Hey absolutely everyone. In light of the Coronavirus pandemic, it pretty much feels silly to update you with what is going on in my daily life. I’ll check out to preserve this light. I hope you are keeping risk-free, wholesome, and sane in these tricky moments.
Sorry I have not penned a recap considering that, oh, December. Grad college has been rigorous — I’m taking 15 credits proper now, so it’s been tricky to emphasis on anything at all but school. The fantastic information? I’m completed in June!
This winter season, I’ve primarily stayed place in Ann Arbor. That getting claimed, I did choose two visits out west — Park City, Utah, to ski, and Calfornia to see mates.

The place I have been:
- Park Town, Utah (7 days)
- Traverse Town, Michigan (3 days)
- San Francisco, CA (6 times)
- LA (3 days)
- Ann Arbor, Michigan (the relaxation of the time)
Highs:

Skiing in Park Metropolis. More than the vacations, my spouse and children and I spent a 7 days skiing in Park Town, Utah. It was pleasant. I felt incredibly fortunate to be able to ski and to take a much-necessary crack from grad school.
Producing a historical fiction novel. After quite a few bogus begins crafting textbooks (by which I mean I commenced and stop creating at least ten), I feel I have observed my style — historical fiction! I’m 80 pages into my novel and it is been so a great deal entertaining to exploration and create. A single issue that helped immensely was The Artist’s Way, a book that potential customers you by way of a 12-action artistic restoration program. I advise it to anyone, unconditionally.
Spending spring crack in California. As I’ve outlined on this weblog several, quite a few periods, San Francisco is my favorite town. So it was fantastic to expend five days there catching up with mates and scoping out opportunity neighborhoods (P.S. I’m quite into Richmond and the Sunset). Nevertheless the town has adjusted a lot in the earlier 10 several years, it’s nonetheless exactly where I see myself right after graduation. (And if you know anyone using the services of for UX structure, I would be so grateful for an intro.)

Lows:

Coronavirus. This pandemic feels so surreal and is hard for so a lot of factors. I’m hoping to do the socially accountable factor by being property and washing my hands commonly. I’m trying to keep constructive and not worry. I’m making use of this prospect to finish my novel, read a ton, and re-study piano. That currently being stated, I’m really concerned about persons in my lifestyle who are at danger, as nicely as the general state of the planet appropriate now.
Michigan winter season. Truthfully, it sucks to live in a place where by it hurts to walk outside the house 6 months out of the year. It is just much too damn chilly listed here. Luckily, spring looks to be proper close to the corner.
Stating goodbye to Cape City. I by no means introduced this, but past thirty day period I got a two-month internship in Cape City, South Africa in May perhaps and June. I was SO enthusiastic about it. But yesterday, I obtained the news that the internship was canceled. It’s a big bummer but pales in comparison to what other individuals are going as a result of — so I’m attempting to not sense sorry for myself.


Blogging Things
Well known posts
Most preferred publish: Why Ditching My Dream Digicam Built Me Adore Images Again – I was stunned this article did so properly. It would seem many individuals felt the identical way about mirrorless cameras!
Other posts printed because November:
Blogging targeted visitors & earnings (February 2020):
My web site traffic took a big strike in November owing to a Google update. Website traffic is now using an even larger hit owing to the coronavirus. Dips in my money like this make me grateful blogging is only a side-gig — I’m really sensation for all bloggers and men and women who do the job in the vacation industry suitable now.
February website traffic: 47,375 site sights
September blogging income – $812.25
- Promoting – $693.36
- Affiliate earnings (Amazon) – $61.78
- Affiliate earnings (not Amazon): $57.11
- E book revenue: $.00
Be aware that this is my blogging cash flow just before deductions or costs.
Favored read
The Neglected Soldier by Man Sajer – This book will not be for everybody, but I definitely relished it. This memoir follows the journey of Man, a 16-yr outdated French boy who is drafted into the German military in WWII. However the reserve has a ton of violence, I really liked Sajer’s introspection on getting to be a soldier and what it is like dwelling in wartime. He is an excellent author, and writes incredibly poetically about quite a few topics: “Peace has introduced me many pleasures, but nothing as effective as that enthusiasm for survival in wartime, that religion in really like, and that sense of absolutes. It normally strikes me with horror that peace is definitely incredibly monotonous. During the awful moments of war a person longs for peace with a enthusiasm that is painful to bear. But in peacetime 1 should in no way, even for an instantaneous, lengthy for war!”
Up upcoming:
Absolutely nothing, I guess? I was supposed to go to my friend’s 30th birthday get together in Baja, Mexico, in April, but it seems to be like that won’t be occurring. Graduation is also canceled.
How is your wintertime heading? How are you dealing with/embracing this outrageous time? Reserve recommendations Incredibly welcome.