But I wake up wanting to use my time to get something done, because that's what I feel I am on this planet to do. Document as much as I can, including my life!
I'm watching Newcastle play Sunderland in the third round of the English FA Cup. This is the equivalent of a major league team and a minor league team playing. The stands are filled with people there to support their team. Both teams are in kits with vertical stripes, which is making it very difficult to tell who who is who.
Sunderland is 6th in the league just below the Premiership. Newcastle had a great start to the season but have not been doing so well and are mid-table. I'm not sure who I want to win, but my enjoyment of this sport is to watch what happens and appreciate how all of these matches fit together in a bigger tapestry.
There's also no VAR - video assistant referee. Matches in the Premiership are a lot less exciting at the moment now that almost every single goal is double-checked, with so many being ruled out due to the ability to tell with precision whether a player is off-side.
I need to get to writing at some point. The holidays are over and now it's just winter, That means there's nothing to do but get some work done, and I'm so glad to be fortunate to be able to do it while spending another Saturday morning watching football.
I've begun the day by going through my list of daily events and taking the older entries and copying them to my archive of daily events. I find checking in with my past self helps me take stock of where I am. I'm always trying to improve process, so it's good to read about days when I decided to do something one way or another.
But at some point I'll leap into research in the current day. But maybe not today. Some days I have to step out of the present and just allow myself to drift wherever my mind takes me. Usually that takes me back to the work, because there's no time like the present.
