1005th Friday Blog Roundup

A bookstore I frequent sent me a free audiobook credit on Libro.fm for being a loyal customer. Free audiobook! Yes, please.

But which one to choose? I think I spent more time narrowing down my list and debating the merits of each option with ChickieNob than I did sleep last week. Should I choose a book I knew and loved that I would like read to me? Should I choose a narrator whose voice I love and listen to a book I don’t know? Do I aim for a wild card and choose a book difficult to get in the US but available as an audiobook?

After much hand-wringing, I opted for Rainbow Rowell’s Carry On. (1) I like the narrator’s voice. (2) I like the story. (3) I’ve checked it out from the library before, and I would like to listen to it again. (4) It was the type of story that would work well to listen to in small bursts because I’m familiar with it enough that I would remember where I was and what had happened before and after.

What would you have gotten if you could have any audio book?

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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.

Middle Girl captures how time passes quickly and good intentions sometimes fly out the window. It’s just the way things go sometimes. Glad she was able to return with a check-in.

Lastly, Infertile Phoenix writes about extreme burnout. She explains, “I have been very tired for a very, very long time” after detailing all of the steps that brought her to this moment. (It’s a lot.) Taking “good care of yourself” is excellent advice. And you’re the only one who can do it.

The roundup to the Roundup: Free audiobook. 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 September 20 – 27) 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.