Got to watch the Australian Grand Prix live! Lin—Liz’s dad, who’s a huge racing fan—texted right as the race was starting and asked if we were watching. Well, we just so happened to be on the couch, and we tuned in and caught up from the little bit we’d missed to that...

Wasn’t expecting it to be a long work day today, but it was! In a good way, I suppose. Started with the first great outlining session I’ve had in a couple weeks. Had several very, very good ideas, one after the other. And then work was busy, but at just the right...

I saw two new kittens this morning. Brothers, I think. About six months? One of them was suuuuper friendly and would have come right up to me if Snacks hadn’t been right there and immediately went to regulate on this poor baby. This is his backyard, after all. It...

Twas a three-hour day today. My goal. Whew. All I really did was point out the big holes still in my outline…but at least I know where they are. That is still helpful. Helped Liz with an audition. 8 pages! But we got it done in an hour. She’s in a groove at the...

A zero day today writing-wise. Sigh. Lots of moving parts right now to waking life. No excuse, though…except for fatigue. And that what I’m working on right now is hard. That’s the plain and simple truth of it. Outlining. It’s hard. For me. Maybe it’s easy for other...

Day one of the new OmniFocus reality. I did good with it. Real test, however, will be if I stick with it when the whole thing goes sideways, which is bound to happen sooner or later—the stretches where the schedule has to go out the window for a week or two because...

Making this a quick one because it’s almost bed time and I want to establish a new routine of using my omnifocus app every night before bed to plan out my next day in terms of all the little stuff I need to get done. The big stuff, too, but it’s the smaller stuff I...

Had a really nice day with Bear today. We had lunch with one of her friends from USC—he’s about to get married! That was really nice. We then went down to Chinatown from there, and she got cake slices from a cake shop she really loves, and then went to a tiny Japanese...

Hitch is hitting a stride. Hasn’t all come together yet, for sure, but I know he’s taken a leap in that I’m starting to look forward to watching his movies each week. They’re tipping from intellectual exercise into “movie” territory. They’re becoming entertaining....

Tired days. The time change is hard, but the new daylight hours are invigorating. I wouldn’t say I’m refreshed or particularly energized, but they do suit me. I wrote. I read. I got Netflix work done. I yoga’d. I went to Costco with Bear and we got the groceries we...