today is a day for best effort and gentle improvement. writing a self-review for work always makes me want to unalive myself (even when I think I'm doing well???) so we're not being real ambitious outside of getting that done (well, besides all the normal work nonsense).

hope I have time to paint this evening.

r/zerowaste has neat suggestions for less wasteful alternatives for party favors.

what do people do instead of leggings that's not [[polyester]]?

I continue to want a lefty equivalent to the work of [[robert putnam]], looking at his new book. building little communities that aren't toxic seems so, so important but I don't trust the man