January Goals Update

The first month of 2026 is complete, and it was eventful! So here is how January worked out for me with my new 2026 goals.

1. Health Goals: Four glasses of water per day; three servings of fruits and veggies; taking vitamins; walking 10,000 steps a day plus an aerobic activity every other day; visiting health professionals on an appropriate schedule.

2. Personal Project Goals: Complete editing on In Bloom, share with test audience, collect and incorporate feedback, develop pitch materials, start querying it; start another book; write two more short stories; submit queries and short stories; finish the photo project and start the SU site, autobio site, and essays/rants site; practice music; post regular webcomics; post ace videos; submit voice-over auditions and complete assigned voice-over work.

3. Reading Goals: Read at least every other day.

4. Relationship and Communication Goals: Document more consistently; keep up with e-mail and online messages; keep social life active.

5. Other Goals: Get rid of garage items; clean the house; watch TV shows; plant herbs; wear pajamas/have a night routine; use a new coffee cup every day; do something cool with my hair.

Progress Update:

HEALTH GOALS:

Summary: Water goal was perfect. Fruits and veggies were perfect. Vitamins were perfect. Walking and exercise goals were perfect. I've had a lot of doctor's visits this month including physical therapy, but yearly physical is next week, and still on the agenda will be the recommended screenings (dermatology, mammogram, dental cleaning). The only thing I haven't done well on with health is that my protein goals weren't met the majority of the time, so I'll work on it in February.

Here is my Health calendar of progress:

(Click these calendars and they will expand so you can actually read them!)

PERSONAL PROJECT GOALS:

Summary:

EDITING: The book is in its fourth edit and almost done. I have succeeded in getting it below 130,000 words. Next stop: test audience. (Comment if you want to be on it.)

WRITING: I've done some brainstorming about one of the short stories I've had on the back burner for a long time.

SUBMISSIONS: I've kept up submissions of queries and short stories. One statement of interest outstanding but I haven't closed the deal yet; we'll see what happens.

Writing Progress:

PHOTO PROJECT: Completed through the year 2000. Going backwards from there will be more difficult because I no longer have daily journals before that point. I will dive into more sporadic records like planners and diaries, and will take guesses if I have to. We're getting close here.

VOICE ACTING: I got cast in one new show in January from an audition, and was asked to be on another project with someone I was already working with. The announcements section of my VO site has the latest. I have one pending shortlisted show as well. I wrapped up recording for one show and did initial recording for another one.

REGULAR CONTENT: I have posted my Negative One webcomic every Friday; my So You Write webcomic on the last day of the month; and a new asexuality video for the month.

MUSIC: My band is working on new music and practicing to get a good couple of sets under our belt. We have not had our first gig yet, but we have finally succeeded in naming the band.

Here's the Projects Calendar:

READING GOALS:

Summary: This goal has worked out nicely--I aim to read on the days I don't have exercise scheduled, and managed to do so every day. That said, sometimes I haven't been reading very much in a day, though that might have to do with not liking the book I was reading, so it took me a while to get through it. I completed one book and started another.

Progress:

RELATIONSHIP AND COMMUNICATION GOALS:

Summary: I've been doing Jeaux Day, Game Night, band practice, and hanging out with Kari here and there, and have increased the posts about everyday stuff just slightly (but still not really where I want to be). I do have some outstanding messages to respond to (one e-mail, a few social media items).

Progress:

OTHER GOALS:

Summary: I haven't yet gotten a plan together to get rid of the garage items. If I'm honest, my house's organization and cleanliness has suffered lately. I have not caught up with the intended TV shows. It is not the season yet to plant the herbs I have planned. I have mostly been doing really well with the night routine--changing into pajamas and doing a reasonable skin-care and hair-care regimen that's new (but I have messed it up a few times by falling asleep early in my clothes). I have indeed enjoyed using a new coffee cup every day. And I did do something cool with my hair; shortest haircut of my life with pink streaks, but the pink wasn't done very well and was VERY short-lived, so I am going to try again when it's time for a trim in a couple months.

Personal Digest Saturday - January 24 – January 30

Life news this week:

• Saturday I had to get up early to go to band practice. Dad took me to Sarasota and we ran through all our songs and made recordings. We finally picked a name for our band: VINYL IMPACT! We stopped for a late lunch on the way home at Ruby Tuesdays and then once I got home I crashed for a nap for a while. When I got up I did my exercise (DDR!) and got some more steps in, and I got a really cool Steven Universe collectible delivered. I had some leftover birthday cake, worked on my blog, and went to bed relatively early despite the nap.
  
