I wish just ONE of the fake scenarios I enact in my head would actually happen so that for once I’m actually prepared for interaction with another human.
The number of times I’ve ended up being 3-5 minutes late to a meeting because I didn’t want to be 3-5 minutes early and because distracted elsewhere is embarrassing at this point.
So some of you know that I do a weekly-ish newsletter called Puppies & Politics. It is more or less as advertised. I start with an essay about something going on—usually, but not always, a political issue—and then I drop in a bunch of useful/interesting links… 1/