Remember Remember...

Oh shit, nevermind, it's already over.

Okay, so for all of you who laughed when I said I was going to do all of my October things in November congratulations, you win.

Honestly once the slide starts toward the end of the year you just have to hold on and enjoy the ride.

So as far as numbers go November just wasn't it. For the first month this year if I don't count what I wrote for Dana I did not write more days than not. If I add those days back in then I BARELY wrote more days than not. And I didn't publish a single fiction piece to the blog, which for some of you is like a THANKSGIVING MIRACLE moment. I did start a fiction piece I was going to put up on the blog back in the first week of November but I wanted to work it out a little more and put it to the side, where it's sat ever since. I do want to get back to it so maybe it will be a December story? Maybe. I also think I know how the story I've been writing to Dana almost all year ends. I just have to figure out how to get there, but it looks like I might be able to wrap that up soon.

Workouts were eh. I did some of them. Skipped some of them. Pieced together parts and called it good. Like I mentioned last week I'm bored with my routines. I need to juice them up or switch them around or reframe them somehow. I'm going to start with one of those fitness rings, ordered one off a Black Friday sale and I'm hoping that like the Sparkly Dots tracker of years ago it gives me a shiney to work toward that motivates my ass.

If I take my weights and measurements from before Thanksgiving, which I did because I'm not an amateur, I was flat again this month so that's fine. Not really working toward my goals, but not really losing a lot of ground either so it's okay. For now. But I really am hoping I find my motivation in one of the Christmas boxes when I start decorating later!

Reading, I only did four books instead of five but one was a Joe Hill book and like his father before him he never met a side story he didn't include. And he's gotten big enough now that editors just let him go. So a Hill book is now like a King book in that, sure, technically it's only one book but know it's going to take at least two books, and possibly three books worth of time to finish. Read three fiction and one nonfiction. The nonfiction was one of those books that changes your worldview. Even agreeing with the premise going in it still challenged my point of view in other areas and made me rethink a few positions. And changed my mind.

I love that.

So if you want to read something with an open mind, knowing that it's a hard read (as in subject matter, easy as in pacing, I devoured it in a little over a day) I cannot recommend enough One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad. Brilliant book. Hard subject matter. I already thought I agreed, came out knowing I did agree on the general point but with greater understanding on others. Really good.

Did the Roxane Gay Masterclass and it was great. I enjoy her writing and her point of view so I figured I would like her class. Even though I'm not really interested in publishing anymore I still like the no pressure classes and the information to have on hand just incase I change my mind. Doing a Michael Pollan one right now. Figure if anything can help me get out of my ennui around eating right now he can.

December I will be trying to make sure I stay on track while also thinking about how to change things up for 2026. While also enjoying some fun Christmas shows, we have one every Sunday and one extra the week of Christmas. And then knowing that the week of Christmas is just a wash, we have a show Sunday, one on Monday, the girls come over for the holiday Tuesday, then it's Christmas Eve and Christmas and boom it's January. So basically I've got 3 weeks left of this year to wrap it up.

It's fine. It's all fine.

Just prepare yourself for some deep navel gazing as I make 2026 plans and write them out to see what I really think of them. And hopefully a few fiction pieces. I'd really like to find my way back into the land of make believe. I imagine the spirits are getting restless. And imagining is the first step right?

So Happy End of Thanksgiving Leftovers and Welcome to December to Remember, Happy Honda Days, no matter how you celebrate I hope you find the joy in the season.