  
• Sunday I read some old journal stuff in association with my photo project, read some of the book I'm reading, did laundry and took out trash, made a video for my asexuality channel, updated my voice acting site with a couple new roles, sang a karaoke song, and recorded the voice-over work for the final episode of Dracula. (That took a lot longer than I expected and kept me up late.)
  
  
• Monday I went back to work. My boss informed me that he would no longer be able to go with me to the Utility Coordination and EOR presentation the next day so we made some arrangements for me to go with another coworker. Spent the day updating timesheet stuff, updating report databases, and researching new projects. After work I made an order from Hot Topic, packed my stuff for the long ride the next day, played DDR, and processed my new video. I stayed up too late, unfortunately.
  
  
• Tuesday I got up at 5 AM so I could get picked up at 6 by my coworker. We had a very quiet ride--I took one small nap, but beyond that I mostly read my old journal (the last one!). We stopped at Wendy's for breakfast and made it to the District 5 DOT almost on time, but parking was hard. We ended up in the overflow room and stayed for the three-hour presentation. I took a bunch of notes and then we went back toward Tampa. I got some drawing done and finished reading the journal for the year 2000. We stopped at the restaurant Hyderabad Biryani for Indian food in Tampa and my coworker gave me tips on how to eat it. I had enough leftovers for an entire second meal. After I got home I finished up some work online and took a nap. Then I got up and processed the journal stuff I'd researched, did some Polos, put away laundry, finished processing my video, turned in my lines for Dracula, read a book, and went to bed.
  
  
• Wednesday I had early foot therapy again. After I got out I worked on negotiating teams, processing notes from the presentation, and going to a surprise meeting. After work I played DDR and submitted a query. Jeaux came early because he was coming straight from a doctor's appointment. We ate at Mandola's and did our shopping. Then we just read each other silly stuff like usual. After he left I tried to finish the photo gallery but I got too sleepy.
  
  
• Thursday I went to a planning meeting, did some data entry, and paid bills. Finally finished processing the year 2000 photo gallery. It gets more difficult from here going back in time since I don't have consistent journals before that. I read the last chapters of the book I was reading, submitted a short story, and practiced a song I promised to cover for someone's birthday. Listened to all our band rehearsal songs and wrote up notes. Sent a Polo to my sister. Went to game night and finished drawing my comic. And submitted another couple of short stories.
  
  
• Friday I was up early for therapy again. I don't think it's helping much. Came home and worked--did some timesheet stuff and report processing. Someone bought a poster from my eBay that I didn't think would ever sell, which motivated me to put some other items on eBay so that if they sold quickly I would be able to include them in my trek to the post office. Got three more sales! Worked on my comic, packaged the items for my eBay sales, played DDR, and sent a Polo to my sister. Wrote book reviews.

Health Plan Update:

• Nutrition stuff: I got my three servings of fruits and veggies every day this week, but I only met my protein goals twice out of seven days. I think I'm going to focus on this next week and see if I can nail it the majority of the week.
  
  
• Activity stuff: I'm continuing to do DDR every other day. I made my 10,000-step walking goal every day this week. Based on my phone's app, my low day was Monday at 10,130 steps, and my high day was Sunday at 14,639 steps.

Books Read: 

• Finished Reading: Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk. Two-star review.
  
  
• Currently Reading: The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee. I'm just starting.

New singing performances:

"Message in a Bottle" by the Police.

Stuff drawn:

My weekly fantasy webcomic, Negative One:

   

#1081: ivy #351: levels of friends.

Videos Made: 

Letters to an Asexual #133 (Curiosity!) is out. In this video, I discuss whether people's curiosity entitles them to ask personal questions. I also discuss loneliness in the course of answering a person's question.

New photos:

Dad's colorful salad

Social media counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,434 for swankivy (lost 2), 675 for JulieSondra (lost 2), 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: 750 for swankivy (no change), 3,399 for JulieSondra (lost 2). Facebook: 290 friends for swankivy (no change), 628 likes for JulieSondra (no change), 80 followers for Negative One (no change), 245 followers for So You Write (no change), 103 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,415 (no change). Instagram followers: 299 (2 new). Threads followers: 84 (no change). Bluesky Social. Bluesky followers: 436 (no change).

