February ‘24
The Flow of February.
It has its ups and downs. Papa's place, we're essentially at step 4 from last blog. Move Crafty Items from House into Papa’s Place. We’ve shampooed the carpet twice. vacuumed…I don’t know how many times. But we’re putting larger items/furniture into it and organizing for summer projects which is cool.
As long as we’re counting steps technically we also accomplished step 6. I’ve got my tower and cintiq set up. Though a lot of things are making more sense as to why we were having problems in Alabama. My stuff is old. It was on the brink of old 3 years ago but now it’s definitely old. My tower will NOT upgrade to Windows 11 because the CPU is that old and won’t handle it. Windows refuses to let me until I upgrade. So other than needing a whole new computer at this point, it’s been great to understand why my Photoshop kept crashing years ago. It’s just that upgrade time. That’s a project to tackle in a few more years. Haha!
There’s been a cute little trend I’ve noticed about myself lately. Mentally breaking down before making excellent progress and finishing art pieces. I’m not sure what that’s been about, but it was hilarious when I realized it. I’m so funny. So rather than having a break down I’m just going to accept I’m ABOUT to finish a piece. It’ll be this weird thing I know is gonna happen so I might as well prepare for it.
Cancelled Trip with Grandma and the mental stress that caused. And crying, letting it go. I really wanted to make sure everything was going to be okay with her, and it was. Thankfully my nephew stepped in and they had a lot of fun. Saw Grandma on one of our trips into town and she’s just lively as ever so that makes me pretty damn happy. With all three of us having surgery last winter it was stressful enough.
Finished an entire book series in a month. That's new. My favorite TV Show was originally a book, The 100. I was nervous about reading it and wondering what all it would change about my views on the story, but honestly it was an interesting read and the review will go up next month. You can find it in the Book Club section.
I've started looking into exercise a lot more. I have the space now, so some fitness would do good. Plus dance.
It's easy to fall into the void of depression when you think about the things you still haven't achieved YET. But the universe is ever flowing and forward motion is all it takes. Pick yourself up and keep going with positivity. Somehow it does effect your mental stability and keep you focused. It's my secret to living a better life. No matter what happens to you, good or bad, recognize that it's a journey and you're nowhere near the end. It propels you forward and attracts good things. I'm living such a good life compared to three years ago. I know this. I accept this. I LOVE this. So I have no choice but to keep going and smile! The Universe will bring more amazing things.