1089th Friday Blog Roundup

Back in the day, I had a massive Candy Crush addiction, which was my gateway into other match-3 games. I got up to a disturbingly high level in Farm Heroes. It’s a little embarrassing. And then, like a fever, the hold that match-3 games had on me broke, and I was left shivering and wondering where all of my time went.

For whatever reason, many many many years later, I decided to Candy Crush Soda and start at the beginning. After downloading, I tore through the first 31 levels and finally made myself stop and read a book. It’s terrible. I’m glad they limit me to five lives.

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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 to find out about methods, plug-ins, and devices that help you quickly back up your data and accounts.

And now the blogs…

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

• “The Priceless Gift of Being Part of Someone’s World” (The Next 15000 Days)

Okay, now my choices this week.

Apron Strings for Emily is back with a story about a new dog (and a seal) after losing her sweet Kirby. She explains about that earlier loss: “Kirby found us at the time when Hubby & I were finally able to fully accept that human children were not in our future. I’ve said it before, but Kirby was the son I never had.” It is a very sweet post. Welcome, Kona.

Lastly, Infertile Phoenix points out that how you present information plays a big role in how people receive it. She tells a great story of a time when someone acknowledged her as the listener before sending a photo.

The roundup to the Roundup: Why did I restart Candy Crush? 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 May 29 – June 26) 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.