Periodically I feel the need to pull back from certain activities, especially when I start to get overwhelmed/overstimulated. I also need to REMEMBER that I can do that. No one is dictating it to me. No one controls my schedule except me.

So here I go again 😂

I know for sure I'm going to cull some YT channels I watch as it's superfluous and gossip and while that's fine, I've lost the plot. As in "IT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO YOU OR YOUR LIFE".

Then, I'll be, once again, trying to set some sort of schedule that I know I'll never adhere to. 

I need to go onto certain socmeds with intent, rather than ending up doom scrolling. One day, I scrolled through the FB reels so far that they started offering up videos I had already seen earlier that day lol

Anyway, whatever happened to me 😂

Added a handful of new ST icons. Tried to compress and resize a gif to an icon but alas, I stuck with photos only for today.

My free time has been just trying to keep the archive posts going, amidst a lot of doom scrolling on my phone. Anyway, I'm trying to get to a place where I can take a week off of not having to keep updating on a daily basis but I'm failing. I know I need a vacation but I don't necessarily want one lol. I think I'll be able to coast in January and through out most of the year because with the exception of part of July and most of August. I was on hiatus during that period so I'll just have to catch up then.

The rest of my life has just been going to work and living for the weekend. For the first time, or so it feels, I feel like this dark winter is starting to affect me. Of course, that's not to mention the other goings on in the US that is dragging me down.

I had to go into work a couple hours earlier than usual due to some reviews for April updates and Wednesday, my commute wasn't too bad, despite being around the usual 4:30pm and 5pm evening commute. So I had a thought that maybe I might change my schedule. I don't really have a set schedule but I usually am in between 9 and 9:30 AM. However, Thursday I ended up in a traffic jam that took me an hour and a half to get home, as opposed to the usual 30 minutes. Yeah, Friday, I was back in the office at my previously usual time because screw that. Haha.

Ultimately feeling a little bit like I'm drowning. Like my head is still above water but just barely. 

Halfway through December and I have yet to completely my end of November lists, recaps, and did not even set anything for December. Not that it really matters because I haven't really finished anything except for a book and yeah. I've been vacillating between what ebook device to use, and setting up my to read list and I finally settled but now I've changed my mind. Just another day in paradise.

Speaking of "Paradise", the series on Hulu, season 2 should be soon and The Pitt, which is an awesome show, starts season 2 on January 8, so I have those to look forward to. The next season of Murderbot probably won't be until at least the fall. Maybe early 2026. Nothing else is really holding my attention at the moment other than my YouTube watch later queue.

Trying to Read: The Book of Jhereg by Steven Brust (Finally lol; originally added to my to read list 12/1/2007)
Current Fanfic: Lessons in Humanity by exclamation (Sterek) (This is on pause still)
In the Background: My fav olive oil farm in Tuscany
Last song listened to: Sleep Token - Dark Signs