Personal Digest Saturday - January 17 – January 23

Life news this week:

• Saturday I woke up in our vacation house and it was my birthday! I spent a nice morning hanging out in pajamas with my friends drinking coffee and having a leisurely breakfast. I messed around on the computer working on my blogging and photo sorting while the kids played video games and acted like weirdos, and Jeaux and I took a brief walk but my foot was bothering me. We then got ready to go to a botanical gardens place and checked out all the cool plants. Afterwards I was tired so I took a pretty long nap. When we got up it was time for my birthday dinner--grilled cheese sandwiches and soup and salad!--so I grilled the sandwiches while Fred and Kathy helped me by assembling them and taking everyone's orders. We ended up having a lovely dinner, though everyone kinda ate it in stages. Then later we made the mug cakes I'd chosen for my birthday cake--four varieties of quick cakes you can make in a coffee mug! I had the coffee kind and Adam saved us from having to go to the store by happening to have a bunch of salt packets in his bag. (I really hadn't thought the house would not have salt! They had a salt shaker but it was empty.) Later we played games and chilled and then it was bedtime. I read a little before sleeping. Great birthday.
  
  
• Sunday we repeated our morning hangout and even though it wasn't Meghan's actual birthday, we were basically celebrating it that day since we had to go home the next day. I still did my aerobics even though I was on vacation. We messed around chatting and watching part of a movie, and then we went to our late lunch reservation at Kobé, Meghan's choice for her birthday dinner. I got some tofu and vegetables and it was delicious. We also celebrated Dare's birthday even though theirs was much earlier in the month. So all three of us got silly hats and a song and a cupcake. I had to take my leftovers home. Later I took a walk with Jeaux and Dare, and then we watched the rest of the movie, acted silly, and ate the beautiful bakery cake Meghan wanted for her fiftieth birthday. We had ice cream too. And then more silly games, and we stayed up talking before finally we went to bed.
  
  
• Monday we had to clear out of the house. I was theoretically working even though most people have this day as a holiday, so I logged in and answered some e-mails while having coffee and breakfast and packing up my stuff. We got out of the house well before we had to and had some time to sit and chat and say our goodbyes. Then everyone went back home--Jeaux drove me. He fixed my DDR pad before he left. I jumped back on at work and we had a pretty slow day but I was there and got a proposal outlined. I also unpacked all my suitcases. I did a Polo for my sister and took a nap. Took some time to read. Kari had asked to take me out for a birthday dinner so I took her up on it and she treated me to Joe's Diner, where I had a waffle. And I opened her present, which was a cute handmade figure of my character Weaver. We didn't get much time to hang out because she had to go home and cook for her wife, haha, so I spent the evening just working on my book and cleaning up some digital stuff that needed it from while I was away. I also jumped back into the photo project and did some voice-over auditions.
  
  
• Tuesday was busy at work, but not as busy as I expected because we decided against turning in one of the three letters we'd planned, so I only had to proofread and submit two of them. I took a nap after work, did DDR, ate my restaurant leftovers, and sent a Polo to Steve. Did some more voice-over auditions, edited my book and finally got it under 130,000 words, and read old journals for the photo project.
  
  
• Wednesday I had to start the day with my early foot therapy appointment. I got my own giant rubber band to use for exercises at home. Then I went to work. I went on a quest to try to buy some Mexican and Colombian Steven Universe merchandise through a proxy. Then I did a Polo, submitted a query, took a nap, cleaned up the house a bit, put away laundry, organized photos, read some of a book, and read my journal. Went to Vallarta's with Jeaux, where I had my first ever horchata, and after grocery shopping, I got to try the grasshopper cake Jeaux made me for my birthday! (It's chocolate with mint frosting.) We did our usual reading silly stuff to each other. After he left I edited some of my book.
  
  
• Thursday I had work. Other than that, I worked on my book and published my birthday vacation photo album. I found out my attempt to buy Latin American merchandise the day before did not work, so I went on another quest (an even more in-depth one) to find a way to get these items and it literally took me like two hours of research, setup, and getting my card rejected because it looked sketchy to finally complete the transaction I wanted. The stuff I bought should be delivered to a warehouse in Mexico that can ship it to me. I'll see how this goes and if it works out okay I'll try it with the Colombian stuff I wanted. So many setbacks though! Wow. I got my webcomic written and practiced some band songs, did some DDR, submitted a short story, and went to Game Night with friends. Managed to get some comic frames drawn while hanging out. Did my foot therapy exercises and read some of my journals for the photo project.
  
