#ThreeGoodThings #Today #Contemplation
🏠 - got up early-ish this morning and cleaned my garage. i filled up the wheelie bin with broke down cardboard boxes, so i'm gonna have to wait til monday to recycle of the rest. but i have a (mostly) clean garage for winter! and my plant bench has been unearthed and my storage boxes are now at least visible, and my bicycle is now easily accessible. hooray!
💻 - started my #WritingMonth story! i'm writing in @novelwriter this year as i've been using it for a few months for a couple other projects and i really love both the simplicity and the options available that it has. i am also using obsidian for my local only journaling which will occasionally add to my wordcount because i am incapable of keeping my thoughts in one place. lol.
🧶🪡 - started a long EZ Surprise Scarf with single nalbinding needle knitting instead of double circular needles knitting. it's been an interesting math challenge to say the least. i can honestly say that i now know *way* more about the construction of a single needle stitch than i did before. lol. but so far i'm enjoying the brain workout and my handspun yarn is soft and fluffy and it's a fun break between cleaning and writing.
but, yay november! it used to be my worst month, mental health wise, but since i've been living alone and finding my own routines, and learning how to embrace stability, it's become a restful and satisfying space in the transition between the wild, external, and busy growth of the summer and the calm, internal, and hand project focused winter that my life has settled into.
this past january i started degoogling, de-IoT-ing, de-social media-ing, and gradually adding a lot of positive friction back into my life in the form of physical media and hands on projects and i can say that it's been one of the best decisions i've made in a long time. it seems so far, letting life take all the time it needs to do whatever it wants to do has been a super good choice for me.
it's weird that i'm actually getting *more* done and enjoying more satisfaction in my work, by letting things take their time and doing most everything by hand, than i did when i was constantly busy and trying to "save time" by embracing friction-less convenience. and also, getting rid of streaming services and social media has gone a long way in regaining my time and allowing space in my brain to just let things chill.
hooray for slow living and embracing inconvenience, contentment, and creative problem solving!
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