William's Field Notes
William
My blog consists of notes from a working-class life. No polish, no secrets, just noticingings and other things from a guy named William.
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Trying to determine what it is that prevents a person, and by that I mean me, from having a series of good days back-to-back has been taking up more of my attention than usual as of late. I believe for myself it has a lot to do with patience. There are these things that I would like to see become a reality; some of...
A long time ago, when I was approaching the age of thirty, I can recall lying in bed one night and feeling ‘the age of thirty’ hit me. It was a physiological sensation. I felt it and it was like this layer was placed on top of everything I had learned about the world until that point and solidified it. There were...
Sleep is one of the most important things a person can do for their well-being. It is the easiest to do because it requires nothing of you at all other than to put your mind at ease and fall into dreamland. Matthew Walker’s book “Why We Sleep” goes into some massive detail about this, and I read that book years ago....
This has not been an easy-ride by a couple thousand miles, but there does seem to be light at the end of the tunnel. Grandma is improving. My Sister, Uncle, Christina and I have broken up the week so the entire shit doesn't land on my Mother's shoulders cos she was starting to show real signs of Hard Stress. There...
When Christina found Pixel at the Humane Society, and we adopted our second cat, that was yet another entry on our constantly growing "List of first-times" because while I have had cats in the past, I've never been in a situation where I had two of the same animal. I have always heard people say that you should have...
I do not like to use the word blogging. It has never felt like what I was up to. Growing up, when I read other people’s blogs and got that sense of connection, I really felt like these people embodied something that I simply lacked, and it’s for that reason I was drawn to that post or person. But as I get older, and...
"One of my rituals at the end the year is asking myself these forty questions." — Steph Ango I don't be trying to get all fancy with these. This does not evolve into an essay. But now that I have a small stack of them, I am delighted that I have kept up with them. What did you do this year that you’d never done...
Christina found us another addition to our family. Introducing Pixel! 🎧 Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Faded In The Morning (Acoustic Version) via Folk Fordward on SomaFM ✉️ Reply by Email
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