Yesterday ended up costing a lot more spoons than expected. My wife and I ended up storing some furniture in the basement of the bookstore where I used to work. Very gracious on the part of the owner. We went back to start unloading it and it was surreal being back in the space.
TWO THINGS I AM GRATEFUL FOR (SPECIFIC)
1. I am grateful for my old boss letting us use the basement. She insisted she had no plans for the space and that we were free to use it. Hell, there were still sticky notes left up from when we first started cleaning it out. It hadn't changed since I left.
2. That said ... I'm grateful I'm not there anymore. My life right now isn't where I want it and I'd considered going back to the bookstore, use it as a stopgap job while I look for something better but being in the space again? No. Just ... no.
ONE THING THAT WENT WELL DURING THE DAY
I wrote! This new chapter, I think it's really onto something. It felt really good once I got over the anxiety of starting. Cassie and I also got three car-loads of stuff out of the bookstore basement. I even took time to read and started playing Hades for the first time.
ONE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL ACTION ITEM FOR THE DAY
We might make our way back to the bookstore to continue moving the stuff we can. There's some furniture that will never fit in a Mustang. Other than that, I think I want to start looking at the next chapter of my book, my One-Shot, and ... oh shit we need to go grocery shopping.
WHATEVER IS ON MY MIND
Y'know, some mornings I have nothing particular on my mind. This morning I have too much. To skip across the surface of my thoughts, I'm thinking about writers who keep coming back to certain themes and ideas. You ever notice that? I'm just starting to figure out what mine are.
I don't need to know what my recurring thematic ideas are to write good stories, but I'm always fascinated by what I bring to the table. Growing up abused left me with a pretty unstable sense of self that I've spent most of my life trying to solidify. I think I'm getting there.
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