by Ira | Aug 20, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
Doing this one quick tonight because it’s bed time…but I took a mental day off today. I was tired. Worn down. A little burned out, and the weekend just hadn’t been enough to recharge me. So, I did. The wonders of working for one’s self....
by Ira | Aug 19, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
So, I’ve written fifteen thousand words this week. And that’s forty-five thousand words over three weeks…which is rather incredible to me. Just a few months ago, I would have set a goal like that and utterly failed. I’d have beaten myself up...
by Ira | Aug 18, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
My baseball team, the Oakland A’s, are in first place today. This is exciting, because nobody saw this coming at the beginning of the season, not even me. We’ve languished for a number of years after trading away our best (and impendingly expensive)...
by Ira | Aug 17, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
Man, my morning routine is SO important to my productivity. I’m not sure exactly when that happened, but it’s true. If I let myself get distracted and go off the rails in the morning, I have a really, reeeaalllyyy hard time getting myself back on track....
by Ira | Aug 16, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
The Queen died today. Aretha Franklin. I first heard Aretha young enough that I don’t even remember. It’s funny to say, but I don’t look back on my days as a child and recall all that much music being played in our household, at least popular music,...
