Thursday Thoughts
– I’m bummed that I haven’t been able to post very often these last few weeks. My days have been filled with seemingly endless SEO freelance projects. I never know when the work is going to dry up, so I tend to take on whatever I can get. Now just happens to be a busy time, but I’m aware it won’t last forever. It’s sort of a weird mental space to be in – wanting to spend my time on other things, but also wanting to make as much money as is reasonably possible, especially since Aaron is also self-employed. I’d love to get to a place in the next year or so where my work and interests are one and the same, but for now, I’m still really (really) grateful that I’m able to maintain a steady income working from home. Few things freak me out more than the thought of having to go back to my old cubicle life.
– Barley has recently taken to peeing on the wall in our hallway. For months, Aaron and I anxiously waited for the day when he would start lifting his leg to pee instead of squatting like a girl. Well, that day has come. Unfortunately, it happened in our apartment. Twice.
– Honey has decided that she loves the taste of silicone ear plugs. I’ve been sleeping with ear plugs for a while now, because our college student neighbors like to stand outside at all hours of the night during the summer, and in the winter, the hissing steam heaters and random, loud banging noises they make take the college students’ place. Occasionally, I’ve left an ear plug out of the box and Honey’s taken advantage, but yesterday morning she managed to pry open the plastic case, remove the paper covering, and eat at least five ear plugs, all in the two minutes it took me to brush my teeth. Yet another reason why everything I buy needs to be non-toxic – you just never know when an ear plug craving will strike.
– Aaron and I were watching a TED talk on Netflix the other day called Head Games about people’s behavior and self-awareness, among other things. I studied psychology in college, so I love this kind of stuff. One speaker named Kathryn Schulz presented on the topic of being wrong, and how most of us live in a bubble of feeling right and do everything we can to avoid being (and more importantly, feeling) wrong. She explained that it’s culturally ingrained from a young age that the way to succeed in life is to never make any mistakes. At which point, I exclaimed, “That’s what I do! I put so much energy into not being wrong!”. And in the midst of my personal breakthrough, Aaron said, “Yeah, you never really admit to making mistakes. Why is that?”. And I explained that it’s because I’m not usually wrong…further perpetuating my own bubble. I highly recommend listening to the talk if you get the chance. There’s some definite food for thought for all of us with perfectionist tendencies.
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How has your week been going? Does it also feel like -14 degrees where you live? Brutal.
