906th Friday Blog Roundup

Two and a half years into the pandemic, I realized something. Socializing outside is tiring. I mean, socializing when you’re out of practice is exhausting in and of itself. But add in the heat of summer or shivering through the cold in winter, and hanging out with people outside may be safer but it’s also draining.

We had two weekends of back-to-back outdoor socializing with people, which was fantastic, but now I’m ready to not go outside for 48 hours. Just books. My guinea pig. Tea. And zero minutes with fresh air.

Small goals.

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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:

• “Winning in a Childless Life” (No Kidding in NZ)

Okay, now my choices this week.

Finding a Different Path has a post about card shopping for a wedding gift. I’m sure you can imagine what themes card makers went with to celebrate the marriage, and she muses on how offensive new baby cards would be if they followed the same trajectory. She makes a vital statement: “There’s got to be ways to congratulate people without making one life out to be better than another.” Which gets to the heart of a whole host of issues.

It’s Inconceivable has given an update on her breast cancer treatment and shared about the loss of her dog. It’s a heartbreaking story, and she could use your support. She asks: “How many more times am I going to deliver news to this beautiful man that will make him cry?” She is going through such a hard time right now, and her honest words will make you think about how we take care of the people around us.

Lastly, Res Cogitatae writes about pandemic traveling. She has admittedly converted me to the idea of getting a CO2 monitor. (Read her post to see how she uses it.) Though I agree with her: “Public health shouldn’t depend on privilege.” And right now, it does.

The roundup to the Roundup: Tea and book time. 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 August 12 – 19) 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.