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☀️ Grateful Log for Friday, June 12, 2026

1. TGIF!
2. Taking off of work today, mostly, and road tripping out to PGH
3. Prior to leaving, I’ll have quiet time to most wrap up a personal project I’ve been chipping away at for a while.

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😮‍💨 getting to the end of each day lately leaves me absolutely drained mentally.

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👨🏻‍💻 Morning writing done. More coffee and then into the workday…which is more of 👨🏻‍💻

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☀️ Grateful Log for Thursday, June 11, 2026

1. Watching a few episodes of Maul - Shadow Lord with Mozzie yesterday
2. Nearing a point of “completion”
3. Today is my Friday, tomorrow I travel to Pittsburgh

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Finishing touches then will be throwing this out into the world for people to use. Was a tool I wanted/needed first, now time (soon) for others to come in and kick the tires with me.

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📋 New task logged: The Slot → aaronaiken.me/tools/tasks/

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🌤️ Grateful Log for Wednesday, June 10, 2026

1. Mozzie having time with his grandma (my mom) yesterday. (we are all collectively realizing, hopefully not too late, that he’s no longer a little kid, 13 this August).
2. Coffee and writing this morning
3. Wednesday.

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🛰️ Thinking I may need to catch up on WWDC…seeing mixed signals…

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A sad but honest goal.

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☁️ Grateful Log for Tuesday, June 9, 2026

1. Bike ride with Mozzie yesterday
2. Local coffee shop that I can bike to (need to do this more often)
3. Have had a decent “in bed” time lately, between 10 and 10:30

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☀️ Grateful Log for Monday, June 8, 2026

1. All of Mozzie’s flag football games yesterday
2. The writing projects I have queued up
3. Monday…it should actually be easier than the weekend

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📋 New task logged: Splinched → aaronaiken.me/tools/tasks/

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📋 New task logged: Tidy Stage → aaronaiken.me/tools/tasks/

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📋 New task logged: Tidy Bar → aaronaiken.me/tools/tasks/

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🏈 Mozzie’s Steelers — L 18–26 vs. Eagles (Home) #flagfootball - Championship Game - a tough loss, but they played hard! 3 games in a row.

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🏈 Mozzie’s Steelers — W 19–0 vs. Bengals (Home) #flagfootball - next up is the Super Bowl!

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🏈 Mozzie’s Steelers — W 20–7 vs. Texans (Home) #flagfootball - Playoff Game #1 won! Game #2 starting in a few minutes vs Bengals.

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🌤️ Grateful Log for Friday, June 5, 2026

1. TGIF
2. More sun!
3. Evening outside with Lindsay yesterday, just talking & staying connected.

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☀️ Grateful Log for Thursday, June 4, 2026

1. Sun continues to shine!
2. Writing to solve problems
3. Getting into a flow

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☀️ Grateful Log for Wednesday, June 3, 2026

1. Excellent sleep last night
2. Having a 12 year-old who cuts the grass
3. Temps continue to crawl up, Summer is near!

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📋 New task logged: Made My Day → aaronaiken.me/tools/tasks/

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📋 New task logged: First Thing → aaronaiken.me/tools/tasks/

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☀️ Grateful Log for Tuesday, June 2, 2026

1. Time yesterday to get a batch of cold brew steeping
2. Space for brainstorming and capturing
3. Creative seasons

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☀️ Grateful Log for Monday, June 1, 2026

1. Walking around Memorial Lake with Lindsay
2. The entire weekend with Lindsay 🥰
3. Spending all day outside yesterday

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📋 New task logged: My Scratchpad → aaronaiken.me/tools/tasks/

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🌸 Grateful Log for Saturday, May 30, 2026

1. Writing last night
2. Weekend day trips with Lindsay
3. The shining sun on a Saturday!

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🍿 Last night at the movie theater with Mozzie, we both enjoyed The Mandalorian & Grogu.

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📋 New task logged: The Creed → aaronaiken.me/tools/tasks/

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📋 New task logged: Cadence → aaronaiken.me/tools/tasks/

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📋 New task logged: The Long Way → aaronaiken.me/tools/tasks/

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