de-cluttering, childhood friends, politics, work
Hey there. It has been a while since I wrote in here... Things have generally calmed down since that peak emotional experience with the two job offers/changes. Regarding that, I still am planning on working in the drugstore position I was offered (which I fortunately did NOT turn down even when I thought I would be taking the other job.. which surprisingly fell through completely) and that begins this coming Tuesday. So I have a few days of rest before then.
I did this very cool thing today. I planned with Rachel F. a project in which we hold each other accountable for clearing the clutter we have in our homes. WE're starting out by just sending each other photos of the clutter. I love this idea (her idea!) because it feels like the first step in changing a problem - acknowledging its existence/reality. After this, we'll check in one week from today to talk about our experience spending 15 minutes clearing this clutter. Just 15 minutes. more if we feel inspired of course. But at least 15 minutes.
I made a folder of all the folders on my Google Drive. Looking over them I'm laughing! Because some of the stuff poking out in these piles is random, or out of place, or proclaims some kind of statement yet there it is in a pile - forgotten and ignored. It's funny. It's good to laugh about this - and in general.
Last night I dropped the tall glass bottle of olive oil (not empty!) I had for a while and it broke into many pieces unfortunately. At some point today I'll probably buy another bottle as I'm a daily olive oil consumer.
Tonight I am having dinner (bringing my own) with Lee (mother) and I (daughter) P. - major figures from my childhood! I used to go to their home every Friday night with my father for many years. I'd play with I and J (we were all close in age) and at some point we'd be sitting with their parents and my dad and occasionally other people for Shabbat dinner. I ran into Lee on the street recently and we had a long phone conversation not long after.
I think similar political views and interests in pretty important to me as I embark on possibly dating again.... and hopefully finding a person with whom I can share a satisfying long-term romantic partnership with. The person I'e been talking to on the phone recently, whom I found on a dating site, seems pretty cool, though we have not yet discussed politics. I get the sense he might be "apolitical". I'm not sure that'd work out. We're planning on meeting on Sunday. We'll see what happens...
I did this very cool thing today. I planned with Rachel F. a project in which we hold each other accountable for clearing the clutter we have in our homes. WE're starting out by just sending each other photos of the clutter. I love this idea (her idea!) because it feels like the first step in changing a problem - acknowledging its existence/reality. After this, we'll check in one week from today to talk about our experience spending 15 minutes clearing this clutter. Just 15 minutes. more if we feel inspired of course. But at least 15 minutes.
I made a folder of all the folders on my Google Drive. Looking over them I'm laughing! Because some of the stuff poking out in these piles is random, or out of place, or proclaims some kind of statement yet there it is in a pile - forgotten and ignored. It's funny. It's good to laugh about this - and in general.
Last night I dropped the tall glass bottle of olive oil (not empty!) I had for a while and it broke into many pieces unfortunately. At some point today I'll probably buy another bottle as I'm a daily olive oil consumer.
Tonight I am having dinner (bringing my own) with Lee (mother) and I (daughter) P. - major figures from my childhood! I used to go to their home every Friday night with my father for many years. I'd play with I and J (we were all close in age) and at some point we'd be sitting with their parents and my dad and occasionally other people for Shabbat dinner. I ran into Lee on the street recently and we had a long phone conversation not long after.
I think similar political views and interests in pretty important to me as I embark on possibly dating again.... and hopefully finding a person with whom I can share a satisfying long-term romantic partnership with. The person I'e been talking to on the phone recently, whom I found on a dating site, seems pretty cool, though we have not yet discussed politics. I get the sense he might be "apolitical". I'm not sure that'd work out. We're planning on meeting on Sunday. We'll see what happens...
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