by Ira | Feb 7, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
A good writing day. Whew. Up on time, just like I thought I would. Wasn’t easy, getting out of bed, but it wasn’t hard, either. Just did it. And the writing was good. I can get this outline done soon. Couple weeks I think. Doesn’t matter how long, really. It’ll get...
by Ira | Feb 6, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
A zero day on writing…but I found something instead. I’ll be up on time tomorrow, and I can feel the action plan ready to execute on getting this outline done. I don’t know why I feel the shift, but I do. Which is a relief. Don’t get me wrong—lots of work ahead. But I...
by Ira | Feb 5, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Went to a friend’s birthday get-together tonight. It was so nice. Good friends. Several fun conversations, which is a rarity at the stand-around-and-talk party variety, you know? But these were good people. A testament to our friends. Good people attract good people....
by Ira | Feb 4, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
The rain is coming. It’s not quite here yet, but it’s close. The clouds are thick and the air is cool. It was another recovery day today in the sense that I didn’t push anything. But I’m back at it tomorrow. Looking forward to it. It’ll be hard getting up in the...
by Ira | Feb 3, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
On the mend! For real this time. Actually feeling better. I have two obsessions at the moment: The first is the song God Yu Tekem Laef Blong Mi, the Hans Zimmer version from The Thin Red Line. It’s a pidgin english gospel hymn from the Melanesian Solomon islands, and...
by Ira | Feb 2, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Feeling a little better! I felt worse for most of the day, so that’s a pleasant surprise. I felt legit sick today. Blech. Slept most of the day after watching some TV. I haven’t been in the mood to watch hardly anything these days, which is odd. The only thing,...
