Dateline 6-14-2017

I think the technology gods have finally been put in their place as I now have a steady internet connection again for the first time in about a month. I hope I'm not cursing myself by cursing said gods of circuitry because there have been several days during this process where I thought I'd be experiencing smooth sailing as the internet would settle for a day or two.

Dateline 6-13-2017

Yesterday ended up being a pretty good day here at Wicker Breaker Industries. First off, the internet fix that the support team from my ISP suggested seemed to finally stabilize the internet issues that have been going on for the past couple months. Apparently, when you reset the modem you have to unplug every wire including the coaxial cable in order to get a full reset. 

Dateline 6-12-2017

I have mixed feelings about Twitter. Though I do love how it gives everyone a voice, I hate how often the "media" uses these voices to make something out of nothing by cherry picking through the small percentage of the hive mind's outrageous reaction to an otherwise mundane event to push some sort of divisive agenda to where it now feels like you have to pick sides on every single new statement that one of the louder voices has to say.

Dateline 6-11-2017

I swear if it wasn't for technology I could potentially be the next Buddha. Not only do I have the gut but I'm also an extremely easy going person that wants nothing more in this world than to find inner peace and wish the same for the rest of the world, that is, until something doesn't work the way that it's supposed to, then I want the people in charge of the design flaw that caused the issue to die.

Dateline 6-10-2017

Yesterday ended up being a real weird day where I both had a lot of fun while continuing my fight with technology. The first thing that happened was, I woke to my dog sniffing at the door like she desperately needed to get out to go to the bathroom. I opened the door to see my nephew standing there ready to play like he often does much later in the afternoon. 

Dateline 6-9-2017

It's a good thing that I'm experimenting with this attempt to get back to my old go with the flow lifestyle because yesterday ended up being a complete waste of time. It started out just a normal day where I was excited to get through my mandatory obligations to see where the rest of the day would take me. 

Dateline 6-8-2017

Again, this "go with the flow" during down time experiment of the week seems to be working as a way to lower my overall level of stress while I continue to get things done. Yesterday, I had to babysit my nephew which, granted, didn't take up the entire day but rather than cram it in as just another task, I got a bulk of the work that I had to do done the night before so I could just hang out the kid without stressing over the rest of my schedule.

Dateline 6-7-2017

I'm really liking this go with the flow approach to the week that I've been experimenting with. Any other week, I might have been a little frustrated with how yesterday ended up going down but with this new mentality, it felt like a perfectly fine day.

Dateline 6-6-2017

Yesterday's experiment in not over planning played out pretty well. First off, I got all of the stuff that I needed to get done with far less pressure to keep to a schedule to have enough time to fit in optional tasks that aren't all that important when it comes to big picture planning. An even bigger benefit was, not feeling guilty for not getting to tasks that I tend to add to the mix to justify my life while looking for a stable income.

Dateline 6-5-2017

It's Monday, which doesn't really mean all that much to me anymore, as my days seems to blend together, that said, I do use the calendar to create some sort of structure to my life. Usually on Monday, whether I report it or not, I have some sort of thing that I want to try out and use the start of the week as my jump off point.

Dateline 6-4-2017

Alright, it's Sunday, just got money transferred into my account and am about to venture over to the store to restock my supply of food!!! I'm in a much better mood than I was at the beginning of the week and not having to look at the same lack of selection in my fridge will definitely make next week a much more pleasant experience.

Dateline 6-3-2017

It is yet another weekend and I just realized that I really have to stop giving myself so much grief for taking it easy from time to time. Just because I live an untraditional life, where I work for others as little as I have to, purely to be able to afford to survive while doing what I want with my free time, doesn't mean that I'm slacking off just because I'm not earning a paycheck.

Dateline 6-2-2017

Well, not only did I end up not starting yet another challenge but I took the time I saved by postponing the start date to give myself a fuck it day where I did absolutely nothing productive at all after about 1:30 in the PM. It was a nice unplanned break from my usual day of trying to keep busy at all time even when I'm not really in the mood.

Dateline 6-1-2017

Well, I've been threatening to start a new challenge that would create the content of these Daily Breaker posts for the past few days now but, unfortunately, I think I'm going to have to back burner the idea for a while as the reality sets in that I just don't have the extra time to start something new at this time.

Dateline 5-31-2017

Well, in a not so promising development, my stutter seems to be returning. I guess it's not really a stutter, but more that I give up what I'm talking about half way through sentences the moment that I realize that no one in the room is listening or if they are they don't seem to care what I have to say.

Dateline 5-30-2017

I think I let my guard down too soon after feeling that I managed to avoid a bout of depression while I might have just been in the eye of the storm. Luckily, if this does happen to be the case, the build up to the calm was itself rather tame as I never felt it fully hit land. Hopefully, the storm will continue in a direction where I may feel some of the turbulence without being swept away.

Dateline 5-29-2017

I wish I was a bullshit artist. As someone who watches a lot of documentaries on everything from dinosaurs coexisting with man to black budget space stations on the moon, my head is filled with a lot of bizarre information. I'm mainly interested in these subjects as a writer who likes to pepper this type of material into my fictional writing to add to the surreal sense that I am aiming for while using familiar cultural memes that have already been established in the mind of the people even if it's just on a subconscious plane.

Dateline 5-28-2017

My trend as of late is to save up all my sleep for Saturday where I hibernate the day away only to wake on Sunday with a head stuck in the clouds from too much rest and relaxation. Keep in mind that when I say "hibernate" I'm only talking seven and a half hours which doesn't even meet my daily goal of eight.

Dateline 5-27-2017

Yesterday I shared that I currently have four blog challenges that I wish I could start right away but there are too many uncertainties in my life right now to be able to commit to the amount of time that it would take to pull everything off simultaneously. This textual investigation into what it would take to pull this off only doubled down my interest in a highly motivational way.

Dateline 5-25-2017

Damn it... I have four new challenges that I want to start right now and I could totally pull all of it off if I just had a stable part time job so that I don't have to spend so much time looking for random gigs to allow me to scrape by while I do so.