That was a nice 3 month trial, where's my refund?

Damn, 2020 has been a real shit show. I think at the beginning of this year a lot of us thought this would be our best year yet…PSYCH! Well actually, let’s look at it this way with the half glass full...maybe it can still be our best year yet for personal development.

My aunt called me up one morning a couple of weeks ago and told me that I really have a talent for writing and should be blogging daily. I sat on that for a bit…clearly, but after much thought, I think blogging on a continual basis will be a good form of therapy to feed my extroverted soul. Who knows, maybe I’ll even bug my friends a little less with my rants. P.S. If you’re one of my friends that’s reading this, this is the part where you laugh cause you all know I’m the shining example of the memes going around about checking on your extroverted friends. This is my written commitment to go full 90s kid Xanga blogger style on y’all. Otherwise known as my raw, unrefined, and unapologetic word vomit on the internet.

Right now I’m sitting here at my parents house with my anxiety-ridden 14 year lab while dusting off my blog site and reflecting on my previous post about all the things that were gonna change for me in 2020. Surprisingly, a lot of those changes have been realized already! Even if a majority of those changes came naturally as a result of the quarantine, I’m still pretty pleased with my progress. I will say the one change that isn’t quite happening is boycotting drinking, but I’m not gonna be hard on myself about it. I’ve reserved drinking to once a week as a form of celebration. And I’ll be damned if making it through a week of solitude as an extreme extrovert isn’t something to celebrate about with your friends around the world over a Zoom Happy Hour.

So what have I been doing during quarantine? Well…I’m that person that has too many hobbies, so as you can imagine I haven’t been short of things to do. Here’s a list of skills/hobbies I’ve been working if you’re looking for ideas:

  • Mixing/DJ’ing

  • Building a fashion brand

  • Fashion design, materials selection, and manufacturing

  • Plant-based cooking

  • Options Trading

  • Yoga

  • Writing (well duh)

I have a few other things queued up that I would like to work on, but I’m gonna pump the brakes on those for now while I focus on (some kind of) mastery of these things.

In closing, this is a really interesting and difficult time for many. I know for a lot of people it’s scary for them to be alone with their own thoughts for such an extended period of time, but I assure you once you overcome that fear you’ll be gifted with one of the most amazing periods of self-discovery in your life.

Stay safe out there my fellow humans, and hopefully you’ll find some entertainment while following me along on my writing journey.