867th Friday Blog Roundup

Josh and I went on a book date because I had a panicked reaction to all of the book shortage reports. (I am the media’s target audience.) Yes, I know that I often read e-books and those copies will still be available. Yes, I know I can check the books out of the library, or borrow them from a friend. Yes, I know that the book shortage may not impact the books that I want to read or buy. I know all of these things. I panicked anyway.

“How will I know what sort of reading mood I’ll be in come January? I barely know what reading mood I’m going to be in next week,” I wailed.

So we went to the bookstore and bought books. Because there is a chance that I will read through the several hundred books on my TBR, and I want to be prepared.

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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:

• “Views” (A Blank New Page)

Okay, now my choices this week.

Family Building With a Twist writes about being dragged down by entropy. She writes: “And I know: I’ve been through a lot in the last year and should cut myself some slack or give myself some grace. But at some point, you have to stop making excuses and step up (woman up?).” And I LOVE the end of the post—one flower at a time, indeed.

Infertile Phoenix writes about when the world feels like too much and not enough. My favourite part is when she eats some cookies because we all need small, good things. She explains: “There’s still a pandemic, inflation, a shipping crisis, and climate change, but I also enjoyed my cookies. I don’t know how I endured infertility. I couldn’t enjoy the little things back then. I don’t know how I got through those years.” That is how you make it through hard things—moment by moment.

Lastly, Scientist on the Roof sums up the mood of the moment. I think a lot of us are feeling this type of frustration. Especially the swing from “everything is okay” to “everything is not okay,” and how it seems to happen so quickly lately. She writes, “I find the disconnect between anticipation and reality so jarring, it is sometimes (always?) better to just not to put much time into looking forward to things.” It’s so hard not to anticipate, but it is also the root of so much frustration.

The roundup to the Roundup: I now have all the books. 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 15 – October 22) 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.