Woke up at 6:30 sharp like always, chugged two glasses of lemon water straight from the Brita pitcher. Realized Mercury Retrograde’s messing with my morning routine when the electric toothbrush died mid-brush. Had to finish scrubbing with an old manual one stuck in the back of the cabinet – gritty feeling all morning.
Work Disaster Hour
Cracked open the laptop at 7:45 expecting smooth sailing. Nope. The damn project management software froze during sprint planning. Had to:
- Reboot twice
- Handwrite tasks on sticky notes
- Recreate three timelines from memory
Totally threw off my hourly blocking system. Felt like my calendar was bleeding red ink by 10AM.
Lunch Break Damage Control
Scarfed down leftover quinoa salad while reorganizing my bullet journal. Color-coded the hell out of the afternoon – purple for fire drills, green for deep work. Caught myself realigning Post-its for 20 minutes straight. Classic Virgo overcorrection.
Spot-checked emails around 1PM. Almost choked on a cherry tomato when I saw the HR department “URGENT policy update” blast. Spent 45 minutes cross-referencing it with last quarter’s memo before realizing they just changed the damn cover sheet design.
Evening Unwind Attempt
Tried that new “mindful cooking” recipe at 6PM. Measured turmeric to the exact 1/8 teaspoon. Burnt the rice anyway when neighbor Dan called about his WiFi password. Served slightly charred dinner while re-alphabetizing spice jars during simmer time.
Now writing this at 9:17PM with chamomile tea. Final realization: Spent more time re-organizing chaos than actually doing tasks today. That planetary alignment wasn’t kidding about systems breakdowns. Might actually use paper planners tomorrow – retrograde-proof.
Pro tip: Hide your good pens before Mercury turns backwards. Found three missing highlighters in Dan’s kitchen when resetting his router.
