The word that sums up this week is: connection: seeing long distance family at the start of the week and then a reunion with old friends on the weekend—some I hadn’t seen in years. It was a really special time, and makes me long for the day when there are no more goodbyes.
Something I’m looking forward to next week is listening to a mixtape or two at the office.
My week headlines
🧠 Understanding: Learning some coping strategies that got me through a $%&# start on Friday.
🧶 Creating & cultivating: I got a cassette player and am making some mixtapes 📼. Terrible sound but I am realy enjoying it.
📺 Consuming: “The Great Hunt” (Wheel of Time book 2). HAIM I Quit 🎶, and a brass band 🎺 performance at a local park.
🔆 Connecting: Old friends and relatives ♥️.
✒️ Most used pen & ink combo: Pilot Custom 823 with 🟦 Sailor Potsu Potsu
🏹 One thing for future self: I would like to rebalance work and the rest of life.
First published 2025-07-13