Snowflake Challenge 10: Five Things

[fleetsparrow]

Well, I had voted for the Happy Place choice during the poll, so I thought I'd combine the two (more or less) with five things making me happy.

1. Tarot/Astrology.  Admittedly, these are not, strictly speaking, interchangeable, but they do seem to go together a lot for myself and other people.  I've been getting very much into tarot over the 2023 year (so many decks I bought in my day), and deepening my study into astrology (not incredibly deeply, but deep enough to be learning).  I've been paying attention to synchronicities and coincidences a lot and things have been wild.
2. Tumblr.  I swore I would never return here, but once Twitter died, I realized that I missed the community and fandom nonsense.  Incredibly, I've found it easier to casually scroll and leave at any time, and also much more fun and calming than Twitter ever was for me.
3. Rest.  As I've mentioned, I recently read Rest Is Resistance and that has been so formative and informative for creating my own rest practice, especially when dealing with my unnecessarily stressful day job.  By actively taking time to rest and deciding to not do things, I've typically ended up with more energy for the things I enjoy and been able to stop feeling guilty when I don't have the energy.
4. Previous Loves.  This is kind of a catch-all category of listening to music I used to love, doing old fandom stuff, and just allowing myself to do things that I used to really like.  I've been curating my playlists and just taking the time to really sit with things that I like and let go of things that are no longer serving me.
5. Writing.  My oldest love, but I've been very careful about not working on things I don't want to work on and allowing myself to actually not work on things when I don't want to work.  Somehow, I've ended up doing more writing than I usually do, even during the week.

Comments

[turps]

This is such an excellent list and is filled with so many good things.

but I've been very careful about not working on things I don't want to work on and allowing myself to actually not work on things when I don't want to work.

That is fantastic! Self care, even with things that you love, is so important.

[myulalie]

All of those make me happy too ♥