What I’m up to now…

• Writing more (though, publishing a bit less).
• Considering another year of less with monthly themes.
• Reading Out of the Dark from the Orphan X series.
• I’ve decided on the content for my first ever book project. In the planning phase now, but excited to take on this as a writer.
• House projects: customizing our ceiling fan; upgraded the home WiFi; garage declutter and organizing (50%); backyard bike storage shed; new front-door; refreshed family room and repairs from “puppy years” with Oden (50%); front plant beds updated to river rocks vs. mulch
• Preparing to submit my home office to the awesome Workspaces newsletter - Almost there (seriously)!
  • This is one step forward, two steps back at times. One final sprucing up/decluttering should get me to the point of submission in June July September.
• Considering creating some print-on-demand products; concerned about quality of the finished product (evaluating options). I’ve landed on a platform, now just trying to get onboarded with them.

This is a “now page” I update approximately monthly. The last update was on 10/28/2024. You should consider having one too!

…and then

• Back on track with my nightly reading habit (finally); current book, Hellbent (part of the Orphan X series)
• Submitted the People & Blogs questionnaire and can’t wait to be a featured blog. Such a great project by Manu.
• Prepping the round-up post for IndieWeb Carnival that I hosted on the topic of Rituals.
• Completed a macropad customization project - post coming soon
• ~~Moving my book archive off Oku and onto my own site mymind~~
• Considering topics for something longer-form; book… perhaps
• Brainstorming a Swift-based app idea; making progress here (need to decide if this is something I will try to fit in for 2024) NOTE: Put this idea on the shelf for now.
• Making some Shortcuts public on my blog to share with others
• Trying to get back to regular newsletter writing cadence (STILL a struggle)
• Wrapping up my thoughts on my “year of living without” and figuring out 2024’s themes
• Consolidating all my blogs to one
• Preparing for all the kids to go back to school
• Getting back to nightly fiction (and some non-fiction) reading (took a couple of weeks off for other efforts)
• New dog crate for Oden
• Refining writing flows
• Swapping all my sites over to Fontshare web fonts from Google Fonts
• Starting my Year Without theme with my phone (and watch) in grayscale only mode
• Planning my 2023 themes and how to lean into them
• Recovering from an ankle fracture and surgery (back to two shoes and only a compression sock most days!)
• Relaunching my Triangle of the Mind | 📐 of the 🧠 newsletter on a new platform (Loops)
• Learning Figma for design
• Putting the finishing touches on the modular garage dance studio
• Researching the best async tools and practices for evolving our team’s “how we work” document
• Planning for our July family vacation to Austin, TX
• Decluttering @ home
• Training our English Mastiff pup, Oden
• Creating new writing flow shortcuts on Apple platforms
• Eliminating two cubes in two office buildings at work
• Putting the finishing touches on my home office
• Migrating 3 sites to Write.as
• Learning Go for scripting