Aaron Aiken

I am so excited to get started on this project. Replicating a wallet from c. 1928 that was carried by my customer’s grandfather. He has the original and wants one for himself and his uncle.

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• Prototype of a custom project sent off to a customer to end the week yesterday.
• Starting the next custom project this morning.
• Cloudy mornings.

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• ☕️ Coffee
• ☀️ Friday
• 🏈 Football

Football on. Using the “downtime” to bulk-prep the paper items included with each leather order.

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• Clouds
• Light
• Breath

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• More monopoly last night
• Fresh haircut
• So many ideas

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• Bonus day with Mozzie yesterday
• Passing football with him
• Approaching change

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• More good family time yesterday
• Shabatt
• Babbling on about things I am excited about and being heard

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• Intentional rest
• Creative rest
• Physical rest

A reminder to be kind to yourself. Forgive yourself. Show yourself some grace. Being flawed, making mistakes, is part of being human. Learn from them, do better next time. Be thankful for your present and hopeful for your future.

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• Great end to the work week yesterday
• Having the time and space to completely focus
• Saturday morning coffee

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• One step at a time
• Informed decisions
• That massage yesterday, everything is back where it should be. Good to go for another three weeks.

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• The colors in the sky this morning with the sunrise
• Using time well (thankful for when I do!)
• Massage later today

New custom project in motion. Prototype time.

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• Random but good evening with Mozzie yesterday
• Diving back into the world of SEO and keywords
• Good days

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• Restful sleep
• Productive day yesterday
• Fear

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• A great birthday party for Mozzie on Saturday with his friends and family.
• A great family day yesterday for his actual birthday.
• He’s 10 and we’ve managed to keep him alive so far and, I think, he’s turning into a pretty good human being.

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• A phenomenal end to the work week yesterday
• Nice dinner out with Mozzie
• Thumb war and arm wrestling

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• My early to bed routine and early to rise routine is working. This is how I used to be and it is good to be back!
• Planning today yesterday.
• Two 1.5 mile walks and one 7.75 mile bike ride get me 600 points in my apple fitness competition with Mozzie. I will win this round!

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• Another early morning
• A good amount of physical activity yesterday
• Reading

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• Early to bed early to rise
• Finding a certain flow in the day
• Encouragement

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• Good evening at the house yesterday, lots of laughs.
• Amazon Seller account was approved (finally!) so now I can apply to their Handmade marketplace.
• Making my apartment a bit more like a “home” for the time we have left with it.

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• A healthy weekend of no work
• A new week ahead
• Remembering who I am

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• Recovery sleep
• Helicopter ride yesterday with Mozzie
• Watched the Steelers pre-season game yesterday

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• A very clear process of the output of one activity being the input for another activity.
• An evening of good music, good drinks, good cigars, and great friends.
• Direction.