886th Friday Blog Roundup

Even though every single book says it is the most anticipated book in 2022 (seriously, there are zero books on GoodReads that are not listed as the “most anticipated book”), ChickieNob and I really are anticipating Hannah Gadsby’s book, which is out at the end of the month. She reads the audio book version, and you can hear the first five minutes or so on iBooks right now. We laughed so hard that we had to restart it and listen again.

This is what we need right now.

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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.

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And now the blogs…

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:

• ““Do You Have Children?” – How This Question Affects Me” (No Kidding in NZ)
• “Ukraine” (The Next 15000 Days)

Okay, now my choices this week.

The Next 15000 Days shares an article from 1950 that sums up how she’s feeling right now. She writes, “He taught his children that we should consider the world’s children our own. That’s how I feel about the children of Ukraine.” I think a lot of people feel this way, too.

Hopelessly Infertile Surrounded by Fertiles explains what kindness looks like. It’s not just what you do when it’s easy. It’s what you do when it’s really really hard. She explains: “The Rabbi who is running the class said, ‘Can you imagine that level of kindness, to pray for someone to get what you yourself have not been blessed with?’ talking about Sarah and how her overriding characteristic, in general, is kindness.” There is also a deep kindness in ensuring all people are seen and heard.

Lastly, Countingpinklines is back in another cycle. I love her mentality of literally taking it one day at a time. She writes: “That’s how I’m trying to approach the FET as well. Today is ‘take Lupron and remember how to give myself injections’ day.” It’s getting through one thing and one thing only rather than feeling the weight of everything all at once.

The roundup to the Roundup: Hannah Gadsby’s book! 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 March 4 – 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.