Today was a great day! I was at the sanctuary, so I didn’t get through everything on my list, but that’s expected on sanctuary days. I did get some photo editing and content done, and made calls to movers to get quotes and get that scheduled. After posting, I will do my nightly meditation, and get to bed. 4 AM wake up, hikes, pack care, and 100+ degree weather has me wiped! I also received an incredible gift today. Drax, the wolf I was most bonded with (my soul wolf) passed away unexpectedly three months ago. A woman who’s an artist and has been involved in rescue work painted my favorite photo of me with Drax and Addy, and I was surprised with it. It brought me to tears. Drax was such a light in my life, and I miss him so much. A dear friend also gifted me a canvas print of that same photo for my birthday, and I can’t wait to hang them side by side in my new home. Today, I’m feeling grateful. ❤️

Pack call = good start to the week I forgot to sign-off last night with "another sober week" - coming up on 3 months. Excited for the week: somewhere between starting to find my feet in the new role and a lull in new business, it looks like I'll have a quieter week, which means time to tick over Wilder Origins tasks. Commitment for the week: - Get those posts out. - Track & measure my operation: output per bucket over time, input of time & materials per bucket. - Stretch goal: A blurb about the why / origin. @Philip Folsom's question / food for thought around what effort is, hit home for me - over the past week or so I was thinking about my own situation: Most days I feel like I worked my ass off, but then I look around and I'm not stuck in traffic 2-3 hours a day, or stuck doing something I hate but need enough to suck it up. I drive past some houses where the whole porch is full of high-vis work gear that someone is trying to get dry in 80% humidity. So yes, a lot more comfort in my day-to-day living than I care to remember, be conscious of and thankful for.

Today was a re-group day after the big program yesterday. I did get a great leg workout in though but the rest of the was quite lazy. I might nee to re-frame that for myself- I have a hard time with not feeling "productive". Looking forward to getting after it this week!

Wrapping up an amazing week! Attended the International Association of Canine Professionals conference in Newport Beach. Felt great to be surrounded by canine lovers and amazing speakers. On Friday I had the honor of visiting @Tanya Folsom and @Philip Folsom at their place in Venice Beach (and enjoyed a delicious home cooked breakfast). Took a trip to the West LA Animal Shelter then drove back to CO. Bought a truck along the way, came home to an unpleasant electrical issue. No matter, feeling great! Happy to be home…ready to hit the ground running this week. Committed to getting a training video done and getting back onto the gym schedule. Have a great night!

Did not do much, there was nothing that HAD to be done today, so I did not. I cannot say that I hit my targets for the week. - -- I sorta know what the low hanging fruit are, but did not start any tracking / improvement efforts. - -- Started a substack post draft, was not feeling it. Made contact with a few people in the area to let them know I'm still kicking. - See you tomorrow!