(And also, Day 2 of my 30-day blogging challenge.)

We’ve just come home from trivia night at the local pub. On the five-minute drive home, I happened to see this message in looping letters on an A-frame sign: “Progress is messy.” More was written underneath — unfortunately I didn’t manage to see the whole sign — probably to form a clever quip about good food and/or wine, judging from its position on the neatly manicured lawn of one of McLaren Vale’s best restaurants.

If only (or indeed because it was) delivered to me in part, this message feels pertinent, as I find myself on day two of my 30-day blogging challenge, with only one hour left of the day and just two paragraphs in of the daily post. But I’m here, and I know I definitely wouldn’t be if not for this challenge. It would have been much easier to have plopped myself on the couch — which I am very much looking forward to doing after I finish up here. Am I struggling already? Maybe, but I’m not caring too much about it. Progress is messy, right?

Today was busier than most Fridays tend to be, and I even took myself to a Pilates class. I slept horribly last night – I just have so much on my mind. I’ve been using a lot of Headspace’s ‘sleepcasts’ to help lull me to sleep; there’s an episode called ‘Rainday Antiques’, which features a very smooth talker and realistic rain noises, and I’m yet to hear it to the end.

I have a whole weekend free from plans as of now, which, as you’ll know if you know me, is one of my very favourite ways to enter a weekend. I was in Sterling not long ago to visit the beautiful Matilda Bookshop, which I highly recommend if you’re ever in the area, and I have three new books to read. I want to call my brother, and do a big clean out of my wardrobe. I have so many clothes I never wear anymore, and I’ve been meaning to cull for ages, to have a smaller collection of items that feel more ‘me’ and from which I can more quickly pluck to build an outfit. At the moment, I’ve been facing a lot of rummaging and sighing and regret as soon as I’ve stepped out of the house…

Anyway, I think this is enough progress for me today…

Until tomorrow.

E. x