OK, it’s only Tuesday but it feels like this week is a bit of a slog already. The winter weather has finally arrived – we’ve gone from 13C last week to -1C today! My electric blanket has never been so welcome!
Today I’ve found myself staring at the iPad and wondering what to actually do. I’ve been mulling over adding a reviews section to the blog, but not sure what the subject matter should be. After my coffee post a few days ago, it seems sensible to do something related to that, so I started putting a template together yesterday and wrote a rough draft. The plan was to do reviews of coffees I’ve tried rather than equipment as there’s loads of other sites out there doing that. However, I feel like I’ve hit a mental block, so I’ve paused it for now.
The other thing I’m stuck on is sorting out my photo album. Specifically, I want to take out all my food pics and the various silly memes I’ve collected over the years and put them elsewhere. This is pretty daunting as I have thousands of photos going back around 15 years to sort through. I also haven’t found the right app to split the photos into. I want something that’s highly privacy focussed, uses iCloud to sync and store, and allows me to write visible captions. I’m beta testing an app that may never come to the App Store (so I don’t want to make the switch permanent) and I’m also using a file / shelf drawer app, but this isn’t really meant for long-term storage. So I’ve now got a mental block on that too as I’ve tried so many apps and it’s giving me a headache.
I’m also feeling stressed about money as although I’ve budgeted really well for this month, I forgot to factor in some potential Black Friday deals I’ve been waiting on for work. They’re not going to be cheap, so will have to go on the credit card, which is also stressing me because they’ve decided to hike my interest rate up. So much for paying over my minimum and never missing a payment in all the years I’ve been with them!
Writing all that down has helped a bit though. Now my brain *might* stop ruminating on how to fix everything.