by Ira | Aug 7, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Slept in this morning just a little bit. Did the morning part of my workout. Fed the pups, then immediately took a walk rather than sitting down to do my writing session first and then taking them out. Part of it was starting my day a little late (because I worked...
by Ira | Aug 6, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
This week has been all over the place. Not in a bad way, per se. Indeed, this week has been pretty damn good, actually. I’ve been very, very productive. But…it’s been hectic. Not my normal routine. I didn’t get to play music at all this week, for example. Or do...
by Ira | Aug 5, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Going to bed tonight, I have battle scenes swimming in my head. The film Midway is not good. But, the events its based on are fascinating. And Navy battles are very prescient for the novel I’m currently writing. So…that was a fun way to end the evening. A’s won....
by Ira | Aug 4, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Had a great discussion with Josh tonight about villains and the nature of evil for next week’s podcast. It’s a corker. Keeping it short tonight because I need to hit the hay, but today was hectic, but successful. I wrote. I worked. I did building stuff. More of that...
by Ira | Aug 3, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Has to be a quick one tonight. Gotta get up on time tomorrow. I flubbed my alarm this morning and ended up oversleep a half hour, ugh. Not tomorrow! Hectic day. Didn’t get any of my normal routine done, and not much work either. I’ll be okay. I can catch up tomorrow....
by Ira | Aug 2, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Really, really great therapy session today. Jillian helped me realize that my success comes not so much from the goals I set, but from demystifying the work itself that’s necessary to get there. Which is to say: focusing on the goal or the outcome doesn’t help me....
