by Ira | Jan 5, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
I wrote today! It was a good session, too. I like my story. I really do. My opening is solid. Probably better than the opening of my first book. Almost certainly better. Work was also damn solid today. I cruised through what I needed to do, I got my massive downloads...
by Ira | Jan 4, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
Not a perfect start to the 2021 work year 😂 I woke up rather inexplicably at around 5am and couldn’t get back to sleep until like RIGHT before my alarm went off. So, that sucked. But, what can you do? I did my best today, gonna let it go, and rock it all...
by Ira | Jan 3, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
Buzzing off watching Stephen Curry drop a career-high 62 points on the Blazers tonight. It was glorious. Insanity. His last shot of the night, in particular, was a circus shot. He gets like that. He catches fire and just sinks everything. Shots (almost) nobody else...
by Ira | Jan 2, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
Change is hard. For some reason, that thought floated into my head just now as I sat down to write this entry. And, it is. Sometimes really hard, because we fight it for so long. And then, it’s not. If we can ever reach the point where we stop fighting, change just...
by Ira | Jan 1, 2021 | Challenge, Journal
Feeling ready for this new year. Truly. I had a great day today. A *great* day. My bike, you guys, it’s dope. I love it. So much. I haven’t had a bicycle since 2001, when it got stolen from my campus apartment at HSU the very first month I moved there. 20 years. I...
by Ira | Dec 31, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Farewell 2020. You were…well, dumpster fire is the descriptor that first comes to mind. But, if I’m being honest and encompassing, not all of 2020 was a lost cause. Not even close. I will say this: I am looking forward to 2021. Genuinely. Whole-heartedly. 2021...
