—>The month got off to a slow start, I’ll admit. But I’m trying to work ahead of myself and I think I’m in a good place. October should be better.

—>Artists discovered:

—>Alas, no real progress here. Trying not to get too freaked out about that. Telling myself that if I finish the booties, that’s a really good thing. The hat would be a bonus.

—>Nothing new to report here. More muffins.

—>At this point, I think we should all just move on.

—>This has become something of a joke. My ability to walk around has become drastically limited. Well, I can still go exploring, I suppose, if I’m cool with panting for long stretches of time and crashing hard afterward.

—>While I’m keeping up my yoga, exercising every day has gotten tougher. Not so much because the actual exercises are harder (though they are…I weigh so much!) but because I spend so much more time resting. Either sleeping longer or chilling on the couch or trying to figure out how to manage my persistent backache and heartburn.

—>There are good stretches and bad stretches. Trying to get back into doing masks as well.

—>Heartburn has complicated this somewhat. I can’t drink the vast quantities of water I used to and my appetite is adversely affected by particular bad bouts…which, if we’re being honest, is pretty much all the time.

—>Doing a little better on this front. Sort of awkwardly, this is facilitated by my not having very much to do at work. So I write long emails when I’m bored.

—>Books read:

Books started:

—>I’d like to think of it as the calm before the storm. Things are coming together…slowly. We even got a steam cleaner thingy for the floors. But we’re no less busy than ever, so progress is intermittent and interrupted. It’s a livable space, don’t get me wrong. But it will definitely benefit from some professional attention.

—>This has become spottier. I can only blame fatigue. It feels like I have less to say, generally. And less energy to say it with.

—>Man…I continue to not have any real idea of what I meant by this. I think this goal has been kind of a dud.

—>Jewelry is pending. I’m still waiting for a few things to arrive from Etsy, but I’ve made some solid progress on the clothing front. Pictures and details will come in a later post.

—>I managed to work out a sort of schedule. It’s a bunch of time blocks, basically. I break my day out into roughly three hour chunks and slot activities by categories:

I don’t follow it strictly on every home day, but it’s a useful guide. I can definitely say that I’m more productive now than I was before.