With the house closing and the big move already scheduled for April, getting all that done was first and foremost on my list. Anything else was going to be just extra icing on the cake. My goals were: Finish the Move Without Dying This was a success. Didi and I loaded up our cars on … Read more
I’m a little late in posting this, but that’s because there’s a lot going on here, mostly related to item #2 below in the Completed section. Completed 2. Buy a house! For the story, you can read my post from February re: productivity/accomplishments. That said, we’ve got a closing date set for April, and we’re … Read more
February was nuts. At first glance, March wasn’t going to be much better. With the impending move and the ongoing job hunt, a shit-ton of projects, and a desire to get back to working out, March turned out to be way worse than February. My planned “big tasks” were: Get Ready to Move Man, we … Read more
I came into February expecting to be wildly unproductive with my brother’s passing at the end of January. That seems to have sparked a feeling of “I don’t have a lot of time left on the planet, let’s get shit done.” So I got shit done. My goals for the month were: Find a House … Read more
So I came into January feeling pretty bummed. The dark, the cold, the post-Holidays ennui, etc. etc. I was feeling pretty underwhelmed about the start of 2025. Thus, I set a basic list: Get a Job…or at Least Get Pretty Close So I did a whole bunch of interviews at a local software shop. They … Read more
I had high hopes for the last quarter of this year, but in the end, I didn’t make as much progress as I would have liked. Items completed this quarter: 5 (4.9%)TOTAL COMPLETED: 24 (23.7%)Items in-progress: 15 (14.8%) Completed This Quarter 3. Finish the century-length Tour de Tucson. Hot fucking damn! What a fucking ride! … Read more
December is always a crazy month, and it’s not likely that this one will be any different. So I’m trying to be realistic about my goals for the month, but as always, I want to accomplish some good stuff. Job Hunt: Motion The goal here wasn’t necessarily to land something — this is the time … Read more
Came into November, still jobless, but hopeful. Tour de Tucson: Finish Came into this ready to rock. Last year, things didn’t go as well as I’d hoped. Last year, had a ton of back problems that really messed-up my event. This year, the back was generally better, and I brought some THC cream and some … Read more
October hit like a storm. Lots going on, lots to do. The usual. Training for Tour de Tucson This went remarkably well. From October 1st to the 28th, my FTP (functional threshold power) jumped 4%, and my body weight has stayed below 195, with some minor fluctuations. I have a few tweaks to do to … Read more
Holy shit, I’m behind schedule on my monthly updates here. I rolled into September exhausted from all the travel we’d done in August, stuff that was booked long before I got laid off in early July. That said, I still had some ambitious ideas in mind rolling into September, and I had a lot on … Read more
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