968th Friday Blog Roundup

A few days ago, I missed the 1000th time closing all three rings on my watch in a row. I looked down when the notification came in that I had done this 1001 times and realized I hadn’t seen the notification from the day before. It was such a stupid thing to care about, but I felt like I missed a reason to party and undo all the hard work I’ve done exercising 1000 days in a row.

Like eating a whole cake. That was my grand idea.

In any case, the ChickieNob is a little more than a week behind me, so I’m glomming onto her celebration. We can split a cake.

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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.

The Road Less Travelled reflects on a Christmas past during a Christmas present. When carol singers come to the door, they sing the song she thought about the Christmas after her daughter died. She writes, “I will admit that as I looked at that adorable little girl in her mother’s arms, staring in wide-eyed wonder at the people singing to her, I had tears stinging my eyes. But only briefly.” Sending a hug.

Lastly, Hopelessly Infertile and Surrounded by Fertiles has entered a time in life where she finds herself going to a lot of funerals. I feel exactly the same way: “I’m not ready to say goodbye to anyone. I don’t exactly care to get ready. I prefer planning in the very abstract.I’m not ready for the season of death.” She said it perfectly.

The roundup to the Roundup: 1000 times closing my rings. 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 December 15 – 22) 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.