had no real exercise in days, I’ve just been at the keyboard or in the notebook. Not sure I’ve actually been outside for more than five minutes in the last few weeks. This is probably Not Good.
READING: DOWNFALL (UK) (US+)
LISTENING: AVILA IN ALBICELLA, Julian Cope
LAST WATCHED: honestly, after herself went to bed, I put Bloomberg on and just stared at the wall for a few hours as I chased thoughts around my head.
THINKING ABOUT:
…the only person you’re ever competing against is yourself. The rest is out of your control.
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