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I didn\u2019t quite get to the point I was hoping for with my Christmas labels, but I made substantial progress.<\/strong> I’ll have to finish some final steps after my two-week deadline, but I think I can do most of it in the timeframe I intended.<\/p>\n \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n I booked my flights for Christmas.<\/strong> I had a bit of environmentalist crisis over it. Air travel is bad for the climate, so I was planning to take the train. But I worried I might be stuck in a bad experience for many hours each way, so I looked up Amtrak reviews, and apparently it has indeed gone downhill since I last rode, partly due to cutbacks during COVID<\/a>.<\/p>\n I could drive, which I find taxing and somewhat stressful, but I found out for the distance I\u2019m going, flying actually hurts the climate less<\/a>.<\/p>\n I was gratified to find I wasn’t the only environmentally conscious person uneasy with the trade-offs of train travel<\/a>. Fortunately, Amtrak is getting a big boost from the infrastructure bill<\/a>, so maybe someday it’ll be worth the switch.<\/p>\n \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n I think my routines are regimented enough now that I\u2019m ready to try daily journaling again, which I\u2019m calling my daily wrap-up.<\/strong> I\u2019ve made a database template for the page in Notion. The main sections cover worries, gratitude and inspiration, and a retrospective\u2014observations about how I conducted my day. I only started a couple of days ago, so we’ll see if I can keep it up this time.<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n I attended a piano concert by an acquaintance of mine, Matt Peterson<\/a>, for his very listenable new jazz album, Better Worlds<\/em>.<\/strong> It was a solo performance, but the album features a full band. I bought the CD, which makes great commute music, and the title track quickly got stuck in my head. The album is coming to Spotify in the spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Christmas \ud83d\ude10 I didn\u2019t quite get to the point I was hoping for with my Christmas labels, but I made substantial progress. I’ll have to finish some final steps after my two-week deadline, but I think I can do most … Continue reading Personal development<\/h2>\n
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