Aaron Aiken

☕ First coffee and writing of the New Year.

☕ First coffee and writing of the New Year.

Grateful Log for Mon, 01 Jan 2024

1. 🎉 A fun night bringing in the new year with Mozzie
2. 🧀 Packers beat the Vikings
3. ✌️2023 is in the books…eager to get into 2024.

That time back in December 2020 when I designed my own crown molding on paper with a compass. A project that never happened, but I was prepared. Also, I do sorely miss my old workshop.

Grateful Log for Fri, 29 Dec 2023

1. Full day with Mozzie yesterday
2. Future focus providing present clarity
3. Time scheduled today for my annual planning meeting (with myself)

Grateful Log for Thu, 28 Dec 2023

1. Catching up on sleep
2. Lots of family time this week
3. Finishing one book and starting another

🧘 Entering that annual headspace of reflecting and planning, thinking and writing. Will settle in for a few days.

🧘 Entering that annual headspace of reflecting and planning, thinking and writing. Will settle in for a few days.

Grateful Log for Wed, 27 Dec 2023

1. The help of family with the massive influx of leather Christmas orders.
2. A good Christmas celebrated over the past few days.
3. 2023 coming to a close, looking forward to the start of a new year.

😶‍🌫️ Slowly exiting the fog of the last two weeks.

😶‍🌫️ Slowly exiting the fog of the last two weeks.

My last customer order of 2023. “Off” until January 2nd. Christmas stuff the next few days then writing/thinking/planning for 2024 the rest of the week.

The Christmas order rush is over. Will slowly begin to come back “online”. Insane updates to provide eventually once the dust has settled a bit.

Likely going radio silent for the next week or so. Intense tunnel vision and focus has been enabled.

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.

🛀 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 :-)

✋ 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.

🍵 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.

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