My Done List for 9/7/21:

It’s easy for me to feel like a day went by where I didn’t do anything, so I’m making a list of what I did. Here’s today’s:

• Prepped M’s lunch and school stuff.
• Made M’s breakfast.
• Made myself tea and breakfast.
• Ate breakfast.
• Took M to school.
• Wrote and published a blog post.
• Emailed D about podcast ideas.
• Fixed some links and added others to the Writing page of my website.
• Categorized some transactions in QuickBooks.
• Played around with a contract creation service.
• Reviewed tasks and set priorities.
• Poked around on Twitter and micro.blog.
• Covered hole in bathroom floor.
• Ate a snack.
• Read a little Lore Olympus.
• Watched a little TNG.
• Took a nap.
• Scrolled dark academia Instagram.
• Did some ankle strengthening exercises.
• Printed some paperwork for W.
• Ate lunch.
• Read more Lore Olympus.
• Picked M up from school.
• Played with M & his new weather toys.
• Did video call with L. so she could talk to M.
• Watched Disney ride through videos with M.
• Trimmed M’s nails.

📺🖖 In Star Trek: The Next Generation season 3, episode 11, “The Hunted,” there is a whole society of intellectual bros wearing blazers over turtlenecks & claiming something is impossible because they’ve “studied it thoroughly” (though never tried it). Academia vibes, y’all.

Putting Gardens and Streams II on my calendar. I’m only a maybe because, as always, parenting.

🔖📝 The Heartbreaking Ingenuity of the Mother-Writer ‹ Literary Hub

if you’ve read a book penned by a woman with young children recently, there’s a significant chance it was written while hiding, losing sleep, or using inventive distractions. (Or even all three.)

🔖Read

The Public Writing Life: How to Lose an Editor in Five Days katieroseguestpryal.com

🔖Read Ravynn K. Stringfield’s essay, Bullet Journaling to Save a Life. Beautiful.

“She tried to look picturesque, but only succeeded in being untidy.” Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray 📚💬

I had a client meeting this morning where we made plans for me to do some blogging and podcasting for the client. But it’s also about research. Don’t let anybody tell you your side projects aren’t valuable.

“I am too fond of reading books to care to write them…” Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray 📚💬

Beginning my third read of Katie Rose Guest Pryal’s THE FREELANCE ACADEMIC. 📚