It is now August, 2020, meaning Covid-19 hit over five months ago. I remember my perspective back in March, a convoluted combination of anxiety and apprehension toward the uncertainty of the virus and the future and excitement at the prospect of the extra time to learn French, practice the guitar, revamp this platform and write …
Category: reflections
An Obligatory Update
I haven’t posted anything here for some time. The reality is that I created this to be a space to creatively and healthily process and reflect of life for its own sake, and the past months have left me without the space or motivation to engage with anything deeper than the day-to-day. I have seen …
Embracing Intentionality
The word that most readily come to my mind when thinking about what my soul craves right now is intentionality. As I have become more accustomed to my new home, it has become easier to float along with the plans or choices of others and more difficult for me to say no— even when I …
Navigating numbness: waking up
Today, I feel I have so many thoughts to voice but I don’t know how. I want to tell you about how I have been rediscovering my love for plants and it has been giving me so much joy to watch fresh water run through the cracks in the soil of my two half-dead succulents …
Navigating numbness: comfort is not rest
When I first started this blog two months ago, I made myself only one rule: don’t be the person who starts a blog, writes one or two posts and then seemingly gives up or forgets about it. Unfortunately, that is exactly what happened. After an emotionally and spiritually full start to the summer, I let …