The Thursday Dispatch - 20 November 2025
Why did autocorrect attempt to suggest “disaster” instead of “dispatch”? Interesting choice. Hopefully, that’s not an omen.
Anyway, I’m having one of those mornings where it’s like I have a fireworks display going off in my head. I needed a change of venue, so out I went. Sometimes, I just can’t be at home. I have to change what’s in front of me. I think we all go through that to some degree. So, we go to a coffee shop, a restaurant, a park, whatever, and suddenly the mind is able to free itself from itself.
Speaking of mental clutter, I’m four days into my peace from algorithms. It’s too early to say how I feel. The urge is still there to wonder what’s going on, even though I know there’s probably nothing important. I have to give myself the grace to understand if something big did happen, I’ll probably hear about it offline anyway. A death in the family would prompt a phone call from my mom. A friend having a life event would prompt an eventual conversation about it. I’m good with having those things coming at their own pace. I’ve done these sabbaticals before, and I know I’ll be fine, somewhere in the two-week space. That’s when I’ll stop worrying about it. The point is, it’s fine now and will always be not being on there.
Also speaking of mental clutter, I have a set of bookshelves I have a love-hate relationship with. Everything on there is something that says something about who I am. There’s collectables, like Funko Pops and a Coke bottle I brought home from the Galaxy’s Edge portion of Disneyland a couple of years ago. The physical books I do own are there. I also have my notebooks, both used and unused, along with some other stationary.
Part of me looks at it and calls it my “inspiration wall”. Again, I like everything on it. The other part of me thinks it looks a bit chaotic and immature, to the point I want to do a little bit of a makeover on it. That part of me wants to box up all the figurines and leave all the cozy home items like the candles and whatnot. I want to class this joint up a bit by simplifying it. I feel like this has something to do with where my head is at the moment, where I want clean and simple both in my physical and mental spaces. We’ll see where this goes.
Weekly Photo
It’s one of those foggy mornings in the fall here. I’m currently trying to piece together something about how I love weather like this, wouldn’t mind living in it five months a year, and how you cope with being in such a muted light situation like this for so long. Long story short, I feel connected to environments like this.
This Past Week
Weekly Links
- No Brain Space by Greg Morris
- Y’all are great by Manuel Moreale
Songs in the Chaos
This is my weekly list of songs that either caught my attention or came to mind this past week. I post these throughout the week on a site called Crucial Tracks, where they’re also added to a playlist on Apple Music. Feel free to follow me on either space.
