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Ten minutes by the pond. A soundscape.
Unpacking is such a wholesome game. I’m 75% through and enjoying just taking my time, playing a new level every few weeks.
I love how the story is gently revealing itself.
I’ve been deep in my Lightroom catalog tonight. It’s hard work and tedious sorting through all these files. But I am making headway.
I don’t need AI to do any creating for me, but I would love it to help me sort through and categorise my art work.
I had a really nice day with my oldest kid today. It’s been a long time since we had some quality time together, his life has been in upheaval recently with various things.
We watched a lot of Babylon 5 today.
Curation and consumption seem to be intimately connected when being social on the internet.
It’s too easy to get caught up being a rubber necker of some drama or another.
I find time and money invested in curation to be very good for my social health. And can save time later as an added benefit.
I’m stuck in the bath. Mentally, not physically. 😶🌫️
(The overwhelm and brain fog has been 1000/10 these last few days)
I had this profound moment this evening watching the Uber Eats driver trying to find my flat (it’s a bit difficult to find).
I was feeling a bit grumpy watching him go the wrong way on the in-app map. But he did find his way and I watched him suddenly hesitate at the gate.
And I saw why.
So clearly on his face was a look of fear and trepidation. It was in his body language. And I just felt it.
All my grumpiness instantly fell away and I just really felt for him. I felt all the fear and anxiety I would feel trying to do a job like that, delivering to some weird address in a strange neighbourhood.
I waved him over from my window and was friendly, grateful and upbeat as he gave me my dinner. But he was clearly not feeling good.
It was really a moment of heartfelt reflection for me.
I felt ashamed at my grumpiness of all the times delivery drivers have got lost trying to find me. I realised how grateful I am to have the conveniences and luxury of home deliveries. They truly assist me to live my life with some normality.
And more, I realised these are real people. I know of course they are. But somehow it became a lot more real. A lot more important.
Like: “Aeryn, it really is time to count your blessings. And these people deserve your respect.”
Don’t get me wrong. I am always respectful, polite, thank them, and give good feedback (or no feedback) to their employer.
But that’s easy. It’s nice. It’s the right thing to do.
It’s more than that. It has to be truthful. And tonight it really was.
Maybe I’m wrong about this guy tonight. But I really felt something. That he really needed someone to be kind to him. Not just to his face. But to appreciate him and the challenge he was facing just trying to do his job.
Maybe he’s low paid, working long hours alone, in strange neighbourhoods, dealing with grumpy people. Maybe he hates it. Or maybe he loves it.
I don’t know.
All I know was this deep clarity inside me. And actual empathy. To appreciate what is being done in service for me. To help me. To make my life easier. And what it takes for others to provide that service.
Not Uber the corporation. But all the workers that are collectively Uber, or Amazon, or DPD, or whomever. The people who keep the wheels turning.
And this guy. This human person. Doing his thing whether he likes it or not, so I can have a nice meal.
Thank you delivery guy. And all the delivery people and service workers around the world.
I sent him a good tip. I hope in some small way it helps him know he is appreciated.
This is the part that bothers me with switching to a new device. The nagging question: “Did everything really get copied over successfully?”
Aargh. Can I please just push that “Erase iPad” button, and stop manually looking for missing data?
Obsession.
I really liked Fortnite Season 2 (Ch.5). But I got sick of the grind towards the end, even though it was a shorter season. The quests were too easy to complete and not very interesting. I’d like to see more mini-story lines in the quests like the old days. Last night I was farming XP in creator maps because I couldn’t face dropping into more BR for crumbs. I finally got to level 140 for maximum V-bucks on the battle pass.
I really love Fortnite, but I love to moan about it too. Looking forward to the new season later today, yay!!!!
Also, I have missed playing with my kids recently. 🎮
I’m prepping my old iPad before I wipe it for my Mum to use, and I’m just checking it over. I currently have it connected wirelessly to my Mac at the same time as my new iPad.
My Mac cursor is passing between each of the three screens almost seamlessly. It’s amazing! What’s more amazing is my old iPad is doing it over bluetooth only. So cool.
I’m almost reluctant to pass it on. iPads are just so useful as secondary (or more) displays, whether Sidecar or native iPad OS. But my Mum will love it and needs an update.
DuckDuckGo is down?
So weird that a search engine going down can interrupt my workflow.
Because it’s the default search engine on all my devices, I keep unexpectedly trying to use DDG to search for Google 🤪
I’ve been learning new digital art making techniques on the iPad. It’s a lot of fun.
Today I was interrupted by my washing machine needing its drain unblocking. It was very yucky.
I’ve been feeling crazy recently. Don’t know what’s going on tbh. Making art helps.
Today, I’ve been setting up yet another site. This one on Micro.blog. Which I’ll begin using soon and posting to the timeline too.
I’m thinking I’ve got enough for now. 😉
So I now have three on M.b, one on Blot, one on PencilBooth, and three on Carrd. Plus one for my Mum on Carrd.
