[AE.Personal AE.Disability]
I did not at all get into the bullet journal trend even at the height of its hype, not for any reason of claimed discernment but simply because it was not physically viable for me to try to do that much writing by hand, especially in small lettering in tiny spaces.
I was curious about it and I tried to adopt some of the ideas behind it into my electronic journaling, though, because as a person with multiple disabilities I find myself very susceptible to looking for the one thing that will fix my life, like Mike Trapp's character in this old College Humor office sketch.
I started thinking about this sketch and about my patterns of splurging on gimmickry and gadgetry, much of which does make my life easier or better in some way, while thinking about my post from last week about feeling like a Pokemon with no open move slots, constantly forgetting some useful adaptation every time I try to learn a new one.
I've tweeted a few times that it's hard for me to get anything done in the summer because taking care of my physical well-being becomes close to a full-time job, but when I think about how much of my time and mental energy has gone into trying to solve my problems, both personal and professional, by finding one magical silver bullet that will change everything... I start to think that if I can shift my thinking and thus my behavior on that, then maybe it will feel more like a part-time job and I can get back to pursuits that are both more profitable and much more enjoyable.