As Of 07.20.2026

The most frustrating part about delivering mail is that, while delivering mail, I can’t do anything else. Not safely anyway. I’m either driving or walking. Neither of those activities can be paired with writing or sketching. At my previous jobs I had some time when I could make notes or do a quick drawing for a project that I would work on when I got home. Not this job. My brain still insists on giving me ideas. I try to appease it by texting myself very simple notes and that helps a little but then I’ve got all these ideas stacked up and no “extra” time to work on them. I’ve started listening to youtubes on my phone. Some of them are podcasts, some of them are youtubes that have minimal images and so can be listened to without losing much. (I’m not sure what the definition of a podcast is – I think of it as an audio stream, no pictures.) I don’t use any earphones or earbuds. Number one, we’re not supposed to. Number two, I’m exactly the sort of person who shouldn’t block out too much…