Currently | Fall 2024
The autumnal equinox was last week and we are officially in my favorite season, but this year, it feels like I’m going into it as a different person. I’ve done a lot of growing this year, learning about how to work with my neurodivergence and create systems that help me use the abilities I have to overcome the challenges I often face. Instead of running an uphill marathon with hurdles, I’m learning to walk and choose my path more carefully.
For so long, I believed that life was a constant push forward to perfection, but now my life is about embracing imperfections, the quirky way my mind works, and slowing down to enjoy the ride more. Cheers to the last quarter of 2024!
Here’s what I’ve been up to lately.
Loving - time away from my phone.
Eating - fresh Honeycrisp apples from my local orchard and a lot of soup. #SoupForLife
Working - on building my portfolio and simplifying my writing routine.
Noticing - how chilly the mornings have been. It finally feels like fall!
Picturing - my life in the next five years - for a writing exercise.
Collecting - a little stack of new release books on my nightstand. I need to catch up on my reading list!
Wanting - more margin in my life.
Honoring - my inner peace this season.
Anticipating - a relaxing beach weekend in a few weeks.
Planning - for NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. I am determined to end 2024 with a manuscript.
Following - election news, maybe too closely. #Vote
Accepting - some things are out of my hands, so I must release my desire to control them.
Making - creative marks every morning.
Smelling - my cup of peppermint tea and the drizzle of honey I added to it.
Getting - my construction hardhat on (not really) to repair nail and anchor holes in our walls. I enjoy being handy sometimes.
Identifying - the array of critters visiting my back deck each night. So far, we have a skunk, an opossum, a raccoon, and 20-ish cats.
Wearing - comfy clothes, nothing new here.
Listening - to the Vibe Check podcast. Sam, Saeed, and Zach give me life and a laugh every week.
Consuming - all the hurricane updates in the aftermath of Helene.
Reconnecting - with my creative side.
Watching - Kaos on Netflix. Greek gods in modern times, hilarious and thought-provoking.
Wondering - what my prophecy is.
Posting - sad news on Instagram, ironically after writing about compassion fatigue in a blog post last month.
Feeling - excited for sweater weather.
Releasing - what isn’t serving me, life family chatter of conspiracy theories.
Scheduling - dates with my writing group and time to get my art on.
Organizing - the refrigerator, inspired by all the fridge restocking vids that have become my shameful indulgence.
Reading - about Korean mythology.
Taking - time to rest.
Craving - crab cakes, a special treat when Frank and I visit the beach … or when I make them myself.
Investing - time in my craft. Practice makes perfect practiced.
Appreciating - all the kitty snuggles I get. They are so loving when I’m feeling under the weather.
Enjoying - scheduling time to sit down with a physical book several afternoons a week.
Going - for walks around the neighborhood each evening after dinner.
Resolving - to accept that my body is changing in all the ways. Hormones, y’all …
Playing - Hay Day with the man.
Finding - fallen leaves on the deck and looking forward to seeing snow there soon.
Spending - money on cat treats way more than I ever spend on myself. (Is this all pet parents?)
Wishing - the sun would return, after nearly two weeks of rain.
Looking - for books in the post and feeling so grateful for publishers who send out freebies.
Thinking - about what the new month will bring.
