Steve Sawczyn

  • Checked in at The Copper Hen Cakery & Kitchen

  • Checked in at SportClips

  • Checked in at OfficeMax

  • Checked in at Best Buy

  • Oh my gosh, I just got an Email that I completed a bonus and have earned a free year of Target Circle 360™! I know it may seem like a small thing, but it’s probably my biggest win of the year so far. :)

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    One of the things I particularly like about ExpressVPN is that they have apps and guides which make it easy to configure on just about everything, including streaming media devices. ExpressVPN is admittedly pricier than many alternatives, but the value, at least for me, is in not having to figure out how to get things working. Anyway, I don’t generally send out referral links like this, but ExpressVPN has saved me a lot of time and headache, so I thought it might be good to make an exception.

  • I’m looking into the accessibility of Personal Knowledge management Systems, PKMs. Anyone have a favorite that they recommend? Examples would be things like DEVONthink and Notion.

  • Checked in at HealthPartners Corporate Building. All day trainings always show me how incredibly diverse our organization truly is.

  • Checked in at HealthPartners Corporate Building. Very happy I get to work from home, but sometimes, I really do miss coming into the office and seeing people.

  • I have a 1942 day streak with journaling and I’m kind of proud of that. A few years ago, I started a sort of daily journal using Day One. I had no intention of journaling every day, or forming any kind of streak, it was more that I kept reading various articles about how journaling has a number of mental health benefits and so I thought, why not give it a try? Every day before bed, I started writing an entry: some were long, and some were as short as a single sentence, but always just something to mark the day. Day One has an interesting feature where it automatically can add data about location, weather, and other things that I might not think to actually journal about, but which might be cool to look at later. Anyway, here I am on day 1492. Has it been helpful or useful? I’d have to say it has. Not only does it help me remember what I did on a particular day, but I find it interesting to read about things that, at the time, seemed really bad, or like a really big deal only to now realize that they were hardly anything at all. And of course there are the things that truly were a big deal, but that with time, memory has made seem less than that. So yes, I find it helpful and and am looking forward to writing something tomorrow on day 1943.

  • And so concludes another trip to Maine, definitely a wonderful way to spend the holiday. We had an absolutely wonderful time, however, there’s never enough time to see all the people we had hoped to see and to do all the things we had hoped to do. Of course that just means we’ll have to come back again, hopefully sooner rather than later. Because of various health issues and such, Christmas has not always been the best of holidays for me and so I’m glad that this year things were very positive. This has definitely been a very merry Christmas.

  • Checked in at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP). Landed safe and sound, now to find our stuff and get home. :)

  • Nothing gets the heart going quite like seeing a notification like this while in flight, “NBC News, At least 28 people have died after a commercial airplane crashed while landing at an airport in South Korea.” Oh I know such events are rare, but it’s definitely a reminder that mortality is real.

  • We have at least two kids on this flight who seem to be competing to see who can scream the loudest. We haven’t left the gate yet. :(

  • Checked in at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS). It’s been a wonderful trip, but it’ll be good to get back home.

  • Checked in at The Friendly Toast. Absolutely amazing breakfast. :-)

  • Checked in at Governors Restaurant

  • Checked in at Costco Wholesale. Whoever said there’s no place like home, clearly has never been to a CostCo. :)

  • Checked in at Panera Bread. Awesome to be able to catch up with friends, I only wish we had more time.

  • Checked in at Sam’s Italian Sandwich Shoppe. Can’t come to Maine without getting something from here at least once.

  • Checked in at Duckfat. Amazing food, I have no idea how I’ll work off all the calories though.

  • Checked in at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS). When there’s turbulence, there’s always someone who says, “weeeee” as if we’re on the best ride ever. That guy sat two rows ahead of me. :)

  • Wow, when I saw the following linked article, I couldn’t help but wonder, why wasn’t this an important topic for the Presidential debates? :) > The Guinness shortage is real – here’s how Diageo is racing to solve it - The Times of London

  • Checked in at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP). On my way to Maine for the Christmas holiday. I’m very excited about this. :)

  • I’ve come across some weird names for colors, but “heartbreaker rose”? That’s definitely a new one. And yet apparently heartbreaker rose is a thing, at least where Logitech is concerned: www.target.com/p/logitec…

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