Perseverance is key

Some time ago (I don’t remember how long), I decided to post less to my personal Facebook—just because, no particular reason, really. However, that meant Facebook friends didn’t know what I’ve been doing unless they read this blog—and probably not even then, since there are many things I haven’t talked about here, either. So, yesterday I shared a bit of what I haven’t shared there over the past week alone. I thought I’d share it here, too, with relevant links:

• I mowed my lawns on Saturday and discovered the second battery is dead (it may have a fault in its electronics). The battery came with my mower, so it’s more than three years old—and the warranty was for three years, of course. Might be covered under the Consumer Guarantees Act, though I doubt it, and I’d have to find the receipt for something I bought two months after I moved into this house (not likely after everything I’ve done to it since then and everything else that’s happened). There’s apparently one thing I can try to see if it’s really dead or just sleeping (seriously). Rather than buy an expensive new battery, I’ll probably mow my lawns over two days in wet weather (and BTW, our next summer ought to be a dry one —🤞)

• Yesterday [Tuesday], I took Leo for his annual jabs. He was SUCH a good boy—probably the best-behaved of any of our furbabies, actually. Mind you, the vet freely bribed him with treats, so that probably helped. She also told me he was 400 grams heavier than last year (LOL—she said that after lots of treats, and then gave him more). He also needs his teeth cleaned to avoid gum problems/heart disease. So, basically, he takes after me (though I carry a wee bit more than 400 grams more than last year…). There were two appointments available this week, at 9am and 9:15am yesterday. I took the latter in the hope most of the morning traffic would’ve cleared, and I was right: It was okay, but the fog was thick as sea poop. This morning at the same time the fog was even worse, but Leo and I didn’t have to go anywhere.

• The entire country is again about to be hit by yet another storm system bringing heavy rain and strong winds. It’ll start hitting Northland tomorrow (Thursday) evening, then attack (some? most? all?) the North Island on Friday, and continue south, possibly bringing snow to the South Island. I was just saying how tiresome the hour or so of sunshine we get in a day is becoming, and several days of heavy rain and strong wind is just the thing we need! (Sarcasm is just one of the services I provide).

There are some good things I’m working on, too (and no, not just chicken soup), but that’s for another time. Although, as OMC sang, “Wanna know the rest? Hey, buy the rights! How bizarre.” [WATCH/LISTEN]. 😉

What struck me about that was how easy it was: Short and to the point, unlike many blog posts that I may (or may not…) publish. Part of the reason I don’t post more often is actually that I either don’t have the time to write the sort of posts I want to, or I can’t focus long enough. Either way, there have been a lot of posts that never quite get over the line—or begun at all.

I’m going to try something. Since I often begin posts using my iPad, maybe I’ll do similar short updates, and post that as a blog post, like once a week. Those won’t refer back to posts I’ve already published like in the text above (I’m sharing that as an example of what I’m talking about). This seems like a way to talk about something I want to talk about, but in a brief format that I can actually get finished. Group three of them together, and I’ll have a real blog post. That’s the idea, anyway.

If this works for me, I’ll assign the posts a tag/label, but right now I don’t even know if I’ll do any. And if it doesn’t work, well, I guess this one shows how I almost always use humour on Facebook, even if I don’t have the energy to do the same thing on blog posts.

Mainly, though, I’m just glad to be writing anything. These days, that’s often a struggle. Perseverance is key.