Personal Digest Saturday: August 30 – September 5

Life news this week:

• Saturday I had trouble getting motivated to do anything. I did get a short story submitted and wrote the storyboard for So You Write and I made a video but didn't process it. Also made a Polo for Ben and struggled to get enough walking to make my step goal, but I did get there eventually. But other than that I just kinda got distracted and did nothing.
  
  
• Sunday was more of a get-everything-done day. I processed my video, spent too long getting photos for an update, and prepared the subtitles for the video. Then I drew my comic while listening to a reaction. Played DDR for a really long time and tired myself out. Started laundry. Worked on the blog a day late. Worked on my novel. Chatted with silly people. Read through Episode 7 of Sleepy Hollow but my character didn't have any lines so no recording to do.
  
  
• Monday was a holiday so no work! I processed my goals update for my blog posts and recorded my lines for the Cassius play. (Well, it was one line technically. And I jumped on a background voice to help out with a scene, which I've never done before.) Jeaux talked me into coming over and going to Yard House with him, and he bought my meal 'cause he's nice. Then I played games, walked while Poloing, and edited my book.
  
  
• Tuesday at work was pretty busy. I sent invitations to team members and processed input. Listened to Polos from Meg. Had to set up a replacement for an item I received in the mail which was broken. Worked on my book. Played DDR.
  
  
• Wednesday I did more teaming organization and processed some forms. Sent a Polo to Steve. Jeaux was early picking me up for our hangout. We ate at Applebee's (they have an Impossible Burger!) and shopped at Target, did our grocery shopping, and showed each other silly things on the internet like usual.
  
  
• Thursday I did some data entry and maintenance on updating contributions from team members. Sent a Polo to Meg. Played DDR and one of the buttons was messing up. Wrote my comic storyboard, went to game night with friends (everyone was there!), submitted a query to an agent I've been waiting to query, and talked to Jeaux on the phone. Submitted some voice-over auditions.
  
  
• Friday I found out one of the voice-over auditions got me shortlisted. Yay. Went to work and did reports and went to a meeting. Sent a Polo to Meg, drew my comic while enjoying reactions and news, and ate a potato. Recorded a karaoke song. Submitted a short story to a magazine.

Health Plan Update:

• Weight stuff: I have no data this week. :)
  
  
• Nutrition stuff: The balance is pretty good between carbs, fats, and protein this week, most days, but I had a few days that were significantly low on protein and I need to watch that. (They actually tend to be days when I got a decent amount of protein but I went to a restaurant or something and had something with an unusually high amount of fat, like french fries, and that throws off the balance.) But I've got a bunch of very high-calorie days and I'm not sure how I feel about that. I exceeded the recommended amount every single day. I am not a calorie-counter but because I use an app to track balance, I did notice this. I'm not a fan of that trajectory. I'll see if I can do better next week. I am still regularly taking vitamins.
  
  
• Activity stuff: I'm continuing to play my dance game every other day. I made my 10,000-step walking goal every day this week. My low day was Saturday at 10,040 steps, and my high day was Monday at 15,653 steps.

Books Read: 

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week.
  
  
• Currently Reading: Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige. I'm on page 166.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song is "Shout" by Tears for Fears. 

Stuff drawn:

 

My weekly fantasy webcomic, So You Write: #171: just send it.

 

My weekly fantasy webcomic, Negative One: #1060: adele #261: before the window closes.

Videos Made: 

None.

New photos:

None.

Social media counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,459 for swankivy (1 new), 684 for JulieSondra (no change), 16 for v & V Vids (no change), 216 for Not-So-Giant Women (no change), 66 for Tides of Time Band (no change). Twitter followers: 768 for swankivy (no change), 3,467 for JulieSondra (lost 3). Facebook: 291 friends for swankivy (no change), 627 likes for JulieSondra (no change), 81 followers for Negative One (no change), 249 followers for So You Write (no change), 100 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,414 (no change). Instagram followers: 284 (lost 1). Threads followers: 80 (no change). Bluesky Social. Bluesky followers: 391 (2 new).