I am a long way away from establishing a routine. It always happens a lot faster on the road/on vacation. I think that is the case because there is less going on in my life when I am on the road and the world shrinks down to merely myself and the Lady Talis. That is usually the best version of the world. This is not to say I prefer to be away from family. It is to say I am in love and happier in the arms of my lady and away from the tug of the daily routine that takes me away from both that lady and the writing. Road life consists of very few things: Teaching an Online Class, Taking an Online Class, Writing, and Spending time with the Lady Talis. These core four are the heart of my daily life. Being at “home” or in the desert specifically, means there are more daily requirements, most of which involve cleaning up after kids, driving kids around, and appearing regularly on campus.
So, it appears my ideal life requires me to work entirely online. I’m not mad at that. I don’t know where to find that world, though I am going to keep looking for it. In fact, I am going to make every possible effort to transform my life into one where I am devoting the time to writing and generating enough income from my craft that I can do that “full time” and no longer need to worry about in-person. Imagine no longer being tethered to responsibilities like that and being able to be true and focused to your core.
Some Thoughts:
- Bonkers headline of the day: Justice Department charges man who squirted vinegar on Rep. Ilhan Omar
- Old school Youtube was an actual “intellectual” warzone. See Greg Solomon vs. Renetto. Ain’t nobody hiding out here.
- I wonder about spam sometimes. I mean we are generating this trash data and it goes somewhere. Yes, things can be deleted, but deletion is not as straightforward as it sounds. It happens in layers and there is a theory that we are continually archiving everything in the web… But where? How big are these clouds getting? How much space is really available for all the data (I refuse to call it content) being generated?