Journal – 111123

 I took the kids with me for my early morning shopping at the grocery store. It was very windy and heavy rain. After getting food and fuel we headed home with the heat turned up. If we lose power the heater doesn’t work. I have propane indoor heaters incase if this happens. For the rest of the day, we stayed home and played games. I did manage to find a YouTube channel about productivity that really works for me. She uses the same tools I use and had really helpful tips. I spent time changing up my settings and using a lot of what she recommends. This should save time doing emails and scheduling. She also reminded me that you can create email templates. I used to do this for a previous job and forgot about it.
I also made an Excel spreadsheet for my yearly outlook. I need something to plan trips and major items. I am so focused on the weekly and daily tasks I don’t see my major goals and personal things I want to do.

 🌧️ 54°F – 46°F 🙂 | Seattle 

Journal – 101123

 I worked from home today. The kids had the day off and were with me. I completed what needed to be done but I didn’t push myself to do more. Anything new was pushed to Monday. I played Mario Cart with my son and then cooked dinner for the family. It is stormy outside, so we didn’t venture outside. I had the temperature turned up in case the power went out. There are two bins in the Livingroom I could have cleared out, but I choose not to. I went to bed at my normal time.

 🌧️ 50°F – 45°F 😐 | Seattle 

Journal – 091123

 Worked from home today. The week went quickly. I finally cleared off the office couch. I placed a small artificial grass plant on the desk. It really brightens up the place. I wish I could have a live plant, but my cats just eat them and eventually kills them. So, I have a plastic plant. It still looks good. I didn’t do very much work. I focused too much on the household duties instead of working on things the office pays me to do. I will need to focus tomorrow and get all the things I should have done today and what I need to do tomorrow. But I am happy with how my office looks and will enjoy the space more.

During my lunch break I cleared out all my social media off my phone. At this point Reddit snuck on my phone a week ago and noticed that I have been wasting my time on it. I got rid of X (formally Twitter) a few weeks ago. I got nothing out of it since it switched over to new management. It seems the people are leaving and being replaced with junk.

The only thing that sucks my time is YouTube. I will need to schedule time for YouTube and just not scroll through it wasting time. There are better things I can be doing. 

 ⛅ 48°F – 43°F 🙂| Seattle 

Journal – 081123

It was a fun day. Today is my son’s birthday. After work I took the family to get macrons and play games at the local Arcade. Afterwards we had dinner at Genko Sushi. My son loves sushi and chose it for dinner.  Once dinner was finished, we headed home and played Mario Cart until bedtime.

I really should take the family out during the week. It was fun and we had an enjoyable experience. It seems we only do things over the weekend.

 🌤️ 52°F – 40°F 🙂 | Seattle 

Journal – 071123

Work has officially become a routine. I have everything scheduled to the tee. I am finishing two projects, and my team is doing very well. It rained most of the day, so I didn’t venture out during work hours. The sun did manage to show during sunset on the drive home. I did my Tuesday chores when I got home. Tuesdays is the hardest days for me. I just have a lot to do with little hours to complete them, but it makes the rest of the week easier, especially my Fridays and weekends.

 🌧️ 52°F – 40°F 🙂 | Seattle 

Journal – 061123

The drive to work is typically uneventful. The day before Halloween I noticed a person walking a large dog in a costume. They had a large jack-o-lantern head on with a black tattered hooded robe on. I thought it was pretty cool. This morning I saw the same dog and a lady wearing a white Victorian gown with a long black hooded coat on. I see them around 5:20 am next to the mall. I hope they do it more frequently. It makes my morning.

Work was slow.  I should have done more but felt lazy. I did my work but could have completed some tasks that needed to be done.

Once home we played Agent A together. We finished it before bedtime. It was a fun game that the whole family contributed to solve.  I wish there were a sequel.

 🌧️ 52°F – 48°F 🙂 | Seattle 

Journal – 051123

Feel well rested thanks to daylight savings time shift. We headed to the mall to check out any place for my son’s birthday party. It looks like we will just have it at the arcade. For lunch we will go to the food court, and I will buy food for everyone. Every kid will have a card with credit on it. This will allow the kids to have more credit to spend on games and not spend money for a room no one will use.
In the evening we played Agent A more. Everyone is contributing to solving the problems. If we are stuck some will come up with an idea, they will solve the problem. It’s great.

 🌧️ 60°F – 45°F 🥱 | Seattle 

Journal – 041123

Me and my son went shopping in the morning like we usually do on Saturday. We went to Costco and picked up food and some warm clothes for myself. Afterwards we headed back home to drop off the groceries and picked up the family and headed to Pike Place Market. I needed some loose team and spices, but also wanted to check out some candy stores. They were small but fun to check out. Kids loved the place. I allowed them to pick one item in the store to purchase. After walking around for 2 hours we headed to Spud Fish and Chips, on Seattle’s Alki Beach. The food is hot and delicious, plus it has a pleasant view.

Once home we had snacks and played Agent A. The whole family is really into the game. We played till 11 pm.

 🌧️ 56°F – 50°F 🙂 | Seattle

Journal – 031123

 I worked from home and the kids had the day off from school today. I got them to clean out their rooms. Anything they don’t use, or need should be removed so we can give them away. They both did an amazing job. My daughter collects everything, and it is hard for her to give things up, even though she has no use for them or hold any value. My son has no issues getting rid of things he no longer needs or uses. After work we bought some discounted games in the Nintendo Switch store. We started to play Agent A, a puzzle game. It’s pretty fun.

 🌤️ 56°F – 50°F 🙂 | Seattle

Journal – 021123

 I did nothing special today. Mostly working around the house catching up on household duties and coming up with new ideas for the team. They have done good and don’t want to make any drastic changes like I did for the last 3 months at the beginning of every month. It’s working but still needs improvement. At this point I just need to do some fine tweaking. But overall, they are doing well.

 🌦️ 59°F – 47°F 🙂 | Seattle