Running solves all problems
Well, a good number of them
Three things to note today.
The first is that LinkedIn sucks. I spent maybe an hour there in the “who do I know here” rabbit hole and maybe five minutes updating my profile which is what I had actually come to do. This is why I am still hoping against hope (I know this isn’t how it works) that a job will fall out of the sky at me. I don’t have boots tall enough to wade through job boards.
The second is that I did not want to eat Real Lunch. I mentioned in Week 1 that this is one of my daily requirements which might seem a little silly to some, but given the chance, I will have three crackers, a chocolate bar, and a cup of tea for lunch and then be grumpy when I’m starving while cooking dinner while also having feeling awful about the sweets.
11:30 rolled around and nothing in the pantry sounded worth eating, so I made a cup of mint tea as an aperitif and had a handful of trail mix, which let’s be honest is about 50% chocolate. And then I decided to go for a run.
The run solved a lot of things today. Well, it really only solved the lunch problem — I was starving when I got back and dove into a turkey sandwich and baby carrots — but the thing about endorphins is that they make everything feel better. I’ve been worrying about some things and after the run, I mostly felt strong and like I’d be able to handle whatever happened.
And third, this afternoon I started on the creative project that had me jazzed this morning. I’m making a first year baby album for some friends of mine.1 If you’ve been around a bit you know that I love my Creative Memories albums I made for C. I love handling the papers, creating the layouts, putting everything in place, and being able to open the great big scrapbooks and look at them with C + E.
They also take forever to make.
So, I’m trying my hand at digital layouts in Canva (I am spoiling myself with a month of Canva Pro) and I’m planning to get the album printed by Blurb.2 In a little over an hour of work, I’m on Page 11 and feeling great. I also have two more months before I can actually finish it because ye baby doesn’t turn one until the end of July. *races to consider if there are any other projects I can try with Blurb before then*
Today I:
Unpacked from our weekend after three days of bags in my space. I feel so much better now
Mowed the lawn
Bought plane tickets for a trip in August
Updated my resume and my LinkedIn profile
Folded laundry and tidied the kitchen
Ran 3 miles + ate lunch
Started working on the photo album
More tomorrow!
It’s an open secret, if she remembers that I asked my friend about it. Since I love making photo albums so much, I didn’t want to step on her toes if she felt the same way and wanted to do it herself.