bad day
Yesterday I started writing the would-be-nice-if-I-do-it-weekly blog post over at Back of the Napkin, my work/handcrafts/back of the napkin focused blog. In doing so I stumbled upon/remembered the website I put together back in 2020...
☕️ A dose of life shared by yours truly, Aaron Aiken. As if we are sitting down and having a coffee together. Written and shared with the hope that something from my life may offer assistance in yours.
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nostalgic for the office
Part of my day-to-day is continuing to do some I.T. Consulting. I resigned last October so that I could focus on my leather business but have stayed on for a few hours each week to...
splinched
Haven’t felt like this in a while. And a bit of an apology in advance as this is more of a sad how-I’m-feeling-in-the-moment post, more negative in nature, and so too was part of the...
peace and quiet
Regarding the no-stress mindset that I've successfully maintained now for the past few weeks...I don't know, but man it is wonderful. I just don't care. That's an incomplete thought. Of course I...
interactions
I need to write about my move from the apartment and into my townhouse. I’ll do that soon, I hope. That part of my life, the time that I just concluded back in May, feels...
today is my last day living and working where I have lived and worked for the past three years
I’m eager to put my apartment behind me, eager to move into a space where I will be more comfortable, as I have mentioned plenty of times recently, but I also want to be careful...
a place for everything
I’m on the home stretch of moving out of the apartment. And I realize I have probably been writing about it too much lately. It has become a self-made prison and I am beyond excited...
Taking things apart
I never use glue when making something. Especially in my woodworking projects, and most of the time in my leather projects. I always have the future in mind: what if this bag comes back for...
Raining Dumpsters
There are two things I did not consider back in May of 2021 when I toured the apartment building I’ve lived in for the past 3 years, two things that I should have thought through...
Been a while: some catching up on life, The Strathmere, and so on
Good evening...pour a glass or make some tea, or have some coffee while we catch up. LifeI haven’t journaled in a while. I haven’t published here in a while. I haven’t had a minute to...
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I’m not sure what to write - this is so personal
I’m with my family. My parents and my brother with his family. Mozzie is with me. We are currently in Strathmere, New Jersey. The beach house we are staying in is a connection through a...
popcorn
Driving home tonight I was hit with the desire for popcorn, and so I made some. Watching, actually _watching_, The Newsroom. Some quick thoughts: • I mentioned yesterday, last night, that I like self-imposed deadlines...
I’m looking forward to empty space
Another one of those nights where I’m tired but not tired enough to go to sleep. Well, that’s probably not true. I could absolutely go to sleep but I don’t want to. I have felt...
sunday list
Sunday napsThe past few Sunday’s I have had to take a nap just to push through the rest of the day. Usually around 2 or 3 in the afternoon and just for 30 minutes. I...
Playing checkers
Tuesday night we all went out for dinner to Cracker Barrel. Mozzie was in the mood for their pancakes, and Lindsay and I can always go for something there, so Cracker Barrel it was. After...