Have you ever set up in a coffee shop to get some work done and an annoying asshole sits right next to you (despite every other seat being empty) and proceeds to talk loudly on speaker phone about an insanely long list of things that you and the baristas do not care about? And now instead of a mediocre ramble, it is starting to sound unhinged?

Annoying asshole aside, since the start of the summer 1-2x a week and I am posted up in this coffee shop for an hour while the apple of my eye works out at a gym nearby. Thank god for flexibility. I normally find these hour slots wildly productive – no pop ins, no “do you have a minute”, no truly familiar faces… today – not so much. Today, for no apparent reason at all, I feel upheaved. Too much change, too much uncertainty on both the macro and micro level. Today has not been a day where I have “put my damn shoes on”… it is a day that is still in motion and I am barely getting through. Waking up at 3am wide eyed has me starting the week on zero. So instead of doing my actual job – I’m daydreaming of other jobs. Jobs with more flexibility and freedom… less stress and, well, work. I’ve spent the better part of the day perusing r/FIRE but unfortunately the only part I’ve mastered is the desire to “RE”. To state the obvious, I’m still not sure what I want this space to be. The old blog was simply about what I have going on. While I certainly enjoyed reading it from time to time I’m sure it otherwise was not for the faint of heart as I have very little of interest going on. Plus, I’m still not sure if this is *my* space or if I want to type away anonymously in this corner of the digital world. Only time will tell. Unfortunately, I have inadvertently made eye contact with the annoying asshole and I must go now..