consistency
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The Trouble with Streaks
Dear Conscience, I have a love-hate relationship with streaks. They can be an easy motivation, and just as easily a motivation killer. I am talking about this today, because today is my 66th day of writing here in a row without breaking the streak. 66 is one of the magic numbers being thrown around in Continue reading
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Six-Hour Workdays
Dear Conscience, it’s hard. I always fall into the trap of thinking how once I feel some progress, everything else will go as planned in my little notebook. But no. Every new building block brings with it some resistance, some need for adjustment, some need for pause and reflection. I wanted to up my working Continue reading
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Vacation!
Dear Conscience, I’m at the airport, with a lot of luggage, and with my family. But without my laptop. For the first time in a loooooooong while, a planned time away from the laptop. Taking a toddler over 2 layovers to attend a wedding, not exactly stress-free. But I do want to use this time Continue reading
About Me
I got my first nickname when I was 4 years old. It was “bakitza”, which means ‘an old lady’. I’ve always been an old lady on the inside. And as I progress towards being an old lady on the outside too, I want to take control of this journey. To reach the full fledged bakitza level with a peace of mind I always associated with that life stage. I thought it would come on it’s own with age. But now I realize that I have to take control over the mess that my life currently is in order to be a thoroughly satisfied bakitza one day.
Becoming Bakitza 