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The Nightstand - what I'm reading

I'm the person with at least five books on the nightstand and one on audio in the queue. What I pick up depends entirely on my mood (and what I'm needing) — and it only takes reading a few sentences back to catch the thread, or rewinding a minute to find where the author was headed.


Audio — Barry Lopez, Artic Dreams

Pod Casts — None...I'm listening to a lot of Peaceful Piano on Spotify

Book - Terry Tempest Williams, Glorians

In the Margins - what I'm avoiding

 Selecting a desk for my new office has been hard. I need to see one in person — pull up a chair, sit, imagine myself working there for hours. Online shopping only adds to the frustration.

What I’m really avoiding: committing, when I’m certain there’s a better option still out there.

On My Mind - what I'm wondering

 I get intuitive nudges all the time. Most of the time I follow them, and all sorts of good comes of it — some positive, some neutral, nothing I’d call bad.


Now I’m wondering about the ones I don’t follow. What happens to them? Do they vanish as quickly as they came? Or do they circle back around, humming a slightly different tune?

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