Adulthood and Holidays
Adulthood is a strange beast. Due to mounting responsibilities the same old thrills don't seems to even well..thrill me anymore.
A few things have drastically changed in Liz world. Cleanliness is a damn near obsession. After working all day nothings worse than coming home to a shit hole. The most recent absolute joy was getting my new Vacuum Trudy (she has a name, yes). Now there is no excuse to have any hidden dust bunnies as her suction attachment makes it to easy to eliminate their icky presence. I am by no means extremely organized I am of course still and will always be an artist so I have corners stacked with collected materials. It cannot be helped.
Sleep has changed. Friends have noticed the sudden decline of Liz sightings after dark. This has been a long time coming at this point. If any event begins after 9 o clock. I refuse. Will not, cannot do it! Nothings worse than working at an effin zoo on 4 hours of sleep (I work weekends).
Errands have also become exciting (WTF?!). I've realized if you don't enjoy your errands life will become very sad as to the fact they stack up fast if you don't do them regularly. One of my techniques now is allowing me some time to browse at the places i run my errands at. Petsmart for the gecko is always fun to look around at as is any grocery store or Target. With this psychological encouragement it has all worked. I love to run my errands! This also is because Mihai and I sometimes have to spend our one day together doing such activities.
Now Holidays, I've never decorated or celebrated them much since going away to college. That was always left to my Mother. I'm realizing that there's a reason people love to decorate and celebrate them. Life gets to monotonous after a while. When working it's easy to forget the seasons...Get up, get ready, ride the bus, work, ride the bus home, REPEAT, REPEAT, REPEAT. Sure there are ways of dealing with alcohol or other substances but decorations are a much healthier solution.
I think it's something about acknowledging the change of season. I also just want this to be part of my lifestyle. It's kinda silly but those warm fuzzy feelings from childhood around the holidays...well I want them back! I can't always go home to get it..so i gotta do it myself.
With looking into grad school for psychology Self Care is always stressed. You have to be able to create a safe life for yourself before you help others find there's.
So, thus, as an adulthood I am trying my darndest to start making decorations and surrounding myself with these things and finding a way to get the warm fuzzy's I miss. I guess this also relates back to traditions. I want some of my own. It's not easy but it's all about habits. I never thought I'd be clean..and well look at me go!
Oh and i'm still hungry. I'm trying to ignore it again hahaha
DAMN DIET!
A few things have drastically changed in Liz world. Cleanliness is a damn near obsession. After working all day nothings worse than coming home to a shit hole. The most recent absolute joy was getting my new Vacuum Trudy (she has a name, yes). Now there is no excuse to have any hidden dust bunnies as her suction attachment makes it to easy to eliminate their icky presence. I am by no means extremely organized I am of course still and will always be an artist so I have corners stacked with collected materials. It cannot be helped.
Sleep has changed. Friends have noticed the sudden decline of Liz sightings after dark. This has been a long time coming at this point. If any event begins after 9 o clock. I refuse. Will not, cannot do it! Nothings worse than working at an effin zoo on 4 hours of sleep (I work weekends).
Errands have also become exciting (WTF?!). I've realized if you don't enjoy your errands life will become very sad as to the fact they stack up fast if you don't do them regularly. One of my techniques now is allowing me some time to browse at the places i run my errands at. Petsmart for the gecko is always fun to look around at as is any grocery store or Target. With this psychological encouragement it has all worked. I love to run my errands! This also is because Mihai and I sometimes have to spend our one day together doing such activities.
Now Holidays, I've never decorated or celebrated them much since going away to college. That was always left to my Mother. I'm realizing that there's a reason people love to decorate and celebrate them. Life gets to monotonous after a while. When working it's easy to forget the seasons...Get up, get ready, ride the bus, work, ride the bus home, REPEAT, REPEAT, REPEAT. Sure there are ways of dealing with alcohol or other substances but decorations are a much healthier solution.
I think it's something about acknowledging the change of season. I also just want this to be part of my lifestyle. It's kinda silly but those warm fuzzy feelings from childhood around the holidays...well I want them back! I can't always go home to get it..so i gotta do it myself.
With looking into grad school for psychology Self Care is always stressed. You have to be able to create a safe life for yourself before you help others find there's.
So, thus, as an adulthood I am trying my darndest to start making decorations and surrounding myself with these things and finding a way to get the warm fuzzy's I miss. I guess this also relates back to traditions. I want some of my own. It's not easy but it's all about habits. I never thought I'd be clean..and well look at me go!
Oh and i'm still hungry. I'm trying to ignore it again hahaha
DAMN DIET!