818th Friday Blog Roundup

Things in the what I don’t know category—what will happen with all of the tension in the US, what will happen with finalizing the election results, what will happen with COVID-19—feels much larger than the things in the what I know category, which pretty much consists of dinner tonight. And even that is not a given. I have good intentions to make ravioli. Who knows if I’ll be able to pull off boiling the water.

I’ve been declaring every weekend self-care Saturday and Sunday. I’ll be on the sofa this weekend with my pig, reading novels and trying to recharge.

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Stop procrastinating. Go make your backups. Don’t have regrets.

Seriously. Stop what you’re doing for a moment. It will take you fifteen minutes, tops. But you will have peace of mind for days and days. It’s the gift to yourself that keeps on giving.

As always, add any new thoughts to the Friday Backup post and peruse new comments in order to find out about methods, plug-ins, and devices that help you quickly back up your data and accounts.

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And now the blogs…

But first, second helpings of the posts that appeared in the open comment thread last week. In order to read the description before clicking over, please return to the open thread:

• “Love Bats” (My Path to Mommyhood)

Okay, now my choices this week.

Anabegins sums up the heart of this election: It shouldn’t be close. And in some ways, it’s not. At least, if we’re to believe that things will change by the time the final votes are counted. It’s not just about voting out bad leadership. It’s also about all those supporters that still exist after the leader has been removed.

My Path to Mommyhood has a post about a term that keeps popping up again and again this week: manifesting. Once described, I immediately recognized it from The Secret and vision boards. Why has it made a comeback? I have no clue. Perhaps it never went away. Regardless, she is in a lot of pain right now and could use some good thoughts: “The body is real talented at letting you know when you’ve overextended yourself.”

Lastly, The Skinny Black Girl has a post that is… perfect. You’ll just have to trust me on this. (This line is like the perfect on the perfect: “My life fits in the palm of my hand and I like it that way. Because it’s never too much.”) Click over already.

The roundup to the Roundup: Living with the great unknown. Your weekly backup nudge. And lots of great posts to read. So what did you find this week? Please use a permalink to the blog post (written between October 30 – November 6) and not the blog’s main url. Not understanding why I’m asking you what you found this week? Read the original open thread post here.