Do people even read blogs anymore? I guess that's TBD.
What’s saving my life right now? This is a prompt from
I’m not sure anything is particularly lifesaving, in that
nothing seems dire at the moment. Maybe what’s lifesaving is that I’m not
trying to crush January. I’m not hibernating, but I am leaning into the cozy. I’ve
read 7 books in the last 4 weeks, including two children's mysteries today. I’ve taken
lots of naps. I’ve enjoyed walks in the snow. I’ve taken walks in the rain, but
those are slightly less enjoyable. I’ve started listening to a new podcast. Work is going
rather well, and it’s the less crazy time of year for my particular projects. I
organized a section of my attic and hope to declutter another section soon. I’m
enjoying not having to worry about my yard for a few months. It’s not that I
don’t have goals and lists of things I want to do for the year, but this has
just seemed a good time to be curled up with books and blankets. And honestly,
that is actually on my to-do list- read. And lean into the seasons. There are
some seasons for hiking, and others for snowmen and cozy reading. This is
mostly a cozy time.
I realized I haven’t blogged much for a few reasons. One, I’m
not constantly traveling and having random adventures like I was in Peace
Corps. Suburbia just has a different vibe, you know? Also, I’m posting a lot of
travel photos and such on Facebook, and it would almost seem like double
posting to put them here also. Maybe. Maybe I’ll do some back blogging on my travels
from the last few years. Also, the world has been shitty in a lot of ways the
past several years, at least politically, and I wasn’t sure, still am not, how
much I want to write about that. I think I want to write about my values more
than the shitty stuff going on, but that may remain to be seen.
I’m guilty in paper journals of starting a new one
constantly before finishing an old one. This leads to me having like 20
journals lying around that are a quarter to a third written in. I’m trying not
to the same thing with blogs, since this is already the 3rd one I’ve
made in my life. I don’t see the need for a fourth, even if my voice and life
is pretty different than when I left for Botswana 11 ½ years ago.
So we’ll see what this becomes. I am of the mind that I
still want to post about adventures, be they overseas travels or new hiking
spots. But I also believe that adventures can be new friendships or rekindling
old ones, tackling things you’ve been meaning to do for months/years and
experiencing the satisfaction of completely something, figuring out how to put
actions to your values. Radical self acceptance may be the biggest adventure of
all. So we’ll see where this goes.
