Jan. 16th, 2018

jadesfire: Owl from Winnie the Pooh with text "gon out backson bizy backson" (gon out bizy)
1. With the Snowflake Challenge having ended yesterday (although there's a friending meme to round it off), I was going to try and write something deep and meaningful here, but my day got busy at 7.50am and hasn't stopped since, so instead, I'm just going for "post something" and leave as many comments as I can. It'll have to do. I'm also working on how I crosspost to Tumblr, because I can't just C&P every time. IFTTT is all very well, but not all formatting comes across, and I definitely want to live in both places.

2. I had the gentlest Health and Safety assessment ever today. The firm we use is incredibly supportive, and (for me) it's not at all like the terror I thought it would be. Mostly, we walk around prodding things and he says it's all fine. Although he did remind me not to lose the step stool checking form again.

3. I am not expecting the budget forecast to be as plain sailing, as I am BAD at numbers, and although I have a very simple budget, I always manage to get confused. This afternoon has been set aside for working on it, so that I get a good run at it without major interruption.

4. Tonight is Pilates again, which I'm looking forward to. After last week, nothing really ached apart from my shoulders, so I'm reasonably sure I was doing something wrong. This week, I'm going to push myself a bit harder.

5. The big news of the day is that (drumroll please) I'm giving myself permission to start a new notebook. That might not sound like much to you, but it's a big deal to me. Last May, I started using a Rhodia Goalbook, which is basically a notebook with a perpetual calendar in the front. I found the whole "write out the month" part of Bullet Journalling far too much like hard work, and it didn't give me the flexibility to plan things months in advance - as someone who can only take Annual Leave during University holidays, that's quite important to me.

I also found that I didn't know how much space to leave for each month, and trying to do it was stressful rather than useful. I'd get a good diary, then want a notebook for just scribbling things down. Or I'd use a small notebook, and want something I could really write in. The Goalbook does both, and I surprised myself by using it consistently and with pleasure for the last eight months, which is a personal record. But it's almost used up, and more than that, I feel I want to make a sort of 'clean start' for the new year. I want my goals and resolutions in the front, and I want to re-layout the way I used the monthly records part of the calendar (use PENCIL, Laura, things change!). As this week (I do weekly plans) is already set up, I'm going to be restarting next Monday, and as a last hoorah, I might use up the last few pages of this one with fic. It won't be totally finished, but that's okay. I feel ready to move on, and have another go at this to see what happens.

If anyone's interested, I'll put up some pictures of the book and my new layout next week. It turns out, I have a lot of Feels about this notebook, so you might get something whether you're interested or not!

5a. In lieu of clever post titles, I'm going to go with a weather report when I can't think of anything else to label my posts with.

In the meantime, I'm off to fortify myself with an early lunch before attempting the budget. I need all the help I can get!
jadesfire: Teddy bear wearing headphones (Teddy in headphones)
For Day 14, [personal profile] naye put up a challenge to share the love:

"the next time you come across something that is fun or delightful or uplifting, turn it into a post!"

I have a personal challenge to post more this year in general AND to not worry about posting too much. If your friends page is anything like mine, it's pretty quiet, so I'm not worrying about overwhelming people. Also, little posts can be great.

And I'm pretty sure that somewhere along the line, someone asked for podfic recs. Therefore!

A woman's hand holding a stone towards the viewer. Cover for the Podfic 'Fonder' by disco_vendetta, read by Blackglass, art by Reena_jenkins

Title:Fonder [Podfic] by blackglass
Fandom: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
Rating: General Audiences
Summary:

A podfic of "Fonder" by disco_vendetta.

“For you,” she mumbles, cheeks going pink, and shoves something into his hand.

“Oh, hey, you don’t have to give me anything —“ he starts, looking down, then blinks a few times at his open palm.

“It’s a rock,” she adds unnecessarily.



Even if you don't think of yourself as being Star Wars fandom, if you saw the Force Awakens and like fanfic, read this. If you think you might be interested in listening to podfic, start here. Because it's delightful. The reading is light and heartfelt, all at once, not getting between you and the story. The character voices are great, the emotion always present. It's an adorable 'missing time' fic, and it makes me grin at how adorable it is.

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