Apathy's a tragedy and boredom is a crime.
Hello! Welcome to Thursday, the first Thursday I am not sprinting across the globe trying to do something. I want to brag for a moment that a book I worked on is now a New York Times Bestseller which is technically a first in my career where I directly had a hand in it and also the author is really nice?? And the recipes look amazing. I am so proud.
Anyway, it's been a week of pondering (jk, mainly sleeping after arriving home from my last vacation) because now that I am older than the oldest age on human record, I continue to think about what I can do with my life! As in, there is an every yawning void in front of me, and I can either dive into it and become engulfed or like say fuck it! And traverse the world! And have fun and truly not care about what anyone thinks about me.
It's been a really interesting few weeks since my birthday. I think the more I think about what I want in life, the more I realize what I don't want. But I have yet to truly narrow down what would make me happy, so instead I slowly chip away at that. Does pottery make me happy? Does wearing a fancy evening gown while my future husband Jeffy B goes up into space to never return spark joy? (Yes.) Does writing, a thing that has defined my entire being, bring me joy or is it just something that I have done and have clung to for the past 20 some years?
Someone mentioned to me (and apologies if it was one of you! I have no memory) that the older we get, the more we're entrenched in these pits we've dug ourselves into. And trying to find the energy to pick yourself out of the place where your roots have buried deep into the soil is hard as hell! But sometimes, it can be so rewarding. But to get the motivation to even do something about it is 90% of the challenge because who are you if you're not the person who you've been shaping for the last X amount of years??
Or something. I dunno - I think I'm just sleepy.
Anyway, a bit of a rambly newsletter today to offset the chaos of the last few and I warn you! There are going to be a few that are c h a o t i c this upcoming month, so thank you all for being lovely and checking in. Also! Apologies! I sent a similar meme last week as I did the week before. The hiking joke worked too perfectly and I was fooled. :(
Links!
Anyway, it's been a week of pondering (jk, mainly sleeping after arriving home from my last vacation) because now that I am older than the oldest age on human record, I continue to think about what I can do with my life! As in, there is an every yawning void in front of me, and I can either dive into it and become engulfed or like say fuck it! And traverse the world! And have fun and truly not care about what anyone thinks about me.
It's been a really interesting few weeks since my birthday. I think the more I think about what I want in life, the more I realize what I don't want. But I have yet to truly narrow down what would make me happy, so instead I slowly chip away at that. Does pottery make me happy? Does wearing a fancy evening gown while my future husband Jeffy B goes up into space to never return spark joy? (Yes.) Does writing, a thing that has defined my entire being, bring me joy or is it just something that I have done and have clung to for the past 20 some years?
Someone mentioned to me (and apologies if it was one of you! I have no memory) that the older we get, the more we're entrenched in these pits we've dug ourselves into. And trying to find the energy to pick yourself out of the place where your roots have buried deep into the soil is hard as hell! But sometimes, it can be so rewarding. But to get the motivation to even do something about it is 90% of the challenge because who are you if you're not the person who you've been shaping for the last X amount of years??
Or something. I dunno - I think I'm just sleepy.
Anyway, a bit of a rambly newsletter today to offset the chaos of the last few and I warn you! There are going to be a few that are c h a o t i c this upcoming month, so thank you all for being lovely and checking in. Also! Apologies! I sent a similar meme last week as I did the week before. The hiking joke worked too perfectly and I was fooled. :(
Links!
- Here is a hummingbird snoring and like..................... guys it's so adorable?!
- I'm not sure if you saw Heidi Klum's halloween costume, but you know what, it does fit into a meme about "how your email found me".
- In less fun news, Bo Burnham has a great clip circ-ing the internet about how captalism is coming for your time and your attention. Social media keeps expanding and now it needs to expand into all of your time. A line he says is like "every moment you could be looking at your phone, that's just another moment they could advertise something to you." It's a horrifying sentiment and it's really kind of horrifying what companies will do just to get a moment of your attention... *shoves all her advertising into a closet*
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