Finally more consistent novel reading, Netflix binging and working out much more. Might even try cooking too LOL. Anything to avoid the BS reality we are suddenly facing.
Thrifting, specifically retro sci-fi/genre items to sell. It’s obviously great to make a profit but I’ve been getting a forgotten buzz through nostalgically rediscovering old gaming and movie/show passions from my youth
Openly s**t talking Trump around white ppl, 1pt for flinching, 5pts for engagement, and 50pts if you get them to yell. If they cry, it's an automatic win and I get a ribbon.
Not new, but something I go back to at various points of stress is my embroidery work. It's great for the holidays because I can be in the same room as everyone, but not have to engage as much.
I have an embroidery bag I carry with me for that reason. Embroidery is easier than cross-stitch since I don’t have to count/pay attention. Gives my hands something to do while I pretend I’m a normal person with normal person conversation skills
oh you know, expanding my garden to grow more tomatoes and potatoes, learn how to pasteurize things, maybe learn how to do solar. Might pick up cycling again.
I'm going to keep writing music. The track that seems to be most relevant as I try to get motivated to care about anything today is "We're Marooned Here" which is unfortunately where I'm at today.
Yeah, that spooky effect where the next 3 or 4 years (if we're lucky) will seem like a decade of madness and destruction. Destruction of norms, of decency, of respect for one another, of any real chance at taking a stand against anthropocentric climate change, totalitarianism, or unchecked greed.
election had me doomscrolling & derailed my reading, which had been at my best for the first time in better part of a decade, but swimming helped get me back on track. reading and journaling again now & I do not plan to stop, even and especially if it means less online time.
I'm going to focus on martial arts (taekwondo and haidong Gumdo), running tabletop games (Draw Steel for my friends and D&D for my family), writing more novel (which will go chapter by chapter on the website) and raising good kids.
Getting back into painting miniatures. It's great because I can sit there and paint while I listen to a podcast, or just disassociate and fall apart quietly, either is fine
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More than ever I should be saving money, but, fuck it all.
Also, DVC is starting to make a lot more sense, if I could afford it.
I’m sure the psychology behind this is entirely transparent
Wait shit are you a cop? I meant sourdough baking.
In fact, already started. :D
Side mission: hearing hunger cues better.