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962nd Friday Blog Roundup

Last weekend, we drove to Canada for my best friend’s child’s Bat Mitzvah. It would have been over six hours to fly, and under eight hours to drive, so we opted to drive to give ourselves more flexibility. I had to keep remembering that as the hours dragged on the way to the border.

But then we were there and having a great time. It was so good to have this simcha amid all the terribleness in the world. There was also a Viking convention happening at our hotel, which added to the awesomeness of the whole experience.

We drove home eating a bag of All Dressed chips (bad idea) and candy (really bad idea), and we spent Monday with a nutrition hangover. The weekend was a small, good thing.

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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.

A Separate Life hopped on the idea of recording what she knows. You live life. You pick up understanding along the way. It’s kind of a brilliant way of capturing a point-of-view, and reading it is like temporarily inhabiting another person’s mind. Can’t wait for the series to unfold.

Lastly, Slaying, Blogging, Whatever… captures the catch-22 of blogging. When life is difficult and you could benefit from writing out your feelings, you also have very little time to sit down and unpack your feelings because people need you offline. Sending a hug for a hard time.

The roundup to the Roundup: Happy occasions. 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 November 3 – November 10) 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.

3 comments

1 Phoenix { 11.10.23 at 9:25 pm }

This blog invites childless not-by-choice people to answer the same 7 questions, and I enjoy reading what other people like me have to share. This week’s post was especially relatable. I can relate so much to the author’s answer to “What would you tell your younger self?” https://www.the20percenters.com/blog/aimee

2 Mali { 11.11.23 at 5:01 pm }

I’m so glad you had a weekend full of joy! Eight hours is the outside length of a drive I’m prepared to do in a day. But it is doable. Well done!

And thanks for reading my post! I wonder sometimes if I’m putting it all out into a void. I think it’s going to be a fun exercise, so thanks for alerting me to the idea!

I liked Infertile Phoenix’s post about reconnecting with friends. That after the grief of infertility, loss, change etc, we can reconnect. https://infertilephoenix.blogspot.com/2023/11/reconnectionsseeing-old-friends.html

3 a { 11.16.23 at 3:41 pm }

That sounds like a nice respite from the world, even if it was only for a short time. And yeah, when it takes 6 hours to get there by plane, you might as well drive (unless there’s a nice scenic train ride available).

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