970th Friday Blog Roundup

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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:

• “Sadness Comes and Goes” (Infertile Phoenix)

Okay, now my choices this week.

Infertile Phoenix unpacks Christmas. It was a hard holiday this year, and she explains: “Anyway, I digress. Which is how my childless-related sadness seems to go these days too. When I feel it, I feel it… And then I eventually get distracted by other thoughts or feelings. The sadness no longer stays all day (or week or month or year).” As she points out, the holiday may be over for this year, but next year is another chance to feel it differently.

Lastly, A Separate Life has yearly hopes instead of yearly resolutions; a much more do-able alternative to big promises. She writes, “I prefer resolutions that fit into my life, that come when they are needed. I’m hoping this year will be more productive than recent years, but I’m not setting any ridiculous aims.” The hopes run from the concrete and measurable to the abstract. I like the idea of setting intentions vs. making resolutions.

The roundup to the Roundup: Plant-less to plant-full. 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 29 – January 5) 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.