848th Friday Blog Roundup

I am totally pro-Lilibet as a name. Have always found it sweet on Queen Elizabeth II, and I love that it has found a new home. At the same time, I would truly hate it if anyone honoured me by naming their child after any of my nicknames. I’m not sure why. Maybe because personal nicknames (as opposed to common nicknames, such as Bill for William) are often affectionate and tied intimately to a moment in time and story. It’s too close to wearing someone else’s clothes… for life.

So both love it and find it sweet and would never want someone to honour me in this manner.

So… um… hands-off my nicknames. Like Smelly Melly. That one is all mine.

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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:

• None… sniff.

Okay, now my choices this week.

No Kidding in NZ has a beautiful post about how we leave a mark on the world through our relationships. She writes, “It seems weird to say this, but I know my cousins will mourn me, as I will mourn them. Even if what they’re really mourning is the end of those happy days of our shared childhood. That will be enough for me, I think.” I don’t think that’s weird at all. I think it’s lovely.

Perhaps death was on a lot of people’s minds this week because Scientist on the Roof also wrote about what it means to be alive. She asks: “The real question is – am I going to live life as much as I can, do things, be ALIVE? Or am I going to be, like Backman puts it, in the death’s waiting room, always waiting, always fearful?” It’s a wonderful reminder to get out of the waiting room and acknowledge how lucky we are to exist.

Lastly, Finding a Different Path is defining “okay.” She is not in a good place, and she explains: “It reminds me of the days in the throes of infertility and adoption, where I wanted to look okay from the outside but my insides didn’t match at all. Which was exhausting, and lonely.” Wishing true okayness in the future.

The roundup to the Roundup: Lilibet. 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 June 4 – June 11) 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.