My Life in Real Time

A chronological autobiography and/or livejournal

6:50am on Friday, May 22, 2015

Today was a very good day. And by today, I mean the hours I’ve spent awake since getting out of bed at 2pm.

After walking to the dollar store for a luffa and riding to the pedicab shop to get my chauffeur’s license, I picked up from where I left off the night before on my Mad Men marathon. Then I wrote what’s currently my favorite thing I’ve ever written, called Dream, Choose, Act, Allow. It was by inspired by the title of my friend Erica’s new writing: Dream Focus Live Act Reality. I haven’t actually read it yet, but she’s told me it’s process-oriented guide for bringing dreams to life, as is my article. I’m signing up now to get a copy.

Then I drank coffee at 10pm, smoked with Jet, and got super energized. And then this was my browser window:

A few of these were ideas for new articles. Only after following several tangents was I able to focus on one and start writing more than just titles.

This has been my most successful writing day ever — two completed articles. I’m including this one. After graduating college in 2009, I only started writing again a couple weeks ago. Until today, it typically felt like a chore. Today has brought a renewed sense of purpose.

Below are the other titles from my tabs. It turned out that some of the tabs were not articles but other tangents.

Life in Real Time (A publication of articles such as this one, you’re invited to join me there) — The Art of Collaboration — To those who dislike cats

Now it’s 8:53am and I need to go to bed. Because tomorrow we are driving 7 hours for a weekend of camping here:

Here’s to a fantastic today.