  
• Friday I was up early for therapy again. Still don't know how much my foot is improving but I'll keep at it. At work, I sent some teaming invites and worked on upcoming project reports. I drew my comic pretty early, read some of the book I'm reading, cleaned up the house a little, and posted the comic. Watched my sister's Polo while cleaning up. Put some of my collectible backpacks on a hanger that goes over my door so I could clean out space on a shelf that I need for blankets. Kari came over and tried my birthday cake. We hung out and chatted a while. After she left I got my steps in and read some more of the book I'm reading. I got some interest from a publisher on one of my short stories so we'll see where it goes.

Health Plan Update:

• Nutrition stuff: I got my three servings of fruits and veggies every day this week. I only met my protein goals three times out of seven days, but considering how much of my week was laden with birthday cake and special restaurant meals, I'm surprised I was able to meet my goals any of the days! Still taking vitamins.
  
  
• Activity stuff: I'm continuing to do aerobics or DDR every other day. I made my 10,000-step walking goal every day this week. Based on my phone's app, my low day was Friday at 10,093 steps, and my high day was Tuesday at 12,616 steps. And according to my Fitbit, my low day was 11,453 steps and my high day was 17,451 steps. Still sometimes a good 5,000 steps' difference and it irritates me.

Books Read: 

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week.
  
  
• Currently Reading: Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk. I'm on page 255.

New singing performances:

"Pity the Child" from Chess.

Stuff drawn:

My weekly fantasy webcomic, Negative One:

   

#1080: adele #263: find your own solution.

Videos Made: 

None.

New photos:

There's a new birthday vacation album up, but here are a few favorites.

Breakfast and coffee with nerds.

Ryan and Katelyn being cute at the botanical gardens.

Fred and Kathy being cute on the same bench.

Ryan is cheesin' with grilled cheese.

Mug cakes:

Dare's fancy drink at the restaurant

Fred's fancy drink at the restaurant

Birthday cupcakes at Kobé

Meghan's cake:

Games with friends

My first horchata

My grasshopper cake by Jeaux:

Social media counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,436 for swankivy (1 new), 677 for JulieSondra (lost 1), 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: 750 for swankivy (no change), 3,401 for JulieSondra (lost 3). Facebook: 290 friends for swankivy (lost 1! Who de-friended me??), 628 likes for JulieSondra (no change), 80 followers for Negative One (no change), 245 followers for So You Write (no change), 103 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,415 (lost 1). Instagram followers: 297 (no change). Threads followers: 84 (no change). Bluesky Social. Bluesky followers: 436 (1 new).

Personal Digest Saturday: January 10 – January 16

Life news this week:

• Saturday I got up late and was very lazy all day. I had a headache for part of the days so I guess that's my excuse. I worked a little on my book and reading some journal entries to support my photo sorting. I made some grilled zucchini and a giant pot of mashed potatoes in the evening. And I did my foot exercises and aerobics. Then Kari came over just to chat and take a walk. My foot was really in bad shape. After she left I did some voice-over recordings for the reboot of an earlier project, did more journal reads, and edited my book.
  
  
• Sunday I got started on my book editing early. I wrote my comic since I need to get started on end-of-week stuff early since I was going out of town for birthday stuff. I started laundry, did my trash takeout, and did my therapy exercises. Did my reading--have been doing well on reading every other day like I resolved to do. Listened to Polos from Meg and Steve while putting away laundry. Experimented with a peanut-butter mug cake to see if the mug cakes I planned for my birthday would work; they did! Did my journal reading for the photo project, worked more on the book edits, recorded some more voice-over for another new project, and edited my book some more. I'm very close to the word count I want.
  
  
• Monday we had no letters to do but I was busy at work. I knocked out a few things early and then had to take a break to go get an MRI. (They want to make sure my ear issues aren't caused by undetected tumors.) I got a big bruise from the contrast IV. Came home and finally got to eat. Then I did my timesheet stuff for work, did some quick updates for data entry and stamped some stuff for my boss, and looked up utilities for a project. Also coordinated a meeting that I wasn't going to. Later I did aerobics, foot therapy exercises, and started drawing comics. I planned some stuff about our upcoming vacation with Meg. Made some Polos for Meg and my friend Ben. Browsed some voice-over auditions but didn't find anything I liked. Edited a chapter of my book.
  
