Category: Well-being

Sheet Music on the iPad

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X-T10, 35mm, f/5.6, 1/60 sec, ISO2500
 “Sheet Music” Cedar Park, 2025

I’ve started using my iPad for reading sheet music, and it has cleared so much clutter off my desk. It feels great to have fewer loose papers sitting around. When I am learning a brand-new song, I still like having a paper copy because it is easier to mark things up and see everything at a glance. But when I want to revisit an older song and refresh my memory on a section, the iPad is perfect.

I keep all my sheet music as PDFs in a OneDrive folder, and I can open them from any of my devices. I manage everything from my MacBook, and it works really well. It would be even nicer if I could create a direct shortcut to my Sheet Music folder in OneDrive, but for now the setup is still very convenient.

Finished a Notebook

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X-T10, 35mm, f/2, 1/60 sec, ISO800
 “Finished Muji Notebook” Cedar Park, 2025

I finally filled up my little A6-sized Muji notebook that I bought years ago! I’d just finished another one I’d been using for my morning pages, so I grabbed the Muji next – turns out it only had a few pages left. A couple of days later, done! That makes two notebooks finished (and out of my life) in one week. I still have a few more blank ones waiting for their turn, but I’m definitely making progress on my notebook decluttering mission!

After-Dinner Walk

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Photo info: Apple iPhone 15 Pro, 6.7649998656528mm, f/1.8, 1/3800 sec, ISO80
 “Evening Walk” Cedar Park, 2025

One of the little routines Mariko and I really enjoyed in Mexico City was taking a walk after dinner. We’d stroll back to our Airbnb after eating out, which felt like the perfect way to end the evening. It gave us a bit of exercise and helped with digestion, too. I even listened to a LifeKit episode that listed all the benefits of after-meal walks, so it has to be good for us, right? 😁

Exercise Journal

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Photo info: Apple iPhone 15 Pro, 2.2200000286119mm, f/2.2, 1/60 sec, ISO500
 “Exercise Journal” Cedar Park, 2025

My exercise journal is really starting to fill up! I snapped this photo because we’re heading out on a little vacation, and I don’t want to bring the journal along. This way I’ll still know what exercises I should be doing. (I like to switch things up and alternate a few of them.)