Is there such a thing as too serene?
I haven't mistaken the day, in case you're wondering. I usually have a question as the entry title on Thursdays, when I answer one of the 50 questions to free your mind. However, this question keeps turning up like a bad penny. Am I too happy to be creative? Being a typical journal-writer, I suppose, I much prefer writing when I have something to complain about. Then I really feel the urge to communicate, and the rant writes itself. Also, if I should happen to have an unhappy love affair going, or if I were going through a really difficult period in my life, I would be likely to have a lot to say about it. As things stand, though, I have nothing to complain of, not even the weather, which is getting warmer and sunnier every day. So, what should I write about?
Two of my friends, who both read this blog from time to time, have a birthday today. They are sisters, and were born two years apart, but both on the same day. It's a funny coincidence. I also have two unrelated friends with the same birthday. It works out nicely for me, I'm not very good at remembering dates. So, happy birthday to the birthday girls!
I really need to go to the library one of these days,
and find some new music to play. I've been practising the same about 10 songs forever, and I'm getting tired of them. Thankfully, my Latin studies are going to take a lot of work, so I will have something to occupy my brain with. There's nothing new on the job front, so I run the risk of getting bored and annoyed. I talked about this with my friend on Monday. I was a student for almost 11 years, and I went straight to uni from school at 18, so studying is like a second nature to me, and that's why I still keep it up. I don't long for more formal studies, at least not for some years to come, but there is an exhilaration in learning new things, that's very habit-forming. We have, both my friend and I, studied ever since we were children, and now she has health issues, so she can't work, and I'm unemployed, with occasional freelance work. Both of us have to deal with getting frustrated at not having enough to keep our brains busy. If you were to conclude that this is why I blog every day, and read a lot of books, and watch a lot of movies and TV shows about more or less brainy stuff, you would be right.
Translating forces you to keep learning about new stuff, so I picked a suitable profession. I only hope that I won't be stuck with translating just one genre in the future. I have had the good luck to translate from many genres until now, but nowadays, I only get sociology and social psychology, and it can get monotonous. And at least I can maintain a balance through reading about everything else. It will come in handy some day, I know. There's nothing you don't need to know, when you're a translator...
Sleeping over at my parents' has messed with my routine, so I woke up at 8:30 AM again, and now it's not yet 7 PM, so I have a lot of time to waste before going to bed. Last time I tried playing chess, some days ago, I managed to lose my queen in about five moves, so I obviously need some practice. It seems chess isn't like riding a bike: you do forget how to do it, at least if you weren't very good when you stopped. I have to try to regain my skills... See you tomorrow, when it's almost weekend again!
Two of my friends, who both read this blog from time to time, have a birthday today. They are sisters, and were born two years apart, but both on the same day. It's a funny coincidence. I also have two unrelated friends with the same birthday. It works out nicely for me, I'm not very good at remembering dates. So, happy birthday to the birthday girls!
I really need to go to the library one of these days,
and find some new music to play. I've been practising the same about 10 songs forever, and I'm getting tired of them. Thankfully, my Latin studies are going to take a lot of work, so I will have something to occupy my brain with. There's nothing new on the job front, so I run the risk of getting bored and annoyed. I talked about this with my friend on Monday. I was a student for almost 11 years, and I went straight to uni from school at 18, so studying is like a second nature to me, and that's why I still keep it up. I don't long for more formal studies, at least not for some years to come, but there is an exhilaration in learning new things, that's very habit-forming. We have, both my friend and I, studied ever since we were children, and now she has health issues, so she can't work, and I'm unemployed, with occasional freelance work. Both of us have to deal with getting frustrated at not having enough to keep our brains busy. If you were to conclude that this is why I blog every day, and read a lot of books, and watch a lot of movies and TV shows about more or less brainy stuff, you would be right.
Translating forces you to keep learning about new stuff, so I picked a suitable profession. I only hope that I won't be stuck with translating just one genre in the future. I have had the good luck to translate from many genres until now, but nowadays, I only get sociology and social psychology, and it can get monotonous. And at least I can maintain a balance through reading about everything else. It will come in handy some day, I know. There's nothing you don't need to know, when you're a translator...
Sleeping over at my parents' has messed with my routine, so I woke up at 8:30 AM again, and now it's not yet 7 PM, so I have a lot of time to waste before going to bed. Last time I tried playing chess, some days ago, I managed to lose my queen in about five moves, so I obviously need some practice. It seems chess isn't like riding a bike: you do forget how to do it, at least if you weren't very good when you stopped. I have to try to regain my skills... See you tomorrow, when it's almost weekend again!