What I’m Up To – Oct 2025

(As of October 2025)

Start of month: List out goals. End of month: Notes on progress.

Teaching

  • AP English Language and Composition
  • Private English/Writing classes

Polishing

  • Cordelia: More Than a Conqueror (YA novel)
  • A folk album
  • A song/instrumental track

“Just Because”-ing

  • Climbing (and trying not to hurt/overwork myself)
  • Meeting up with cool strangers
  • Exploring towns and cafes

Moving

  • Cycling trails and lakeside routes
  • Bits of hiking, swimming, and running
  • Calling a new place home

Studying

  • T.E. Lawrence
  • Natural dental health

Creating

  • Poetry
  • Pen sketches

Pondering

  • The abstraction of life and how far one could take it
  • Whether I really need yet another mug…
  • The nuances of ownership versus usage
  • How to suffer in style

Thanksgiving

  • Second chances at growth, recovery, and redemption
  • That I still dream, hope, and act despite moments (er, more like days/weeks at a time) of lostness and “depression”
  • How time heals and reframes things without one forcing anything, sometimes for the better

    Past Pages

    (Inspired by Derek Sivers and other such pages)