Bird by Bird

Berkeley, Thursday, January 29, 2026 3:07 AM

The mind and my attention sometimes wonder between necessary and not urgent things.

Even if I am not fully connected to the news.

Then, it might become tougher to disclose what is one doing, but still important though might not here in the specifics.

But I have been making sense of recent things, making accounts, checking prior data, texts, audios, to understand or remember a few events.

Thankfully, our time on earth is not unlimited.

I keep building and learning about additional tools and coping mechanics for several things I need on the day by day.

For instance:

The title of this piece of reflection, or writing procrastination, or whatever is this therapeutic writing, is the name of a book, Bird by Bird, by Anne Lamott. A famous writer, a documentary about her, with the same book title, is linked below, although I do not have time anymore in the near future for watching a documentary. But if I ever crash, again, due to deadlines, distractions, stress, life circumstances, this can be one lovely documentary to watch. The key component of a documentary, is that while one is learning, particularly if one is a student, who is taken notes, etc, it is great, but it is not a moment of work, so not sure if that is going to activate all the parts of the brain, which if intended to be a moment of leisure, there are additional social activities. But more about chores or working tasks below. Anne Lammott, which book I am adding to my daily reading reading, starting today. Basically, I believe she says write in small chunks but write it. She is from the Bay Area, I believe born and raised in Marin County, moved to Bolinas, etc. I would need to learn more about her. As I will continue reading the book.

https://video.alexanderstreet.com/p/k2LY3DBwx

While one might do several things from experience, learning is a key companion. Might be several folks have walked a path similar to one’s path in the past. Despite one has an unique path, personality, character, mission, there are tools that we need to build in for specific circumstances, and other than the Lord of Hosts, and living source, one learn those tools from people who has acquired them, probably wrote about them, etc. The latter in the way that we get that knowledge.

I just did a command + shift + z and command + z to undo and re-do a change in the font size, which looks a little different that it should be, but I do not know if something was changed above.

Paul Silvia, PhD wrote a few years ago a book, How to write a lot. The book, with some humor, provides some advice of keeping track, schedule, and daily writing routines.

[3:46 am] OK. Well. I derailed to briefly read how Mourinho’s Benfica squad beat 4 against 2 to Real Madrid, with a goal from its goalkeeper at minute 90 + 8′. Thus, they qualified to the next round of the Champions league thanks to that goal, because of -2 goal difference. The next team in the table, Marseille, from France, had the same 9 points as Benfica, and was going to qualify if there was that last minute goal. They were eliminated because of a -3 goal difference. Pretty impressive to read that story about Mourinho. I won’t see a video of the events, action, though ;(.

Ok. Here is my daily and session writing ledger!