Today I had another lazy start to the day, just laying in bed browsing through my phone.
I kept telling myself I’d get up in five minutes, but I kept pushing that deadline back, until I finally decided I would get up in time for the Palm Sunday service that was going to be streamed live at 9:00 am.
Since all I had to do get ready for mass was brush my teeth and walk downstairs, I figured I’d get out of bed at 8:50 (like I said, it was another lazy start to the day).
At 8:49 I decided to check my WordPress stats one more time before I got out of bed. As I looked at the weekly stats, something was not right. I had been estimating what my weekly total was going to be by the end of Sunday evening, and it looked like I was not going to be close to hitting that number.
I calculated how many more views I would have to get over the next 15 hours, and it seemed like it was going to be near impossible. I started wondering if I might have to resort to using a click-bait title for my blog for the day as a way to perhaps artificially boost my views.
I then decided to go back and check my daily stats to see what had happened to cause my views to be much lower than I had estimated for the week.
It was then, while looking at the daily stats, that I realized it was only Saturday!
Woohoo!
While most people would be excited that they just picked up an extra day, especially a Saturday, I was excited because it gave me a whole extra day to hit my stats goal for the week!
And since it wasn’t Sunday, that meant I didn’t have to get out of bed right away to catch the streaming Palm Sunday mass.
But then I realized that while Sunday is a day off from exercise, Saturday is not.
So I finally dragged myself out of bed, contemplating what other practical applications there might be, besides keeping track of what day of the week it is, that I can use to justify my constant use of WordPress stats…
*image from Markinblog
🤔 Most interesting, Jim. Rushing the days of the week (It happens to the best of us).
In my case, I always look at the date and the time on my smartphone in the mornings and I also do the same on my laptop computer.
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I was reading this and wondered why you had Palm Sunday Mass on a Saturday!! I just thought it had something to do with the coronavirus!!
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the coronavirus has certainly thrown a lot of things out of whack, including my ability to keep track of the days of the week!
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Losing track of the days happens sometimes to those who live a life of leisure. It will take a lot more than that to be in the running for the laziest man in the world title. 🙂 Enjoy your second sunday this week!
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thanks, John. So far, my second Sunday is off to a good start! I hope you are enjoying the weekend as well. And I guess I’ll just have to work “harder” for that laziest man title…
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I know which day it is from the lettering on my week-in-hand pillbox. (Unless I forget to take them…)
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that would be a very practical (and healthy) way to keep track of the days…
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so funny, and i can really identify! i’m often losing track of days during all of this, just to add to all of the confusion. )
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it’s the lack of structure to my days/weeks that is throwing things off. I can’t imagine how clueless I’ll be when I retire!
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we’ll both be stumbling through our days no doubt! )
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that is an apt way to describe it!
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Jim, it is not all your fault that you are addicted to stats. If you take notice, the WP site is constantly teasing you with notifications, pop-ups, and an admin page that is constantly feeding you numbers. Now, as to remembering what day it is. My recommendation – Check the date and day on your phone first thing each morning, well I mean, first thing right after checking your stats. 😁
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And I fall for WordPress’s tricks every day. Good advice on checking my phone for the date and day, but I was just so convinced it was Sunday that I would have felt there was no need to do so!
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That can be expected when our lives have become anything but routine. Stay well!
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thanks, Brad. I hope you are doing well. Will you be taking your bike out for a ride today?
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I can’t imagine that I will be able to fight it. It is supposed to get to mid-sixties today. 🏍
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enjoy!
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Last Thursday, I was preparing for work and wondering why I had not received my schedule for Friday yet. Someone mentioned that I was not going to get my schedule for Friday – because the next day was Saturday. It’s kinda nice to find out I’m farther along than I thought! 😊
I haven’t watched stats. Is it helpful? 😊
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it sounds like you lost a day there, but how nice that you had reached the weekend! I like the stats, but I should warn you that they can become quite addictive – at least they have for me…
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I bet they can, lol. I’m not sure that mine would tell me much … 😎
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I think I spend more time checking my stats than writing my blog…
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I resorted to blogging shenanigans yesterday with my second post, though I asked readers not to like. And, we’ll, you how that went?
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I liked it…; didn’t realize you were being literal when you wrote “please don’t like”… 🙂
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Sigh….. The days come and go… But like today I am spot on its Wednesday.. right .. lalala…. 🙄🙄
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I guess when you’re retired, it doesn’t matter what day it is (except for Saturdays at the market!)
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That’s probably why my days have merged into one…sigh…no Saturday market for me at the moment….a deep sigh….
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I hope you can return to the Saturday market soon; such markets are such a key part of local communities.
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They are indeed and you are correct, Jim it is very much part of the local community…I miss my Saturday jaunts but at the moment I feel safer at home. I look forward to normal life being resumed at some point. I did go to the small daily market close to my home today as I needed some vegetables it wasn’t as busy red lines and tape everywhere and many stall holders were absent there was just a few and some smaller traders although I did get some nice unusual fruit. Be safe ..
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glad you were able to venture out safely to get some veggies!
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I’ve been pretty gone this couple of weeks. Unable to function properly. I find myself bore and passing hours in dazed.
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welcome to the club! Let’s hope we can back to some semblance of normal in the not too distant future.
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I don’t mind being a statistic Jim. Cheers!
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thanks, Peter. Cheers to you! By the way, we are really enjoying The English Game on Netflix about the beginning of football as we know it. A strong Scottish influence, and I love the Scottish accent!
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Sounds good jim. Scots spread the game all over the world. Now we’re rubbish and everyone else is good. Cheers jim!
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maybe you need to field a team from Govanhill!
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It’s pretty easy to lose track of what day it is these days!
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good thing I have my Music Mondays to at least keep me on track for one day of the week…
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Hahah my due dates for assignments are what help me stay on track.
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deadlines are good! good luck with your assignments!
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Thank you!
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Your post reminds me of a picture book: That’s good. That’s bad.
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thanks, Norah! You always come up with a perfect way to sum things up!
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🙂
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Hey Jim, just checking in. It’s Tuesday night now.
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lol. thank you for the reminder, Richard! 🙂
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