It’s been just about a full year since I had to end my (involuntary) trial retirement and (involuntarily) start working again. I can’t decide if it seems like more or less time than that because the past year has contained a sense of impermanence that I can’t quite explain. I don’t know exactly what’s causing …
Category Archives: isolation
48: No Unnecessary Things
At the end of 2019, I wrote a post about my experience attempting to “buy no more things” during the year. If you want to read it, it’s here. For 2020, I decided to continue tracking the things I bought and review them at the end of the year. I changed the description of my …
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 …
38: Local Take-Out
Inspired by our brunch-blogging friends Catie and Dave at Late for Breakfast, Early for Lunch, I thought I would do a post about where we’ve been eating while we’ve been mostly staying home. We like food and we like to support local businesses, so it’s a win-win. Our new routine is actually pretty similar to …
37: A Year Without Dancing
First of all, let me set the record straight: It’s just a catchy title. In this case, a year is an arbitrary and unknown amount of time because who knows? Based on the current evidence though, we’re a long way from being able to enjoy social dancing with our friends again. Social dancing includes all …
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 …
35: Month Two
It’s hard to believe, but it’s the beginning of my 5th week at home. In some ways it feels like I’ve always lived like this and I can barely remember how things used to be, but there are also a few things I miss a lot. I had to look at my day planner and …
Dancing In Irreverence 