  
• Tuesday I had to get up early to go to my foot therapy appointment. This visit was way better than the last. I got a bunch of new exercises to do and later that day was already having less pain. Even the exercises I'd gotten before were less painful too. Then at work I had to make some forms, do teaming coordination for a proposal, do more data entry updates, and attend a meeting. After, I washed dishes, sent a Polo to Meg, talked to Tony outside when he came to do my lawn, finished the 2001 photo gallery, auditioned for some voice-over roles, and edited a chapter of my book. Also paid bills. Exciting!
  
  
• Wednesday at work I bothered people to send me paper, entered timesheet data, and organized stuff. I started working on 2000's photo log. I did my aerobics and exercises, processed some of my comic, read a bunch of old journals to support the photo placements, scanned some photos I'd missed, and sent in a query.
  
  
• Thursday I went to therapy for my foot again. Not quite as good as the last time but still a good experience. I got to try a couple more exercises I hadn't done before. Then I came home and pretty much spent the whole day working on a proposal. We turned it in on time. Also wrangled some documents for a coworker. I talked a bit to Meg, who closed on her house and got the payout--exciting and scary new chapter in her life. Now she officially lives with her boyfriend. Had to do some pickups for the voice-over lines I submitted on Sunday. Submitted a short story. Did some laundry. PACKED MY SUITCASE for the upcoming trip (which I hate doing). Did dishes. Brought in my plants from outside because we had a really cold night coming! Then I read a book, did journal stuff for photos, edited a chapter of my book, and prepared my webcomic for posting.
  
  
• Friday I had a lot of work to do at the office--a marketing meeting, teaming coordination, and reports. I had to work hard to get everything done before it was time to go out of town--some last-minute tasks around the house and chores and stuff too. And I did my aerobics and stuff before leaving with Jeaux. We ate at IHOP and went out to our rented house in Largo to meet up with our friends. We dropped off our bags and then went out to the grocery store for supplies, and then came back to hang out with friends until bedtime. We have 10 people staying together for my birthday weekend.

Health Plan Update:

• Nutrition stuff: I got my three servings of fruits and veggies every day this week. I only met my protein goals three times (the last three days of the week for some reason), and we'll see what I can do as we go forward to get that number up. Still taking vitamins, including the new B vitamins.
  
  
• Activity stuff: I'm continuing to do aerobics every other day. I made my 10,000-step walking goal every day this week despite that I can't figure out why my new phone doesn't pick up my steps as well. It really is picking up sometimes less than half of my walking and it's really obnoxious. Based on my phone's app, my low day was Saturday at 10,101 steps, and my high day was Thursday at 10,926 steps. And according to my Fitbit, my low day was Saturday at 12,154 steps and my high day was 18,547 steps. See how ridiculously different they are? I don't get it.

Books Read: 

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week.
  
  
• Currently Reading: Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk. I'm on page 202.

New singing performances:

"The One I Love" by R.E.M..

Stuff drawn:

My weekly fantasy webcomic, Negative One:

   

#1079: dax #156: just here.

Videos Made: 

None.

New photos:

My Pearl hair bow matches my Lapis shirt for some reason

Kitty feet?

Everyone at physical therapy liked my kitty feet?

Social media counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,435 for swankivy (no change), 678 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: 750 for swankivy (lost 1), 3,404 for JulieSondra (lost 11). Facebook: 291 friends for swankivy (no change), 628 likes for JulieSondra (lost 2), 80 followers for Negative One (no change), 245 followers for So You Write (no change), 103 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,416 (no change). Instagram followers: 297 (4 new). Threads followers: 84 (4 new). Bluesky Social. Bluesky followers: 435 (no change).

Personal Digest Saturday: January 3 – January 9

Life news this week:

• Saturday was supposed to be a band practice but our guitarist got sick so we ended up having to bail. Dad was already most of the way to my house anyway so we ended up having breakfast together and hanging out. That was nice. I did some work on my blog, took a nap, got up and did more work on the blog, and sent my sister a Polo. Wrote a Tumblr post about my needs for a test audience. Did some reading. Edited In Bloom's first ten chapters. Took a weird late nap. Did some more photo sorting.
  
