July 1st means the June digital input challenge is over! The good thing is I have no desire to go back to cycling through random social media apps when I’m bored. Right now the reading three things per day is keeping me busy and it’s nice because I feel like I’m learning things and thinking more instead of mindlessly scrolling. When scrolling I also used to constantly lose my train of thought. For example I’d see a video that made me want to look up a book or something, but then I’d keep scrolling but have the feeling like I was about to do something but what was it? Haven’t had that lately and I’m going to attribute it to this new habit. It’s also possible it’s because we’re on vacation and out of our usual routines.
Today we went into town so kiddo could workout at CORE again with the family. Pete and I got to wander for the hour and hit the bookshop again. I had a lovely jasmine iced tea and we bought a few books. The rest of the day was mostly down time. Then we had pizza and watched the 2019 Cats movie which Mamie really likes.
Today’s reading
Poem: The Naming of Cats by T.S. Eliot – I did not realize his poems are what inspired the original musical
Essay: I read two today because after the first I got sucked into the second one about beans. Both essays fit well with my attempt to eat less meat. They’re from Best American Food Writing 2019.
- The Girls Who Fainted at the Sight of an Egg by Yemisi Arbisala
- Bean Freaks by Burkhard Bilger
Short Story: didn’t finish one
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