1000th Friday Blog Roundup

This is the 1000th (okay, 900th) time that I’ve written the Friday Blog Roundup, a weekly series that started back in 2006. It has always been a way to capture posts that stuck with me after I clicked away to read the next thing. Posts I wanted other people to read so we could talk about them. Posts I didn’t want to forget.

Can I just say that all of those posts have been my favourites?

Thank you for reading this series week after week, year after year. I am so grateful to everyone who commented, celebrated, and clicked over to read the posts over the last 18 years.

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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 marked her own milestone recently. It would have been Katie’s 26th birthday; her daughter was born still 26 weeks into pregnancy. She had a lovely day remembering her daughter, visiting the cemetery, and doing things with her husband to find comfort and mark the moment. Sending a lot of love for a hard day that ended with a butterfly messenger.

Lastly, Slaying, Blogging, Whatever received a beautiful email that made my throat close up from emotion. I’m not going to say anymore because it is brief and the impact is feeling all of the love behind the words. Yes, this post is outside the time frame, but I was late reading it.

The roundup to the Roundup: 1000th Friday Blog Roundups — celebrating a milestone. 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 9 – 16) 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.