A Day In The Life

It’s been a while since I wrote one of these, so I thought it would be interesting to record how miserable fascinating things have been of late – and what better time to do so and get my mind off stuff while I recover from another bout of back pain? All times are GMT/Lisbon, but you can adjust them to your favorite time zone of quiet despair. 4:30 - Either due to insomnia, back pain, or both, I decide that rolling over and lying in various positions that would best befit a contortionist is not a strategy conducive to sleep, so I leave the bedroom and sit in the living room. During the heat wave I also make it a point to check whether my office window is open to make sure it cools down overnight, and then settle on the couch. Trying to read with a light on doesn’t work well (this is when I really regret that the Nomad has no backlight), so my life hack is to don my Oculus Quest and, depending on my mood, either use the browser to check on my agents and RSS feeds or watch stuff that…