Rubber Band Man

February 18, 2026: 🗓

“Go at it boldly, and you’ll find unexpected forces closing round you and coming to your aid,” said Basil King. 🐬

I feel so much more like myself after refusing to compromise on my values. It’s like I got my inner spark back. Maybe when we think we have no choice but to compromise on our values, and we still refuse, something magic happens.

My main source of income is UberEats delivery. I recently actually said out loud to myself that I’ll never deliver from another restaurant that serves killed animals.

My income basically went to zero. It got to a point where I had 23 cents in my bank account and had to sign a promissory note at my dog’s daycare because I ran out of money. Then I noticed one of my credit cards increased my credit limit by almost $900, which is giving me time to find a new source of income.

Now I’m working on becoming vegan. I never thought I could afford it, but I’m doing it anyway.

(Actually, I’m still compromising on other values. Like, where do I recycle cardboard when traveling when there’s only containers for plastic and glass? But I picked the most detrimental one to focus on first.)

February 12, 2026: 🗓

We could unknowingly have a totally different understanding than other people about a situation, so should directly ask people out loud what they think is going on. But even then, many things people say and do can have different meanings.

I don’t know. Sometimes the most obvious thought doesn’t even occur to me until way later, so I want to say this in case it prevents the “way later” part from happening to someone else.

Also, the picture is my dog’s bungee-cord leash looking like a person walking my dog, like Gumby🐾 Totally accidental, I wouldn’t have thought to set it up like that.