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I achieved my goal. I wrote more. Lately, I've been writing these just to do them, and that feels disingenuous. daily is done. Sporadic is back. Thank you all for reading. If I have something worth writing about, I'll put it here. I did what I
daily_093; rain
does everyone love rain? why is that? Is it biologically coded, a thread of DNA that says we get to survive another year with rain, that our crops will grow? Is it the rhythm? The peace? The gentle pitter-patter against roof eaves, the trickling down the gutters, the far-off sounds
daily_092; 100k
I finished 100,000 words, for the second time in my life, today. Feels pretty cool. -H.
daily_091; day fiancé
I had this joke title loaded up for yesterday, but bang went that one. Don't watch the show if you haven't. It gets quite ridiculous, really fast, and you will want to watch all of it. There's like twelve versions of the show, with
daily_089; okay
Today's post is just going to be okay. And I'm going to be okay with that. Okay??! -H.
daily_088; sleep in (iii)
I've never slept in. Never is probably not true, but the point is, I don't sleep in. Today I did. Why don't people do this all the time? I feel so much better. I'll probably stop talking about sleep on here after
daily_087; tastes change
If you had told me two years ago that I would be piling into the car, driving for two and a half hours, and walking up fifteen flights of stairs, all to see a country artist, I would have laughed really hard and said you were crazy, and probably went
daily_086; switchblades and candy
I'm avoiding the content farm that is writing about writing this blog. I'm done. I'm gonna move on now. Maybe. No, for real this time. I love systems. Systems run our lives so we can enjoy them. Now, you might say "Henry, how
daily_084; sleep ii
I slept. I felt like a new person. I still didn't hit the target set for me by this sleep trainer (more on that will follow I'm sure, this thing is nuts). But man I felt good. I got more done in the hours I was
daily_083; sleep
I hate sleep. I hate that a third of my life is shot before the starting gun even fired me up. I hate that I can't control when I get tired. But I have to sleep. I have to surrender to sleep, in order to pursue anything else.
daily_082; being home
I spent the last week housesitting. I was never home. It never feels like home in someone else's house, no matter how much "nicer" it is. I also spent the last year in Nashville. That became home for a while. I saw Pike's Peak
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daily_081; people
Hanging out with people you love should be more important than the activity you had planned for your free time. At the end of your life, will you wish you spent more time doing things alone or with your people? You know the answer, Henry. -H.
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daily_080; duckworth
I'm not eating the number 79 for yesterday, because I wrote it yesterday. Published today but written yesterday, day 79. I passed over my chance to talk about 75 days, mainly because it didn't feel right when I have missed so many. I know I decided
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daily_079; mind games pt iii
does that car know? Is this bush too visible? Can we walk here? Am I wobbling? How suspicious should I be of that person yelling? What does it mean to be “good”? who knows anything for certain? Am I special? What does it mean to be "special"? Sip.
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daily_078; run (again)
I forget which titles I've used, and frankly I am not going to go back and check. The number is unique enough. Life moves when you run. And it's better to move forward than backwards. Run forward. -H.
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daily_077; surplus
How did Michael Scott become a manager, or work in an office for at least ten years, without understanding a budget surplus? He couldn't. That's the point. The surplus explanation scene is really funny, but it's one of the most jarringly inconsistent as well.
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daily_076; not neistat
I can't believe he did this for 490 days+ without missing a single day. He probably lost a decent portion of life on the back end because of his lack of sleep. But the results are so tempting to chase. If the vlog somehow missed you, I recommend
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daily_075; finding faith
Please don't make a movie about how cool you are. Let someone else do that. Or do make the movie. Just know it will be the laughingstock of an entire generation of viewers. -H.
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daily_74; social
I'm an introvert by nature. But a year spent in relative isolation makes even the loners want to be around people. It's a weird feeling. Maybe not weird, but foreign at least. -H.
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daily_072; the gift
It's a really good movie. I enjoy it every time I watch it. That's all. The creepy guy is the writer/director. I always respect it when someone has so many hats and does them so well. If you haven't watched it/in a
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daily_071; brick by brick
Even though I've missed a few days, I've written more on this blog in seventy days than in the entirety of the three-ish years prior. Say what you will about the quality, but if anything it's improved from the movie reviews or essays, or
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daily_070; warm up
There was a boy named Jimmy and a girl named Sue. Jimmy worked without any kind of warm up, in all things. He got a lot done; projects, lifting, hobbies. Sue always took 15 minutes to get ready first. It drove Jimmy nuts. Then one day, Jimmy snapped his ACL,
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daily_069; nice
Running Jumping Leaping Diving Packing Moving Straining Raining Driving Stopping Waiting Waiting Arranging Buying Working Living Being Eating Laughing Cuddling Resting. -H.