I have had to delete game apps from my phone as I have wasted so much time playing games while YouTube plays in the background. I always had a challenging time trying to get into a groove of consistency with YouTube as well as with my blogs.

While I’ve been on leave, I’ve tried even harder to get into a groove with both my websites and my youtube channels. Currently, I am typing this out while my 4-year-old uses my left arm as a desk while she chats without taking a moment to breathe. She is doing her darndest to distract me from writing this. And she is being successful… I stop typing to listen to her and if I don’t, her volume intensifies. Boundaries is definitely something we are working on, but at the same time it is hard to find that balance of “This is my work time, honey” and “I need to make sure you are fulfilled.”

Her dad left the house just shy of three weeks ago — he and I broke up long before then, but the housing crisis has made it impossible for either of us to move. There are literally hundreds of applicants for every vacant rental that comes up, which makes it difficult to receive an offer of renting, while at the same time the rental prices have increased by over one thousand dollars per month within the last few years.

He has not yet taken her so it has been 100% me. Which is fine; I truly enjoy her company. It just makes it difficult to accomplish anything.

Well, I was going to go into some more information on how to help ourselves when it comes to creating content on a regular basis. But she is talking my ear off, so maybe I will try again later.