For a long while the thought of posting was exhausting, it was another job on a long list, but this morning I woke up with the sun and felt the urge to write again. It feels like a deep breath.
We had to move and for the first time it was just the two of us, part relief, but I hadn’t realised how the safeness and convenience of our share house community had made me forget that there was an outwards and inwards I needed to explore. I decided to look for a new job, reconnect to friendships and try new things. Change is inevitable and scary, but the best thing I ever did was embrace it, I haven’t felt this “me” in a while and putting myself out of my comfort zone has made me think deeper and as strange as it is to say, feel more human.
Not long ago I felt consumed by the office, I sought solace in social media dreaming, “pinning” your life away, wanting, buying, an empty sort of existence that so many people fall into. Things never bring long-term happiness, just more wanting. So I decided to do more making. I hope to be more active on the blog and I’d love hear your suggestions for crafty skills to try. The internet is filled with gems, but it’s hard not to get lost in the muck.
Here are some blogs that have delighted me:
Foxlane – Kate’s beautiful farming family, kitted out in lovely hand knitted clothing
Glutton For Life – What an amazing name! Laura’s musings are as inspirational as her recipes
Paticheri – I always look forward to Deepa’s comments on my blog and adore the beautiful, colourful photos she posts she posts from her Indian home. The perfect cure for a grey day.
Our Neck of the Woods Tammy’s homestead in America, love her commentary on woodland life
The Shady Baker – Jane’s beautifully honest account of the highs and lows outback farming
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It’s so lovely to have woken up to a new post from you, Jo, and what a delightful surprise to have the honor of a mention in it! Thank you. You’re so right about the vacuity of social media, its flattening and commercial ways, and of the sort of superficial, unsatisfying solace it provides. But we have to use it, as much as we have to find ways around it. Through the garden, perhaps! The one shown in your photos is a perfect setting into which to just disappear. I hope I get to see it in person someday–and you my far dustier and redder but still I hope charming one in Auroville. Looking forward to more of your posts, as you have time and inclination to get them out.
So good to hear from you Deepa! This weekend I look forward to leisurely going through your blog and being transported to India! Auroville looks lovely in google aerial maps, what fantastic red soil!