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  "description": "On recharging.",
  "path": "/the-thursday-dispatch-26-march-2026/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-26T20:39:15.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.acalminthechaos.net",
  "tags": [
    "Archetype Coffee",
    "Thinking About a Newsletter",
    "When the Grid Goes Down",
    "Bay Lights are Back!",
    "Spring Owl Avatar",
    "Seattle, unseen",
    "Apple Watch, Journal app, and my plush Pop-Tart by Zac Hall",
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    "playlist on Apple Music"
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  "textContent": "I really needed the day off.\n\nPerhaps it was a little bit of a blessing, but I felt forced out of my apartment this morning. I don’t have internet right now, and there are contractors actively building a new balcony for my building, so there are all kinds of banging and sawing sounds and a tone of concrete dust.\n\nSo, I walked over to a local coffee shop and am spending some time writing outside, where it’s very mild out. It’s very relaxing, despite the sounds of construction happening nearby. Nothing some noise-canceling earbuds can’t take care of. If you have an iPhone that can run iOS 26, Apple just released an update which includes a new widget which connects to different mindfulness playlists, so think music for productivity, sleep, or meditation. I love instrumental playlists like this, as sometimes words in songs can be distracting.\n\nThis is the first day since this past weekend I haven’t had some form of tension headache. It’s been a stressful week with deadlines and some added chaos from some promotional things going on. I plan on taking a week off from work in about a month, and I’m looking forward to it. I’m hoping to clean my garage and hopefully get out a little. In between times, I’ll happily do very little.\n\nI know with being in retail, there’s joy in solitude, especially as I get older, since I’m around people and chaos on the daily. When I was younger, I felt like I had to get out. Now, I’m happy to get out maybe once a week, and even then, I want to be in relaxed environments. I’m much happier at a bar with an outdoor patio than I am in a nightclub most of the time. I like places where I can connect with people, not just be around them.\n\nFor the rest of my day, I’m going to try to stay away from home for a little longer. Might try to meet up with a friend. I definitely need to figure out my internet situation. Maybe if I’m lucky, I’ll get to sit outside tonight. Even with the old balcony, I didn’t sit outside much as I had a few birds that liked to call the underside of the balcony above me home. It’ll be nice to have something more stable without the harassment of wildlife.\n\n* * *\n\n## Weekly Photo\n\nI’m now that person who leaves the ottoman on the recliner extended because it makes the cat happy.\n\n* * *\n\n## This Past Week\n\n  * Archetype Coffee\n  * Thinking About a Newsletter\n  * When the Grid Goes Down\n\n\n\n* * *\n\n## Weekly Links\n\n  * Bay Lights are Back! by Matt Mullenweg\n  * Spring Owl Avatar from Crossing the Threshold\n  * Seattle, unseen - photo by Om Malik\n  * Apple Watch, Journal app, and my plush Pop-Tart by Zac Hall for 9to5Mac\n\n\n\n* * *\n\n## Songs in the Chaos\n\nThis is my weekly list of songs that either caught my attention or came to mind this past week. I post these throughout the week on a site called Crucial Tracks, where they’re also added to a playlist on Apple Music. Feel free to follow me on either space.",
  "title": "The Thursday Dispatch - 26 March 2026",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-26T22:25:58.587Z"
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