Aaron Aiken

🌿 Overdosing on zinc, vitamins c and d, honey, water, celery juice, and of course coffee. body can just get rid of what it doesn't need, otherwise want to make sure it has more than usual for the next few weeks.

One thing I am quite consistent with each day and week is tracking my time. Each Monday I load in entires I know will happen (i.e. are scheduled), which includes family time. I look for family time to be between 35 and 40 hours each week.

✏️ Planning the day and week ahead.

Grateful Log for Mon, 04 Dec 2023

1. Another 8 hours of sleep
2. A day to rest yesterday
3. A new week

🍪 Choosing to not work through orders today, need to rest as I'm already feeling a bit run down from the current pace of work. Will be back at it tomorrow. Baking instead, some knitting, football, paperwork, etc.

Grateful Log for Sun, 03 Dec 2023

1. Chipping through the Christmas order list
2. 8 hours of sleep (been a while…)
3. A clean apartment

Grateful Log for Fri, 01 Dec 2023

1. New set of tires on my car
2. Doing my best to plan and work ahead
3. Mozzie Face Timed me last night, he was digging through my flight bag.

Grateful Log for Thu, 30 Nov 2023

1. Played more hangman last night with Mozzie and Lindsay
2. Drove out to see one of the more “crazy” Christmas houses in the area
3. A day ahead to be focused

Grateful Log for Wed, 29 Nov 2023

1. Christmas lights on the upper portion of my workbench
2. Good time hanging out with Mozzie last night, taught him how to play hangman
3. More good sleep

Grateful Log for Tue, 28 Nov 2023

1. A strong sales day yesterday
2. Restful sleep
3. Good coffee

Grateful Log for Mon, 27 Nov 2023

1. Good weekend with Mozzie
2. Early start to the day and week ahead
3. Managing pain

☕ No time like the present.

Tough time staying asleep. Too much on my mind. Will hopefully sleep better later tonight.

Tough time staying asleep. Too much on my mind. Will hopefully sleep better later tonight.

Grateful Log for Sat, 25 Nov 2023

1. The work day yesterday: made and shipped 11 orders.
2. Saturday: will be working, but it is a different feeling, a slower pace.
3. The passing of time.
4. How refreshing colder temps can be (my younger self never would have thought such a thing).

Took Star for a walk today 🐶

I don’t usually “market” my leather goods here, but if you are interested in receiving an email that is intended as marketing 🙂 you may sign up here. I’ll be sending an email out later today (which may only be my second or third this year).

For my dad’s 63rd birthday (cow brand is ‘63’ - which is just perfect).

🥱 Tired but have goals to hit before taking Thursday off for Thanksgiving.

Today’s workbench.

More leather oven mitts

☕️ Lots of coffee today

Grateful Log for Mon, 20 and Tue, 21 Nov 2023

1. Excellent day with Mozzie on Sunday
2. Slowly coming out of last week’s funk
3. Decorating for Christmas
4. Cold outside today
5. Massage yesterday
6. Being a bit more aware of my “wellbeing” than I have been in the past

Audio file is included and it is also on youtube.

😔 Have been in an absolutely terrible state of mind since Wednesday night. Hoping putting up the small amount of Christmas decorations I have, baking chocolate chip cookies, and watching a Christmas movie will help.

🍞 Baked