961st Friday Blog Roundup

I downloaded my media library, something I’d never done before. Technically, all the files exist somewhere, but this was a way to have everything neatly in one place. I found a bunch of old sound files of the twins at four, singing preschool songs (and at one point, singing a song about the flag and adding in, “I’m a baby goat!”) and performing their “podcast.” I wish we had made more of these random recordings. But I love having this one on my phone now. Sometimes, annoying tasks (e.g., figuring out how to download the library) lead to amazing finds.

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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:

• None… sniff.

Okay, now my choices this week.

It has been a long time since Mim’s last update on In Search of Motherhood, and this new one is not a happy one. She writes about her divorce, and she points out, “But once again, major aspects of my life are not mine to control – even fight to change. I couldn’t do anything to make a successful transfer happen and I couldn’t stop a virus. And I can’t stop this.” Sending a lot of strength and deep breaths. (P.S. It wouldn’t allow me to comment, so hopefully, you will see this here.)

The Road Less Travelled marks her 16th blogoversary. Beyond that being a remarkably long time, the other interesting thing is thinking about that first post—that decision to start a blog and begin writing. Congratulations!

The roundup to the Roundup: “I’m a baby goat!” 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 October 27 – November 3) 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.