i don't have a problem. i may be alone, but i'm not lonely or depressed. i'm actually happy to be one of the blessed few who find joy in solitude.
is good, especially when you spend the day working and running errands. i'm having some 'me' time now, choosing to have lunch alone, somewhere where there isn't too many people at this time in the day. it's fun sitting by myself and not having to work, e-mail some webmaster, talk to a colleague, answer questions.
i don't have a problem. i may be alone, but i'm not lonely or depressed. i'm actually happy to be one of the blessed few who find joy in solitude.
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The new account I'm writing (among other things) for has got me looking at crafty blogs and I find it difficult to turn away from all the interesting things I see there. Up to a couple of years ago, crafting wasn't such a big deal; there were just people who did it as a hobby. Now, a lot of people are crafting in some way or another: doing calligraphy, making washi tape art, creating one-of-a-kind cards, experimenting with all kinds of materials. There is a great crafting community and you can really feel the good vibes all around. It's nice.
Seeing the blogs and photos of art supplies and projects makes me think about my own neglected materials at home, and the projects I had planned but never got around to doing. I used to do a little project every week for a year back in 2010, and documented them in a blog. My favorite project was my t-rex--he's still in my room making merry bubbles with his girlfriend. The bubbles have popped, however. I think there's only five of them left. Anyway, perhaps one of these days I'll go do a project or two. Perhaps a collab--I've been meaning to do some illustration-based stencils with a friend. We'll see. Lately, I’ve been thinking of things and how much they’re worth in terms of the number of articles I have to write in order to purchase them. I’ve signed up for additional writing tasks at work for a little extra money (I’ve been eyeing a new camera, among other things), and I’ve been judging things based on my capacity to work for them, or to see if they’re worth buying. If I see something I like, say, a watch, I take a look at its price and mentally compute: 3 articles. It will cost me an article to take a cab ride home from Makati. A fancy dinner can cost me a couple of articles. A smartphone demands a lot more: 20-30 unique, high-quality content articles.
My mantra these days is “I don’t need it, I don’t need it” to keep myself from buying unnecessary stuff. Define necessary, though. What if you can really live without them but having them actually makes you feel better, and uh, motivates you to keep on working? Isn’t your well-being important? There are times when retail therapy is all you need, and the regret that comes later is all part of the cycle: “I’m never going shopping on impulse again.” And then you go back to work. And now I go back to work. I really should MAKE time to write here more often. Self, you don't have to be fascinated with something to write about it. Right. The challenge, really, is making the everyday things, the mundane stuff, interesting and well, worth writing about. You don't really have to, but it helps. I think.
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nice to meet mew!Hi, I'm Lauren, and this blog is the repository of my thoughts about erm, mundane things. As you can see, I have a thing for cats. I also like cheese. Archives
October 2016
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