Good lord! We're moving again to another BnB. These last two weeks of house repairs are lasting like 5 weeks. It's so annoying when I think we could technically move in now if we had a mattress and a bucket.
Good lord! We're moving again to another BnB. These last two weeks of house repairs are lasting like 5 weeks. It's so annoying when I think we could technically move in now if we had a mattress and a bucket.
I have spent the last several years waiting for stuff. Covid ending. Moving back into my home. I've had things to look forward to. I realise that at some point soon there may be a point where there is nothing to look forward to. I want to (ironically) prepare for that. I'd like to be much more mindful of each moment. To enjoy simple pleasures. Making tea. Shaving. Eating dinner.
I'm a few weeks from returning to my home after 18 months. It occurs to me that this might be a good time to do some resets on my health and lifestyle. I plan on reinstating my exercise practice. But I'm also pondering whether I'm spending too much time using social media, video games, and all other screen based time-wasters. Could I be using that time for better purpose? Do video games bring me joy or are they merely a distraction? Ultimately, what is the best life I could be leading?
I still have a to-do item that reads 'Possibly delete Twitter account'. I've yet to be able to tick that one off because I hate that my input on the site adds value to Elon Musk but I equally hate destroying content on the Internet. The Internet could be a valuable repository of human insight but it's can also be so transitory. It's a tricky ethical decision that I'm just not ready to pull the trigger on.
There have been people I cared about a lot who passed when they were old, and there have been people who died tragically young in my life. But this week a very close friend who was only 40 passed from cancer. I want to push past this sadness and keep having to remind myself that sadness is the correct reaction to this event. Be sad. Try to get stuff done. Don't beat myself up if I don't get it done.
Stu'sday
They say never to wish your life away but I can't help but be distracted by how imminent my return to my home is. One more month and I'll be back in sactum sanctorum. 17 months of this ridiculous adventure are done. One more remains.
I'm also far too excited about Hades 2 and Factorio DLC potentially being close. But they could also be several months away. I wish it was then, now.
It is nuts just how draining dealing with a house reno is. It's not even the beginning of the work day and I'm ready to go back to bed.