Morning, Gang! Happy Fathers Day, I suppose? I called my father, with whom I have a very explicit boundary of "No Politics or I hang up." So I had to hang up. This time it made me sad though because he sounded sad. I told him we'd talk again soon. Navigating life and boundaries is tough.
TWO THINGS I AM GRATEFUL FOR (SPECIFIC)
1. I am grateful for my boundaries. It goes without saying and frankly cannot be overstated how they make it easier for me to move through the world just by existing. It is a psychological relief to know that I can protect myself from bad situations, should they arise.
2. I am grateful for one of my aforementioned friends. I mentioned yesterday my reservations toward anything that sets off my grift alarm and after brief discussion, my friend who shared something with me that tripped my grift alarm, they thanked me and said they'd think more critically in the future. Good people. Changing your position like that is hard. Hard hard hard.
ONE THING THAT WENT WELL DURING THE DAY
I did make my way over to the Print Shop to get my short story, "The Body Cosmic" pound in a little booklet. I just love having physical copies of things and I am so damn proud of that story. Now I just have to find a place to submit it.
ONE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL ACTION ITEM FOR THE DAY
We have a room inspection tomorrow so Cassie and I have more cleaning to do before then. I successfully organized the closet spaces and I'm pretty satisfied with that work. It's just so hard to fit two people in a single room when both those people are packrats.
WHATEVER IS ON MY MIND
Not too much on my mind today. Cassie and I talked a little bit this morning about trends in art and media. I started rewatching Dan Olsen's video essays about "Fifty Shades" and it occurred to me, what ever happened to that lady? Like, I don't actually care but it is interesting that something that blew up so big vanished.
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