Aaron Aiken

Grateful Log for Sun, 10 Dec 2023

1. Continuing to chip through the list
2. Good sleep
3. Coffee

🛀 Soaked in a hot bath last night, felt nice. The next 9 days are going to be crazy.

One product I offer as part of my leather goods business is hand cut cigar matches (to go with the leather cigar cases). They are quite popular, which I never expected. Each one is whittled individually by hand.

✋ My hands are physically tired from all of the leather Christmas orders I've been working on. Such a great feeling, actually...but I am looking forward to having shipped the last one and taking a short break :-)

Grateful Log for Fri, 08 Dec 2023

1. Restful sleep
2. In bed before midnight
3. Made a ginger bread house last night with Mozzie

🍵 Tea with a bit of desk work.

🚿 Today shall be improved from yesterday by the simple act of taking a shower. That and eating breakfast.

Grateful Log for Thu, 07 Dec 2023

1. Chipping away at the list
2. Hitting goals
3. A good time with Mozzie last night

Grateful Log for yesterday (written but forgot to publish it) Wed, 06 Dec 2023

1. Not being stressed, trusting the process.
2. 8 hours of sleep
3. Massage yesterday

😴 Time to sleep.

🧘‍♂️ Not stressing... :-)

Grateful Log for Tue, 05 Dec 2023

1. Catching up with life-long friends over dinner last night
2. Optimistic state of mind
3. Another chance to do better today

Woke up after only a few hours of sleep, too much to do and too much on my mind to fall back to sleep. Another hour or two would be ideal, so haven’t crawled out of bed yet…

🌿 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.