Monthly Progress Report

Right. Well. Um. I had a stroke. The months between September – November 2020 have been crammed full of doctors appointments, with naps in the spaces. It wasn’t a big stroke. Just a small one with no ongoing physical effects. For a while there, I couldn’t read, or write, or talk sense. It was horrific. […]

I about reached the end of my rope in August 2020. For the most part nothing much has changed for me since January. I stay home, I write, I develop my Photoshop skills, I get through the day. But even I am having difficulties. I’d probably still choose to stay home, but having the choice […]

July 2020 was a mixed blessing. One the one hand, the planet, and Melbourne in particular is a disaster. The State Government literally declared a State of Disaster. It sounds bad (and it is), but the declaration allows and requires some sets of actions by government and the people. On the other, I published a […]

June 2020 feels like a five-minute disaster movie sandwiched in between a bunch of other disaster movies in a century long disaster movie marathon. And yet nothing’s really happened. Though it’s been a little bit funny how wrong so many of those disaster movies and novels got it. Virtue May Jun Notes Pleasure: AdventurePlan and […]

Sitting here, preparing to review May 2020, it just feels like a sucky month. And this is, of course, the point of a monthly review – there was always more that happened than you can remember. And it’s usually not as bad as you thought. Virtue Apr May Notes Pleasure: AdventurePlan and take an international […]

April 2020 just happened in between all the spaces. And there were a lot of spaces as (unsurprisingly) my appointments and meetings were cancelled or rescheduled one by one. I’m not fretting too much about being locked down. Though I would like a haircut and to sit down to eat in a restaurant. And maybe […]

March 2020 was a horror month. There was/is all the Covid-19 shit going on, but more importantly for us, we had to say goodbye to Pretty Girl. She leaves an enormous hole, but also the opportunity to consciously reshape our lives with better habits. Virtue Feb Mar Notes Pleasure: AdventurePlan and take an international vacation […]

Made some progress in February 2020, but I feel the year has already run away without me and I’ll not be able to catch up. Maybe that’s because my to-do list seems much bigger with the whole quarter on it, instead of just a few weeks. And I’m already behind. Plenty of time to adjust […]

January 2020 marked the start of the transition to Quarterly planning. It’s been both harder and easier than I expected. Virtue Dec Jan Notes Pleasure: AdventurePlan and take an international vacation late Q3/early Q4. – 😐 In the main, I’ve just looked at the dog and felt guilty about planning a trip to take place […]

I’ve been so busy planning 2020, that December 2019 has become a distant memory. I’ve had to go back through my journal to see what happened. Virtue Nov Dec Notes Beauty: bodyI enjoy exercising my lean, healthy 59 kg body several times a week.• Eat < 5g of salt and sugar per day.• Walk 10,000 […]

November 2019 was difficult as Pretty Girl has been very ill, and we thought we were going to lose her. Not that we’ll have her for much longer, but at least we have time to prepare. Virtue Oct Nov Notes Beauty: bodyI enjoy exercising my lean, healthy 59 kg body several times a week.• Eat […]

Is it my imagination, or did we skip right over October 2019? I mean I know there was stuff that happened, but I feel a bit like Speedy Gonzales whipped by and I’m left clinging to the ceiling by my fingernails. Virtue Sep Oct Notes Beauty: bodyI enjoy exercising my lean, healthy 59 kg body […]