I had COVID recently and realized that life is short, and could be shorter. Got my vaccinations but it was still awful. So I’ll try to enjoy the “boring middle” a bit more!

I just got back from vacation and am facing a complete lack of motivation for work this week and have been dreaming of RE. Interestingly, I’m somehow comforted by this feeling. It was how I felt most of my career, but recently started being complacent with my work situation. Not because it is great, but because I think part of me had finally succumbed to the fact that I have to and that made me stop dreaming. Now I’m dreaming again.

Anyone else unironically choosing to work a bit on Monday to get a head start on your workload, even though they have the day off?

Exciting week for me at work. I started shadowing for a role I’m interested in learning more about. I’ve been in my current role for 7 years now and I’m excited to try something new, even if it’s only a few hours a week while concurrently managing my current role.

We’ve never been one to strictly budget, but SO and I had to take a step back and come up with a plan after we both acknowledged that we impulse buy too much on Amazon. We can afford it just fine even with a >50% savings rate, but we still want to rein it in a bit.

We’ve decided to try making a joint wishlist (both are contributors). Whenever we think of something that we think we want or need, we add it to the list. At the end of the month we’ll look at it. Each item gets reviewed and deleted if no longer wanted/needed, added to the cart, or pushed on to next month’s list for reconsideration.

It does help to see everything in the cart at once to decide if it’s really worth spending that much.