Jumbled Thoughts

Had a little downtime at work and thought I'd try to write a couple of my thoughts down.

This month, and maybe with subtle hinting from the almighty algorithm, I've been trying to exert a little more effort on living off my phone, or even living off social media – that is to say, to live a little more analog in a sense. It's been an interesting experience so far:

  1. Joined a newsletter group by email. It was free to join, but it's so interesting how it's run by a design shop that will tell you every chance that there are products that you can buy in the shop. Otherwise, I printed out the January workbook that I have yet to fill out :( 
  2. Wrote one letter introducing myself to a pen pal. I actually emailed a handful of people in the list who I thought would be interesting (or would be interested to be pen pals), but only one responded back. 
  3. Out of the 31 days of January, I only uninstalled Instagram on the 26th day, after feeling a little bit daunted with the mixture of news, programs, stalking-software recommended pages. Didn't I say I was going to stay off my phone more? 
  4. Went to a book club session and because I felt a little intimidated, was told “next” during my discussion (to be frank, I was mumbling), and the host never emailed me back, I ultimately decided to never return. Could be a good or bad thing, but I did buy February's book and I regret it. 
  5. Crocheted coasters! But haven't used them.  Really, the crochet was probably the most exciting thing. I have not finished reading any of the two magazines I bought (one about reading, one was a poetry anthology), nor did I finish reading any book this month (or at least that I can recall). I feel like a failure to my own personal goals, but at the same time, I have also accomplished so much out of that! 

The house feels like a home now, partly due to the new furniture we've just received yesterday. But the hubby (!) and I are working towards shared goals, have been for quite a while, and it has been working. It's just that sometimes, I feel like my personal goals feel like they're being pushed to the side sometimes, and 10 PM comes around and I never feel like I was able to wind down and do what I want to do. I haven't quite yet figured it out, and now I really do see why married life is quite different. 

So far that's where I am in the scheme of things. We'll see how the rest of the year progresses.