Routines

Spent a good bit of time yesterday updating my Book Recommendations page. There's over 130 entries, and that list will grow.

Meanwhile, I'm looking at my RSS/blog feed on NewsBlur, and I have so little motivation to catch up on it. I curated my sites to match what might be called my cynical outlook but which I think reflects a foundation in reality. I'm disheartened that so many of them seem to be adopting the same narrative as the prestige media regarding the Epstein issue--no, I'm not linking to anything. If people didn't already know that Trump was involved with Epstein and that he had a predilection for teenagers, I just don't think they're going to care at this point. Yeah, yeah, yeah, QAnon--no. Nothing has mattered so far. People dying preventable deaths from COVID-19 didn't matter. This story will go away.

In other news, my early morning routine for the last week and a half has been something I look forward to. I work on my latest piece for at least five minutes--which almost always turns into more--play a group game of Wordle on Discord, talk to other Discord groups (did I mention that I play around with Tarot Cards?), check out Mastodon, (try to) read NewsBlur, then come here to update my site. Enjoyable ways to pass the time as I wait for my husband to wake up.

Also a good way for me to avoid stewing in my bitterness about the caretaking situation I'm in. It isn't the case all the time that if you want something done (period), you have to do it yourself--but it is with the people I'm surrounded with. Let's just say I've learned over the last two years who can be relied on, and stressful situations have shown where people's weak points are. Which is part of why I find myself really, really craving enjoyable, easy-to-do activities several times a week.

I'm thinking about other things I'd like to add to the site, but I'm also worried about the navigation bar getting too busy. I might need that side nav bar sooner rather than later.