At this time last year I was in Tofino as part of my weeklong 40th birthday extravaganza, and 4 years ago today I saw Temple of the Dog at a little venue in Seattle. This year, I’m planning to walk over to the bakery across the street and see if I can get a day …
Category Archives: focal points
45: Project Overload
Ah, a nice rainy day to start my extra-long weekend! It kind of feels like this is the real start of fall now. Usually this is the time of year when I’m excited to get started on a bunch of things, but since this year was such an anomaly I am in the position of …
43: Back to Work
I officially go back to work tomorrow, so this week’s post is a round-up of all the things that I actually accomplished over the last (almost) 6 months, during my early retirement trial run. I am satisfied with what I managed to get done and overall pretty happy with how I used my time. I …
42: Trial Retirement
I’ve been mostly unemployed for about 5 months now. I’m amazed that it’s been that long actually, though I’m not really sure whether it feels like it’s been more or less time than that. Lately, I haven’t been as intent on making good use of every minute like I was trying to at first, but …
39: Depth Year Update
If there’s one thing I can say about COVID-19, it’s that it has forced me to progress on some of my Depth Year goals. Not quite halfway through the year but I thought it would be a good time for an update. Obviously, there’s a lot bigger and more important stuff happening in the world …
36: New Normal
Two weeks since my last post and what have I done with that time? Each week, I make a list of things I want to accomplish so that I have some handy options to refer to if I start to feel like I’m wasting away. I have never yet completed an entire list in a …
33: Mini-Retirement
I’ve been self-isolating for a week and a half now. Last Wednesday, I packed up my computer and brought it home from work with me. I took Thursday off because most of my projects had already stalled out, and then I worked from home on Friday. On Monday, I was laid off. This was not …
32: Social Distancing
Well, it’s all happening. Pearl Jam tour postponed, all swing events on hold for the foreseeable future and everyone is “social distancing”. I won’t bother explaining what that means because you already know and you should be doing it too. I started writing this post a couple of days ago and it already seemed super …
31: Spring Ahead
I woke up this morning to our internet being down. It’s been a bit glitchy lately, so I suspect it will be back soon. This should really be good for my productivity and goal of spending less time surfing social media, but actually it feels more like the apocalypse. There’s a pandemic out there! Toilet …
30 – Shopping Day
On Thursday I went shopping, which I rarely do. It was actually a much more interesting experience for me than I expected it to be. So much so that I was inspired to write a post about it when I got home. As I’ve mentioned a few times, I’ve been trying to keep my acquisitions …
Dancing In Irreverence 