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dusts off this journal
Whoa, hello world!! It's been...wow, a couple of years!! I was sort of reminded of DW by the imminent death of Tumblr and even though I have my own blog elsewhere (that I haven't updated in a hot minute) I felt sort of nostalgic. It might be nice to have this place again so I can blog privately sometimes or just get random things off my chest.
A lot has changed since the last time I updated this blog:
▶ I'm a middle school math teacher now. I teach at a school for the arts downtown. The commute sucks but I enjoy my work (most of the time). Before that I worked in retail for 2 years at a bookstore, which is where I met most of my current friends + my boyfriend.
▶ I'm obsessed with knitting. I do the odd bit of crochet, but I just took way more to knitting. I'm sort of a snob about yarn, though, so I end up spending quite a bit on my projects. It's nice! It's relaxing and helps me pass the time. I really enjoy spending my spare time knitting rather than staring at social media all the time.
▶ I finally bought my first BJDs after observing the hobby from afar for years!! Playing Nameless really pushed me over the edge, lol. I'm slowly gathering more clothes and things for them but I have a far-off goal of buying a better camera to snap pics.
▶ I got into tarot and woo-woo witchy stuff (TM), though I do it more for the self-care aspect than anything else. I've been sort of flirting with spirituality and attending some different church services and stuff. I don't know if I can ever be...like, religious, but there's something very uplifting about religious spaces.
▶ I don't have quite as much time for games/anime anymore. I still like them and I still play games and watch stuff on Crunchyroll, but I feel like those hobbies don't dominate my life as much as they used to. There was a time I was buying upwards of 10 drama CDs a month and now I can't even remember the last one I bought. I have, however, started reading more again. I managed to hit my Goodreads goal for the year and part of that is because I started listening more to audiobooks!
▶ I did a big KonMari cleanse at the beginning of this year and threw away/donated most of my clothes, books, etc. My room is actually pretty neat now and while I can't call myself a minimalist, I'm definitely more conscious of what I buy and what I choose to add to my living space.
I guess a lot of things are still the same, too. I'm the same extroverted introvert I always was. I get overly excited about cute stationery. I've got my head in the clouds and sometimes make really strange impulse purchases. I spend too much time daydreaming about fic and not enough time writing it. I'm going to be 30 next year, but I still kind of feel like a kid in many ways.
It's weird to think that I started blogging on LJ back in 2003. That was 15 years ago. I grew up on the internet. What kind of person have I grown up to be? I'm still figuring that out.
Anyway, thanks for reading.
I hope this post finds you well.
A lot has changed since the last time I updated this blog:
▶ I'm a middle school math teacher now. I teach at a school for the arts downtown. The commute sucks but I enjoy my work (most of the time). Before that I worked in retail for 2 years at a bookstore, which is where I met most of my current friends + my boyfriend.
▶ I'm obsessed with knitting. I do the odd bit of crochet, but I just took way more to knitting. I'm sort of a snob about yarn, though, so I end up spending quite a bit on my projects. It's nice! It's relaxing and helps me pass the time. I really enjoy spending my spare time knitting rather than staring at social media all the time.
▶ I finally bought my first BJDs after observing the hobby from afar for years!! Playing Nameless really pushed me over the edge, lol. I'm slowly gathering more clothes and things for them but I have a far-off goal of buying a better camera to snap pics.
▶ I got into tarot and woo-woo witchy stuff (TM), though I do it more for the self-care aspect than anything else. I've been sort of flirting with spirituality and attending some different church services and stuff. I don't know if I can ever be...like, religious, but there's something very uplifting about religious spaces.
▶ I don't have quite as much time for games/anime anymore. I still like them and I still play games and watch stuff on Crunchyroll, but I feel like those hobbies don't dominate my life as much as they used to. There was a time I was buying upwards of 10 drama CDs a month and now I can't even remember the last one I bought. I have, however, started reading more again. I managed to hit my Goodreads goal for the year and part of that is because I started listening more to audiobooks!
▶ I did a big KonMari cleanse at the beginning of this year and threw away/donated most of my clothes, books, etc. My room is actually pretty neat now and while I can't call myself a minimalist, I'm definitely more conscious of what I buy and what I choose to add to my living space.
I guess a lot of things are still the same, too. I'm the same extroverted introvert I always was. I get overly excited about cute stationery. I've got my head in the clouds and sometimes make really strange impulse purchases. I spend too much time daydreaming about fic and not enough time writing it. I'm going to be 30 next year, but I still kind of feel like a kid in many ways.
It's weird to think that I started blogging on LJ back in 2003. That was 15 years ago. I grew up on the internet. What kind of person have I grown up to be? I'm still figuring that out.
Anyway, thanks for reading.
I hope this post finds you well.