Aaron Aiken

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A very nice and simple leather pencil/pen pouch.

→ 12:06 PM, Jul 27

Grateful Log
- Eventually fell into a restful sleep
- Afternoon cigar at the shop yesterday
- Coffee
→ 8:06 AM, Jul 27

Grateful Log
- Full sun while writing this morning
- Another family game night last night with Mario Monopoly
- Encouragement from others
→ 10:16 AM, Jul 26

Grateful Log
- The epic thunderstorm last night
- Making strides toward effective pain management
- Played Mario Monopoly as a family last night
→ 8:30 AM, Jul 25

Grateful Log
- Monday morning
- A new week
- Cloudy today
→ 9:03 AM, Jul 24

From our ride earlier today.

→ 10:23 PM, Jul 23

Grateful Log
- Designing new things
- Prototyping new designs
- A beautiful sunny day
→ 1:01 PM, Jul 23

Grateful Log
- Opportunity and time to write in a different place than I normally do. A quiet park close to where I used to live.
- The space in the air to hear birds talking.
- The breeze moving gracefully through my linen shirt. A beachy breeze.
→ 9:26 AM, Jul 22

My writing spot this morning.

→ 9:21 AM, Jul 22

The finished leather bin before shipping. Size is 18” x 12” x 12”.

→ 9:20 AM, Jul 22

Difficult to accurately photograph, but I am obsessed with how this green turned out! This piece will be the inside bottom of a large bin I’m assembling today.

→ 10:29 AM, Jul 21

Another simple leather pen case I stumbled into while working on a client project, I personally prefer this over the previous design.

I rarely do this, but I have it for sale on my website here.

→ 9:43 AM, Jul 21

Grateful Log
- Simple design
- A new day
- The thunderstorm last night
→ 8:47 AM, Jul 21

Grateful Log
- Good night of sleep
- A longer bike ride yesterday
- The mental clarity that exercise provides
→ 8:58 AM, Jul 20

Outline.

→ 7:40 PM, Jul 19

Grateful Log
- Cloudy today
- Coffee tastes especially good this morning
- Schedule should open up shortly to work on some aging ideas
→ 8:55 AM, Jul 19

Grateful Log
- Out for a ride already this morning
- Massage later today (longest 3 weeks of my life 😂)
- That feeling of being on the right track
→ 10:37 AM, Jul 18

Grateful Log
- Shipped out a large order of leather cigar cases for a wedding party
- Squeezed in another bike ride with Mozzie after the work day and before the evening kicked off
- Having some time to write now before the day is over
→ 8:51 PM, Jul 17

Grateful Log
- Great sleep last night
- Made it to church this morning
- Break in the rain today, enough time to get the bikes out for a short ride.
→ 4:30 PM, Jul 16

Grateful Log
- My micro-vacation yesterday afternoon by the pool. That time to switch off was very needed.
- Coffee this morning while writing outside
- Nothing but the weekend ahead :-)
→ 9:08 AM, Jul 15

My afternoon spot and couldn’t be happier. Well, I guess I could but this is pretty awesome! Cigar, jack and coke, pool suite fm, sweating. Heaven for me :-)

→ 3:59 PM, Jul 14

Grateful Log
- Squeezing in a 30 minute bike ride last night between late night work sessions. Feels so good to move.
- Mad Men - probably my 5th or 6th time “watching” it (on in the background while I work). I relate to so much of that show.
- Continued clarity on next steps.
→ 8:28 AM, Jul 14

My morning writing sessions are so awesome. Before I do anything else I sit down and write. I never know what I’m going to write but once I start it is hard to stop. This is purely journaling for me, 750 words, morning pages, etc. But it always turns into a time of capturing ideas, expanding on ideas, determining which way to go. The time I set aside for this is easily the most productive and valuable part of my day.

→ 9:42 AM, Jul 13

Grateful Log
- Happy with the productivity/output of the week so far
- Great time at the hotel lounge last night, celebrating a friend’s birthday
- Fun dreams
→ 8:54 AM, Jul 13

Grateful Log
- Fun evening with Mozzie: bike ride and a board game
- Fresh haircut
- Being able to see an objective from 30,000 feet
→ 8:41 AM, Jul 12