One Tiny Stand Goal. One Mini Spiral.

Ever have one of those accidentally ridiculous moments where one tiny thought unravels into a whole mini adventure?

Yesterday, after lunch, I was sitting comfortably back at my computer when my brain reminded me:

“You’re taking the kids to Costco after school… you should charge your watch.”

But… I couldn’t... because I hadn’t hit my stand goal yet.

Earlier, although I had put it off as just one more thing first, I had technically already worked out and changed for the day. Still, that stand goal needed to be achieved.

So naturally, I did the only logical thing:

I flipped myself upside down on my feet-up trainer, started a core workout (so the watch would register the movement and give me that stand credit), and opened my current go to Apple Arcade game since… well… I was already there. Simply trying to earn one stand hour and a little dopamine.

Somewhere between the feel-good stretches and firing fuzzy piffle balls at digital obstacles, I realized… this could be content!

A blog post. Maybe a reel. Maybe both.

Then at six minutes in I thought, yes… maybe?

Then debated it some more before deciding it was valid.

Then debated filming it another time because my phone was currently busy being my gaming console... but by 10 minutes in I’d convinced myself: this deserves documentation.

So I hopped down, walked straight into my husband’s office (he was mid-meeting), slowly reached under his monitor, snagged his phone, returned to my setup, set it up, hit record on a time-lapse, and got back to it like nothing unusual was happening.

I even threw in a pincha at the end because once you’ve committed to chaos why stop early?

Just under nineteen minutes total... with the final eight recorded.

I texted the time-lapse to myself, deleted the video, returned his phone, and sat back at my computer to jot down the whole experience before it evaporated into the afternoon… feeling somewhat delighted by the entire saga. Then I glanced down at my wrist (still not charging, of course) and finally, finally plugged it in.

One tiny reminder. One mini spiral. One quiet reason I build calm tools.

Because I’d gotten my stand goal… and thankfully hadn’t yet crossed into the next hour to repeat the whole process again.

And days like this remind me why I build calm, simple tools: because tech should support our lives, not send us spiraling (or physically flipping) just to meet a goal.

One tiny reminder. One mini spiral. One quiet reason I build calm tools.