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I have to remember on my reddit calendar to downvote Saturday for sleeping all day, and upvote Sunday for a bike ride and an excursion to Cornish Pasty Company.

my mind is blank on the rest of the week.

which is why I need to keep records..

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There's one hidden reason I haven't left Phoenix yet.

It's not just that I'd miss my family when I was away, but it's that I'd be silently obligated to plan vacations to go back home, instead of to new places.

I couldn't stay with my immediate family unless I wanted them around the entire time, because my parents and my brother both live way our in the exurbs of the West Valley where the buses don't run, or take two hours to get into town.

I couldn't stay with my extended family; my maternal grandfather lives with my control-freak uncle whom I couldn't take for more than a day or two. He's the uncle that I think about whenever I'm tempted to give up on work and move back in with my parents and stagnate; I would become him if I did that. And my paternal grandparents watch Fox News 24 hours a day, which is just as deep a pit of negativity.

I still have friends in town, but I'd hate to presume on crashing with them.

If I were to leave Phoenix, I'd have to be very comfortable with the idea of not looking back.