  
• Sunday I had breakfast and played DDR, then went to the hair salon to get the shortest haircut of my life (with some pink streaks added). I was happier with the cut than the color. It always seems like the color isn't as bright as I expected. I went to the grocery store and home, did laundry and trash, worked on my book and posts, and then Kari came over with pizza. We just chatted and did nothing special. After she left I updated my photo log, practiced band songs, and got tired.
  
  
• Monday I didn't feel like getting up. I had to work on a letter at work and then went out to buy a new phone. Off and on for the rest of the day I was adjusting settings and updating stuff. I took some better photos of my hair with the better camera (and a cute dress!). I sent a Polo to Meg. Later I made zucchini and cut my thumb on my new chopper. Ow. I worked on my photo log and my book. Got shortlisted on a voice-over project.
  
  
• Tuesday I didn't feel like getting up again! At work I bothered people to give me paper, documented a meeting, updated some resumes, and researched a project. I worked on my book, read journal stuff, did aerobics, recorded some voice-over auditions, washed dishes, and did more phone updates. Had to do a bunch of appointment wrangling (Meg's cake, therapy, ear doctor). Did a little cleaning.
  
  
• Wednesday I went in early for my first physical therapy appointment for my foot. We did an evaluation and the therapist thinks I have an inflamed joint. He gave me exercises to do and went through them with me. I don't like them but I'll do them. Then I came home and did project research, data entry for timesheets, and a late letter review. Took a nap, submitted a query, and read a book. Jeaux picked me up and we ate at Applebee's, then grocery shopped and watched Kevin Can F--- Himself. We took a walk. After he left I practiced some music and edited my book and found out I got selected for a voice-over production.
  
  
• Thursday I had a meeting and bothered people about submissions and created an organizational chart. Did my therapy exercises and they were really hard. Ugh. Tried to do DDR but part of the way through the back button broke. Ughhhh. I worked on my photo log, saw Tony in the yard, and listened to the latest episode of the Sleepy Hollow show I'm in. (My character debuted. It was cute.) I submitted a short story and went to Game Night. Opened some toys. Worked on book edits and more photo log organization.
  
  
• Friday I had an ear exam in the morning and contrary to expectations I did not get lost. The doctor appreciated my nerdy symptom chart and ordered an MRI for me for next week so we can make sure my issue isn't caused by tumors or something. I went home, went to work, and dealt with timesheets and reports. It took me a while to get through the work because I was so tired and I needed a nap. Then I had to draw all my comic frames because I didn't do any the day before. I got that done, got all my walking and therapy exercises in, read a book, and crashed earlier than I wanted to.

Health Plan Update:

• Nutrition stuff: Three servings of fruits and veggies have continued great this week. I actually met my protein goals twice this week even though I didn't expect to be able to do that until I'd eaten up my leftovers. Still taking vitamins, including the new B vitamins.
  
  
• Activity stuff: I'm continuing to do aerobics or DDR every other day. I made my 10,000-step walking goal every day this week, but now that I've gotten a new phone it seems like it is not as good at capturing steps and there's a HUGE discrepancy between what my FitBit says versus what the phone counts. I'm talking like a difference of 6,000 steps. I don't know what the issue is. My low day was Wednesday at 10,009 steps, and my high day was Sunday at 12,706 steps.

Books Read: 

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week.
  
  
• Currently Reading: Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk. I'm on page 167.

New singing performances:

None.

Stuff drawn:

My weekly fantasy webcomic, Negative One:

   

#1078: weaver #167: guardian angel.

Videos Made: 

None.

New photos:

Before my haircut:

Front

Back

During:

After:

Front

Back

Pictures from the next day (and pink photo shoot!):

My first day at physical therapy:

A whipped cream treat:

Social media counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,435 for swankivy (1 new), 678 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: 751 for swankivy (lost 2), 3,415 for JulieSondra (lost 10). Facebook: 291 friends for swankivy (no change), 630 likes for JulieSondra (no change), 80 followers for Negative One (no change), 245 followers for So You Write (no change), 103 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,416 (no change). Instagram followers: 293 (lost one). Threads followers: 80 (lost 1). Bluesky Social. Bluesky followers: 435 (4 new).