It's a cold morning, and raining. I woke up after 8 again. That's two mornings in a row. Nice.
I've got a lot to do today, so I should plan. My number 1 goal is to be nice to my wife, to be helpful and available all day and not get snippy. That means I'll have to get my computer work done and then get off the computer and be available. My Aspergers makes it really challenging to stop what I'm doing to deal with interruptions. It's really tricky. My son is even worse, although I would say that he's further along the spectrum than I and actually has a diagnosis. I, on the other hand, got a free diagnosis from the pediatric consultant when our son was in for his. Not that I need it. I know.
I did get Malagueña done yesterday, and I'm sure that that is partly because I wrote my goals down in a public post. I'm quite surprised at that, although I suppose I shouldn't be. It's a really nice piece actually and I'm really starting to enjoy going through the Solo Guitar Playing book.
Double Anniversary
Today is an auspicious day on my calendar. Firstly, it's 18 years since our wedding day. And secondly, it's 15 years since my last drink. So yes, my wife put up with three years of being married to a practising alcoholic, and for the four years before that too. I don't know that I would have stayed with me during those years.
I spent my Christmas eve feeling blue and doing Russian revision with vodka.
Normally I would attend an AA meeting to share my birthday share, but none of that is happening right now for obvious reasons.
Recovery from alcoholism is an ongoing thing and never really stops.
Yesterday's Productivity
Instead of reading Carol Dweck's Mindset book yesterday, I binged Utopia on Amazon Prime. I saw the original series back in 2013 and loved it, but never followed up with Season 2. I saw that Amazon had remade it so jumped into that. I'm not actually that into Americans' copying other countries' content in theory, but in practice, well, I like good shows! So The Office, Utopia, Les Revenants, Old Boy -- those are just a few that spring to mind.
The new Utopia was good, but I immediately followed up by watching the original series again and it was very good. This time I jumped into the first episode of season 2 and boy oh boy, was it good! So I've got a few more of those to watch.
I don't really subscribe to the idea that watching TV or movies is a bad idea, you know, the old GaryVee hustle porn shit that says you shouldn't be wasting time binging TV shows. It's not a waste of time unless I'm using it as a means of procrastination or hiding from the world, which is a thing that I do, but this wasn't that. I'm not trying to justify my binging, I'm just saying that I had given myself permission to have a night off, and d'you know what? It was great!
I did read some 4-Day Work Week though. Well, I say 'read'. I have the audiobook as well, so I fired that on while folding laundry and I'm really enjoying it. One quote really stood out:
I endure a lot through clever rationalisation for sure. I think that's why my mum's dying in 2016 was such a cleansing experience. It showed me that there are bigger things that matter and that I should make some changes in my life. I didn't make any changes, but it was nice to feel that I could for awhile.
So, time to get on with my day. This keyboard though. It makes me want to continue writing because it's just so darned nice to type on. D'you ever get that?
Rhymes with Peachy
Oh, I just remembered my dream! I was cycling through Ayr and it had been all changed. I was at the traffic lights at the bottom of the high street and they weren't changing, so we got off our bikes and went into fort to graffiti the walls. In there I met a guy who was a YouTuber but I can't remember what his name was. He had a new Mac Pro and was setting it up with an external drive and I told him that I had the LG 49 inch monitor. 'The Sara Dietschy one?' 'Yes, that one'. And then Sara was in my dream and I asked her if I could get a tour of her studio.
And I've not even been watching any Sara Deitschy videos recently. Weird.
Do I Need 5k Followers?
Just saw this Tweet from Tiago Forte.
So what's a Bear to do? Ideally build a list. Mmmm, okay. How does one do that? Should I shift this blog to Ghost? But I'm really enjoying Wordpress right now! Build a list with my ActiveCampaign CRM? I could to that. Okay, let's add a field below and then it really is time for me to get on with my day. If you want to help a Bear out, drop your deets in the box below and I'll figure this thing out!
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I don't really agree with Tiago because
Finding 10-100 people who're willing pay for what you offer is the foundation
Peers > Followers - I might have 5000 followers on Twitter and I don't earn any money from it. With HIVE I'm earning money because I've peers