We call it the mind-swirl. The phenomenon of waking up at 3:30, or 4:45, or worst of all, 5 AM and thinking about all the things that need to be done in the coming days, weeks, months, years.
- File that annual report and be sure to have the budget details nailed down, and justified.
- Finish writing that book chapter
- Re-write the entire lab-manual
- Build a raised bed for vegetables
- Pack for vacation
- Make sure to enjoy your vacation
- You're too heavy, do some serious cardio
- Scroll on social media and see an article that says you can not just decide to be a different person
- Contemplate if you should subscribe to the Atlantic
- Find print copies of the New Yorker you have not read for months
- Decide you should not subscribe to the Atlantic
- Make sure to channel the loving spirit of your parents
- Mourn the loss of the last few year's worth of joy due to the Pandemic
- Realize the overwhelming joy you have experienced over the last few years despite the pandemic.
- Be more charitable after reading an article about a meal shared between Jose Andres and Ron Howard in one of those neglected New Yorker magazines.
- Log on to your computer to start working on that annual report.
- Write a silly blog post on Tom Paine's Ghost instead
- Are you sick?
- Is it DayCare funk?
- Yes.
OK, I'd better go figure out how to use Microsoft Teams and R.
Bye-bye.
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