Blog Post No. 709
There was a period of time where I was listening to podcasts all the time. I would put a specific one on in the morning while I got ready for work, I’d listen to a different one to go for a walk, and others in bed trying to wind down at the end of the day. I don’t really know why I stopped. It’s not like I want to be alone with my thoughts.
Blog Post No. 708
I don’t want to do anything right now. It’s probably partially due to how busy the last few weeks have been, but I don’t even want to write this post. The only way I even managed to get as far as this first paragraph was because I finally thought of the topic (which is I’m tired and don’t want to do anything) and that was enough momentum to at least start and as I’ve mentioned many times before, starting something is the hardest part and if I can manage to start, I tend to get more done than I’d expect.
Blog Post No. 707
There’s an interesting (and totally understandable) cycle that happens at my day job. The crux of it is that there’s a lot of hurry-up and wait in my position. What tends to happen is a lot of inquires come in, or there are questions that need an answer from a supervisor, and it all gets backed up onto lists and charts, and then all at once, answers come, details are confirmed, decisions are made, and I have a bunch of things to finish now.
Continue reading “Some Weeks You Just Can’t Catch Your Breath”
Blog Post No. 706
In a few weeks, August 27th to be exact, I’ll be co-hosting a short story workshop with Christian. The workshop is being put on by Rose City Writers, and will be held at River Bookshop in Amherstburg. You can see it in my events list, so you know it’s true. Did I mention that this workshop will be about short stories? A thing that I know because I have been both successful and a failure at writing and selling short stories.
Blog Post No. 705
I’m concerned that this is a thing now. I’m in a position at the day job where I get paid vacation, but I feel like it’s impossible to actually use it. I’m trying to get better at leaving work at work, but there’s a certain amount of chaos that happens when I’m not there, even over the weekend. Taking more than that leads to extra work when I get back.
Continue reading “I need a Vacation or I need to use my Vacation Days”
Blog Post No. 704
I have a whiteboard on my wall behind my desk. I got it a long time ago when I saw a friend using one for keeping track of projects in university and thought it would be helpful for me. It was for a bit, but I stopped updating it after a while. I picked it back up during lockdowns, hanging on the wall and filling in projects. It wasn’t too long into being back to the day job that it fell dormant again.
Blog Post No. 703
Welp. Here we are in the middle of July and I hit my first week where I just don’t know what to write about. I have a couple of topics for posts coming up, but they relate to specific things, so I’m holding off on those until closer to the appropriate date. I was at Windsor FanCon last weekend, so I could just write about that, but my experience has shown me those posts don’t do very well.
Blog Post No. 702
Putting on a facade or persona is nothing new. Without any research or knowledge, I assume we’ve been putting on faces in public since before there’s been humans as we know it. There’s our true self, scared and selfish, who we are with our families and friends, our public persona, and even who we pretend to be at work. I don’t mean to insinuate that it’s a bad thing. I think it’s just the way we are. But it does mean we are not always honest, even with ourselves.
Blog Post No. 701
As a boy, the best time of the year was summer vacation. Like so many other kids, I counted down the minutes to recess, the days to the weekend, and the weeks to summer. As an adult, I’m able to look back a bit more fondly on grade school, but most of that is nostalgia for a simpler time and the poor memories humans have.
Blog Post No. 700
It’s the 700th post so you know what that means! It’s totally just a normal week with a normal topic. This time, I’m excited to share a couple of events I’ve been invited to take part in over the next few months. My next event is Windsor FanCon on Saturday July 11th and Sunday July 12th, where I’ll be sitting at a table with Christian. We paid for the table, so it’s not part of the invites, but I wanted to point it out anyway.
Ben Van Dongen 