The year has made staying positive increasingly difficult. Hang in there, my friends.
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This quick primer can give you the broad strokes on what to expect from Observing Leslie—but only reading the site on a regular basis will fill in the color.
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In which I go on a highly picky journey to find an e-reader and assess the Kindle, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo options.
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Coronavirus April managed to make up for March’s benevolence by throwing many activities related to goal achievement into the penalty zone.
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Eight weeks ago, I started the coronavirus diaries to document the happenings, thoughts, and impressions I had during the pandemic. This marks the final consecutive-week entry.
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This is the seventh and possibly penultimate entry in a diary I’ve posted weekly to document the happenings, thoughts, and impressions I’ve had during the coronavirus pandemic.
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When all this started, I’d predicted we’d be mostly back to normal by now. Others predicted it’d take a couple of weeks longer. All of us were mistaken.
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I almost called this entry “The Light at the End of the Tunnel,” but that just seems to ask for trouble.
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Given the utterly unique and bizarre nature of March 2020, my monthly goals-review session surprised me.
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This entry wraps the first month in a diary I’ve posted weekly to document happenings, thoughts, and impressions during the coronavirus crisis.
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Need book recommendations? Here’s a list of books I chewed through in the first quarter of 2020. Favorites bolded!
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This is the third entry in a diary I’ve posted weekly to document happenings, thoughts, and impressions during the coronavirus crisis.
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This is my second week of a diary to document happenings, thoughts, and impressions of the coronavirus, or COVID-19 crisis, in real time. Everything has happened so fast.
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I’ve written these notes truly diary-style, in the mix of the coronavirus drama, jotting down notes, observations, quick thoughts, and vivid moments as things happen, moment-by-moment.
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The “F” in February 2020 stood for family, friends, FrogDog, and French. (Pretty clever, no?)
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When only one month of twelve has passed, I can easily feel “on track.” I just set the goals, after all, and beginnings bring fresh motivation.
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Reviewing December becomes a review of the year in full and a self-assessment of progress against global goals for not just the year, but for the long term.
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I can’t predict how the 2020s will change me any more than I could have predicted the events and the evolutions of the twentyteens.
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