The past few months have been a period of time that I can now look back on and see how much I've grown. Usually it takes a few years for that kind of big-girl contemplative thing to catch on. This should tell you that it's been a whirlwind few months!
You know, I look around and I see how miserable so many people are, and I wonder—why? Why bother? It is literally so much easier to be nice and to build positive relationships than to be mean and build negative ones. I look at Facebook, there are a million posts with people whining about something. I look at Twitter, people are threatening to go on unfollow sprees (if it was really that serious, you wouldn't need to make an announcement in my opinion). I look at messengers and there are passive aggressive status messages galore.
More often than not it's an issue of forgetting to breathe, and refusing to let go. You have to let go of some things. If you don't, those negative things build up in your system like toxins and turn you into a crotchety old man or woman who has chased all their friends away. That's one of the biggest things I've learned in the past few months: most things are not life-altering or bad, so there is no sense in treating them like that. It's about the approach. If you approach something guns blazing ready to take it on no matter what, chances are you can find a coping strategy. There is a way around and through everything, which so many of us have lost touch with.
My advice: let go, relax and breathe. It does a lot more than you might think (and I'm not even a hippie, imagine that)! In laymen's terms: simmer down and calm your tits—it'll work out in the end.
I took a break from working on my ghost work out of sheer lack on inspiration. It ended up being one of the best decisions I've ever made to take that break! After a while, things came to me. A lot of things, and not just about this story. I came up with a few ideas for some others, too! Lesson learned? EMBRACE WRITER'S BLOCK EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. I won't tell you it doesn't bite—it bites, rest assured—but sometimes it's what your system needs. Exercise actually helps me come up with ideas too, I tend to let my mind wander when I'm working out. Not a bad deal, shaving off some of my fatty bits and brainstorming? Madness!
Anywho I've been doing quite a bit of reading lately mostly thanks to Wattpad, a site that I wish to marry were it legal in New York (or anywhere. Maybe Japan? I heard some guy married a pillow, so I should be able to marry a webpage). I'm actually thinking I may upload the ghost story there. I feel like it would be an okay fit. :) Plus, it can't hurt. I'm having fun, anyway. :D
Oh, and bookwise, the Tomorrow, When the War Began series by John Marsden I've been eating up. I know they're not new, but they're still so relevant. I'm halfway through the second one, I really need to find the time to finish it off so that I can start on the third. However, I would like to point out that for SOME reason the third book in the series is expensive as hell. WHY?! It is no longer than the other ones, I managed to find it used for $20, but that was with some serious digging. Mostly I see it going for at least $50-70. What's with that? ]:
That's about all I've got to say about that, so here's a picture of some cookies I made last night. Enjoy.
