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⚓️ Watching Hunt for Red October with Mozzie. I enjoy watching these classics with him. Taking a break today, back to it tomorrow for the final week of Mindsteward.

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☕️ First show a success. Food and coffee. Call time in 40, final show at 7. Too much fun.

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My view for a bit.

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🎭 Full theater day today. Helped first to unload set material. Doing some website work now for next year’s registration. Then will be in the booth later during rehearsals to operate some of the sound. Mozzie is backstage all day.

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🌦️ Grateful Log for Saturday, June 27, 2026

1. Theater
2. Being involved in things
3. Making stuff that solves problems

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🌖 Grateful Log for Thursday, June 25, 2026

1. Mindsteward Abacus app is deployed, full day of testing tomorrow
2. Bourbon (Woodford) and some light work & tinkering to close the day
3. Made another batch of cold brew this evening (steeping now overnight)

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

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☀️ Grateful Log for Wednesday, June 24, 2026

1. Wine with dinner
2. A fantastic third day of mind steward kids theater camp
3. Tools that make work efficient and as a result enable more time for living

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☁️ Grateful Log for Tuesday, June 23, 2026

1. Sleep
2. Coffee
3. That each bookend my every day in such a predictable way

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🌫️ Grateful Log for Monday, June 22, 2026

1. Fantastic first day of Mind Steward Kid’s Theater
2. Flexible life/work
3. Using my skills/gifts to help others

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on being a dad

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🌤️ Grateful Log for Sunday, June 21, 2026

1. A couple hours to relax this afternoon
2. Family laughter
3. Comfortable shorts

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First time making anything with leather since October 2024. Felt really good and my hands didn’t skip a beat. Simple things for my dad.

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🌒 Grateful Log for Saturday, June 20, 2026

1. Made two small leather Father’s Day gifts for my dad
2. Shifting into a solid writing flow
3. A very family focused weekend

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☕️ 8pm coffee. Necessary.

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I’m terrible lately at sharing what I work on, something in an of itself to work on. I have a few things “finished” to share. The first is a small book I wrote (PDF) about the debt I took on as my marriage fell apart. More words about it here.

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

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✅ Fix the freezer - well, replace the entire thing. I tried to do what I could, repair guy said replace it, and so that’s what we did.

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🌤️ Grateful Log for Friday, June 19, 2026

1. A day to think and write
2. Sun is shining!
3. Faith and hope

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☕️ But first, coffee.

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May take the day and focus on a solid bit of writing.

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💡 I’ve been in a season of making for a while now, feels like maybe around a year but unsure…coming out of it now with a handful of exciting things to share and write about.

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And now for the most important read and feedback: Lindsay. Printed and put into a binder for her.

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☕️ Time for the usual almost-3pm cup of coffee.

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On the homestretch

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☀️ Grateful Log for Tuesday, June 16, 2026

1. Full sun today
2. Feeling a slight sense of focus
3. “Coffee cuddles” each morning with Lindsay before the day takes over

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🍃 Trying to keep things calm.

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📼 Hunt for Red October on while chipping away through today’s list.

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☀️ Grateful Log for Monday, June 15, 2026

1. Back home from Pittsburgh (great time, but there’s no place like home)
2. Fantastic night of sleep
3. Coffee first thing, my usual french press…oh how I missed this!

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🧳 patiently waiting.

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