∞Alright, I was debating on doing this given this bastard of a week, but I’ve decided to run for it because I am more than willing to lovingly wrangle a better week for myself like I would a fussy crocodile.
1. Smart birds. Like legit I know I’m already a crazy bird lady - magpies and crows seriously congregate and hang out on my patio in summer I’m not even joking - but I talk to all the corvids I walk by and love watching them do clever things and listen to them talk. Seeing them in my neighborhood always just makes my day better, lord knows why.2. Candles... and fire in general, but contained fire. Whenever I’m having a bad day, putting on a few candles in my living room or my bedroom just makes things better. There’s something lovely about the glow and I might be a stupid witchy crazy bird lady but there we are.3. Cooking! I absolutely adore cooking, especially for other people. I love holding dinner and hors d’ouvres parties and overall just spoiling people with food. I’ve tackled learning to make hand-kneaded bread and home-made pie for the first time in the last six months, as well as several traditional Scottish dishes that were all a huge success. I love the methodical nature of it all, and of seeing and tasting everything come together. It’s a great de-stress activity, especially when my OCD and anxiety are bad.4. Swimming. I used to be a highly competitive swimmer, but I had to stop before I got to high school and collegiate competition because I have a proclivity toward getting pneumonia. And with swim season in the dead of winter, wet long hair + below zero temps + bad lungs = no bueno. But nonetheless, I still love spending time in and around water. Frankly anything water related I love. Swimming, hot-tubbing, kayaking, snorkeling. I haven’t gone scuba diving yet but I would love to someday.5. Driving, and yeah that sounds cheap and trite but I’m both a racer and a marathon road-tripper. I’ve been driving since I was 8 when we first got a rally go-kart for the dirt track behind our back fence, and then we moved into stock kart racing which I still do, so driving has been a huge part of my life forever, and in a racing way not just a plebeian way. But on the other hand, nothing clears my head quite like a good road trip - I’ve done 16 hours in 1 day by myself before, but as long as it’s not Wyoming, the Dakotas, or Kansas, I find it really enjoyable to listen to my tunes and eat up the open road.
So yeah, also instead of sending in asks (which gives me huge anxiety) I’m just going to say that if anyone wants to feel tagged by this post and do it for themselves to feel better too, please consider yourself tagged and loved by yours truly.∞