The latest accommodation to SEO optimization is to shorten my title. Therefore, “Yesterday” will now add the “distance” item in the body of my post.

Yesterday

Daily Success December 3 is “Outstanding” with Yesterday’s Distance = Not Applicable.

There is a little fuzz on that achievement as my scoring system shows me at the bitter edge of Outstanding. My notes on keeping the Internet Monster at bay, however, may be a little optimistic. On the other hand, I’ve been doing good work on SEO optimization for the main landing page. Overall, I feel justified in that rating.

My exercise level was what got me over the line to Outstanding. Other stuff, including a lot of effort on books and the Library, doesn’t count. And the main page SEO optimization is now stuck at 77. That’s the same kind of progress that my back has made in recent weeks. I’ve reached out to Cris for help.

A significant, but not extreme, chunk of time yesterday went to trying a new chicken recipe. Mistakes were made, as they say. The results, however, were both tasty and relatively low effort to make (read the entire recipe first!) and clean up.

Today

Daily Success today will be more of the same. Football this afternoon will make an hour in the gym tolerable. Books are there to be carted around. And books must be put by the door to go to Second Story Books. I think almost all the easy ones for that, duplicates (even signed duplicates) have been identified. Next comes the admission that “well, this is probably a good author, but …”

And there will be lots of chores. The laundry is overflowing.

The Future

Reflecting on this early today, it’s becoming clear that a vision for the future is a big problem. I simply do not have a vision of getting back to where I was on top of the cliff as Ricardo took the picture that remains one of my favorites.

There are, I think, at least four things involved in this.

• First is my back. It puts a dose of reality into my thinking many times per day.
• Second, probably, is my arrival in Santiago. Symbolic or not, new Camino Passport or no, I have not yet resolved that in my mind.
• Third, probably, is the pain I suffered through much of my hike this year. I never had such struggles before and, while they did not erase the joy, they did provide a strong counterpoint.
• Fourth, probably, is some combination of knowing and not knowing. I know my daily range is slipping. I know how the Frances seemed alien. I don’t know what the services are like leaving Arles or Bordeaux. I don’t know how each route will feel. Should I consider starting in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port? Should I give extra thought to Finisterre? Finisterre might be the worst as, while an easy hike, it is an additional symbolic end. “Finisterre is for many pilgrims the end point of their camino“.

In any event, a vision for my Camino future is very much needed. How to find it? That is the question!