Mid January Update
The true purpose of this blog… mundane life updates.
Since I don’t have to attend any classes until I leave for my exchange I’ve mostly been biding my time preparing for it. Buying winter clothes is a big one. Thought I’d be able to get by fine and then the Netherlands has its worst snowstorm in years lol. Hoping for it to become manageable by February, and also just generally hoping for the country to be kind to my illiterate ass (though according to Reddit I’ll get by just fine without knowing a lick of dutch.)
I’m already in contact with my roommate who seems nice, my boss gifted me an electric heating pad she had lying around, and I’m collecting my visa a safe 2 weeks before my flight. Otherwise life is the same as always. I’m working my last month, I’m going out with friends (and have updated my alcohol tastes and tolerance levels), I’m spending time with my family as much as I can. I’m practicing my cycling because apparently that is the only vehicle anyone uses in the Netherlands. I have been playing PCE and grinding adventuring this Candlelight season. I’m channelling the restlessness from having so much free time into drawing and writing when I should probably be using it to look up places of interest. It’s the classic problem of being so used to being occupied by work or school that now I don’t know what to do with all this free time lol.
I revived my telegram channel, but I plan to use that more for easy picture posting or sharing passing thoughts, and I hope to use this blog for longer reflections. I was never attached to the concept of a diary, I wasn’t into the idea of recording my day without trying to spiral and dissect it in some way. I do want to be like, more conscious of the mundane details in my daily life though. I’m able to enjoy scribbling without direction in my sketchbook, I can create value where there isn’t in my visual art. Maybe I can start to approach writing this way as well?
I spent lots of my early life airing out any and all of my thoughts online and then spent the past 5 years off the grid and abstaining from sharing anything about myself. This time I will try to find a balance.
Media logs include JJBA which I’ve been watching with my sister. I’ve rediscovered MGMT and having been playing the Big Hits on repeat. For some reason I haven’t had the motivation to watch a show on my own for the past year and god do I want to change that.