Happiness is a lasagne in the oven. I haven't made one in ages but it felt like lasagne weather. And happiness is the RELIEF of finishing off a work project I'd been dithering with for months, ie procrastinating and extending the deadline. Terrible me! But wonderful feeling, having finished it. Just wonderful. And pottering along with life in general. Trying to stay well. Staying well is the best reason to be happy!
It is here. No News September. The month that is peculiar only to me and would have sounded better if it had been No News November for the alliteration. But it just happened to be around this time, a few years back, that I felt I needed to clear my head and not read news, so September it is. Plus I have a graphic so I am primed. And kind of excited to see how it goes. It went very, very well last year. So much so I thought I might do it forever but I slipped. No News September! Where I attempt to avoid the news and if I do find myself slipping, ie doom-scrolling, I hope to realise what I am doing, stop it at once! and do something else. What is even better about No New September is it will give me more time to think about my new book, since I am not... Watching the news Reading the news Scrolling the news Listening to the news. Getting distraught by the news. Getting outraged by the news. When I'm waiting for the bus, instead of scrolling, I can ponder my book. If I have to ...
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