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Five Things for Friday (vol. 10)

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The last few nights I’ve found myself getting to bed, and realising yet another day has gone by. It feels like from the moment I wake up, to the moment I go to bed, things just zoom by.

I only pause when it’s time to go to sleep, and really, I’m only pausing because I have to. I want to keep doing things, and getting stuff done, and sometimes sleep just feels like a waste of time.

No points for guessing that I had bad sleep this week because I kept going to bed late, whoops.

New mission for next week: slow down, pay attention, and appreciate what time I have.

Anyway, here’s what happened in the last blink-and-you’ll-miss-it week.

1: Still “Running down under”

I renewed my subscription to Run the World this week, a virtual run around Australia.…

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Five Things for Friday (vol. 9)

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I’m typing this late on Friday night, when I should be in bed, and sleeping.

But… I’m not.

Earlier, I was watching Phil Gore crack 168k in fundraising by running crazy miles. Right now I’m watching the Alex Warren concert being livestreamed on TikTok. It’s a watch party with a friend of mine who lives in Japan.

So, why not get my Five Things for Friday done on time as well?

Ordered my 2027 planner

This morning, my favourite planner in the whole world launched their 2027 edition. If you haven’t heard of my favourite planner before, let me tell you (or you can probably read literally any other post of mine because it feels like I’m always talking about it).…

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August Gratitude Speed Round (Days 20 to 26)

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Oof, I am well behind in posting my daily gratitude updates. First, being sick meant I had bugger all energy, and then I’ve just been busy with life in general.

But things are good, and tracking in the right direction finally!

Anyway, let’s do a speed round of gratitude so that I can catch up.

Gratitude Prompts

If you’re new to the blog, these gratitude prompts came from The Optimistic Muse. I was originally trying to post them daily, but as mentioned, I fell off the wagon for a bit.

So, without further ado, here are the last few days (oh my god, nearly a week) of gratitude:

  • Day 20 – Take a photo of something beautiful. I looked at my phone, and the only photos I took that day were of our kitchen.

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Five Things for Friday (vol. 8)

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You guys, it’s been a week. I’m tired. I’m ready for bed. But I haven’t blogged in a few days so I wanted to get one posted tonight.

I’ve been trying to prioritise sleep, because most of this week my “sleep” has been more like “intermittent dozing between coughing”.

The sinus infection is still here

I want to say I’m getting better, but I don’t know. I suppose the green gunky stuff isn’t as green and gunky, so there’s that.

But I’m still taking forever to get to sleep, and I’ve nearly gone through an entire bottle of cough syrup on my own this week. I’m taking one of those fancy dry cough ones that contain dextromethorphan. Apparently, it turns off the cough signals in the brain, to which my brain just replies with “Ha!…

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A cough and a fresh start

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After yet another night of crappy sleep, I finally threw in the towel and took the day off work. I hate it when I feel OK but just can’t sleep because I’m coughing so much. It was an absolute challenge to get my son ready for school today, and as soon as I sat at my desk to work, I knew I wasn’t going to last.

So I rescheduled my meetings, called in sick, and went back to bed.

Turns out it was a good move. I napped…ish…for about two hours. I don’t feel like I ever got a deep sleep, but it was enough that I finally had some energy.

The rest of the day I spent working on my puzzle and then contemplating some of the 52s that I’m working on.…

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