trajectory of a life

Somewhere along the way, you realize that no one will teach you how to live your own life — not your parents or your idols, not the philosophers or the poets, not your liberal arts education or your twelve-step program, not church or therapy or Tolstoy. No matter how valuable any of that guidance, how pertinent any of that wisdom, in the end you discover that you make the path of life only by walking it with your own two feet under the overstory of your own consciousness — that singular miracle never repeated in all the history and future of the universe, never fully articulable to another.

~Maria Popova, 18 Life-Learnings from 18 Years of The Marginalian

October highlights & happenings

• attended Creation Hour
• hosted “Get out the Vote” party
• spent five wonderful days exploring NYC with my love
• dined at Eleven Madison Park
• attended book club
• added new game to the daily rotation — Alphaguess
• enjoyed many friend meetups
• participated in most of “Optimistic October”
• finished Meru program
• began planning for blood drive
• celebrated Ellie’s birthday
• posted a few photos from my botanical gardens macro shoot
• voted
• volunteered for a morning of trash pickup
• read The Silent Patient
• finished: Bad Monkey, season four Only Murders and Kevin Can F*ck Himself
• started: new season of The Great British Bakeoff, Shrinking and Abbott Elementary
• fell in love with this artist’s work
• and this one, too
• active 23 days + 33 miles walked/ran
• rode 19+ miles
• one each posts on Trajectory of Life 
• continued daily reflection/five-year journal
• continued daily Connections + Wordle + Mini Crossword + Strands

Looking forward

• unplug and reset for a weekend retreat
• host clothing drive event
• lots of 1:1 time with Pippa while the hubs is traveling
• book club
• Thanksgiving in Napa
• continue posting gardens photos from macro shoot
• see Kimberly Akimbo
• read two books
• create 50 by 50 list
• ride 50 miles
• participate in HCOTF
• decorate for Christmas
• look for good in the world

Open tabs

• I could watch this all day
• appreciate this concept
• can I live here, please?
• seeking a “psychologically rich life”
• a reason to smile
• adding all of these to my to-visit list
• this made me LOL
• a good reminder
• for my fellow font enthusiasts
• wow
• little dents
• get yourself out of a funk
• a to-read list
• just amazing
• a walking meditation