It was another excellent day for some routines to be reinforced. The SAD light and SPA music combination was quite pleasant. I'm slowly becoming the dog feeder in the am, which is fine, as it allows me to meditate before walking them and getting on with my day. I've started using "strides" again for daily reminders about habits. It's less about logging and reporting and more about keeping the goals in mind. I used to care about tracking these things here but less so over time, as it's nothing I reflect on or reference again. This month my mind is significantly focused on next month and the time and objectives I will be working to pursue. I'm slowly whittling down a broad list of ideals and coming to a couple of core key intentions that feel far more reasonable and achievable. And set a foundation to build on. Writing will be a dominate focus, as will reducing my use and engagement with distractions. I'm already starting to tweak the "Screen Time" settings for this reason. Tommy continues to be more pleasant than has been the routine, and I'm grateful for the relief of the stress for the moment. I'm juggling a couple of books, including "Cinema Speculation" by Quentin Tarantino and "101 Essays That Will Change Your Life", the latter being one I'm listening to chapter by chapter, a few times over, as it warrants concentration and repetition for retention. I'm also starting to strategize what I want to accomplish mentally, writing-wise, in the time I'll have in January. That's another instance of seeing to whittle down to something reasonable and achievable. Jen made a wonderful chicken dinner which we ate with one of her white wines sent from Italy. It was delicious. Both. We played cardzmania with the usual crew. While playing, I was thinking about how grateful I am for searching for and finding this option to maintain contact after Steve and Diana moved away. It's worked very well. We're gathering at least once a month, usually twice, and it's kept us all present and even pulled in Sheila, too. There is the sort of routine I want to create more of as we enter the following chapters of our lives. I worked for another hour or so in the garage, making further progress with the organization and storage needs. I have more to do, but I see improvement, which is inspirational. I talked to Lauren about the Phillips lawsuit, sent her some additional details and information and will continue to help them as they look into what options might exist. That's all something for another post on another site.