Hello there.
We're already 15 days into 2025 and I'm scratching my head at how the time has flown so fast. Where was that quiet, don't-know-what-day-it-is time between Christmas and the New Year? Did I not notice it because we've already had massive bush fires across the country, that had everyone on edge? And then once that was brought under control, our media was filled with images of fires raging in LA? Combined with the ongoing heartache of the genocide in Gaza and the upcoming inauguration of the Orange one, it feels like too much, all at once.
I like to spend these melding days in a number of ways. Generally, I sleep late (if the weather doesn't make the house unbearably hot), then either craft, potter in the garden, watch movies with the family, read or scroll social media. There hasn't been as much gardening as usual, thanks to cloying humidity and a nagging elbow injury that requires me to take it easy with the weed pulling. I've had some lovely lazy time under the fan, losing myself in a book. I've spent hours hunched over at my desk, revisiting needlework in a way less traditional than learning from a kit.
There's also been a smidge of exercise happening, as my daughter coaxes me from under the fan, to join her on walks around the neighbourhood.
And I've lost hours at a time, scrolling through Bluesky, posting inane thoughts about my life whilst feeling heartsick at the atrocities occurring all over the world. (I deleted my Twitter/ X account at the end of 2024.) I used to enjoy jumping onto Facebook and Instagram. They were both good sources of information regarding events in the area, or places of interest that I might like to visit. But they have become so polluted with sponsored posts, reels and AI generated slop, that there is no point to either of those sites anymore. I used to love Instagram and mourn what it has become. So I'm weaning myself off social media and trying to find my tools for relaxation and creative inspiration elsewhere. And I'm going to try to post on this blog more often. It's more for my own benefit than anything else, as I don't think anyone else reads it. (If you do, leave a comment saying hello.) I do need to try to keep some sort of online presence, as I have a website and an online store that I'd like to get some traffic to. What's the point of paying subscription fees and web hosting costs if no-one is seeing your stuff?
I really enjoy discovering craft blogs that show the creative process and the creative spaces. Maybe I should do more of that myself. Again, it's good to have these records of the process for my own benefit. Why shouldn't I share it with others that might be inspired in some way?
So that's what I intend to do. Shift away from anything associated with Meta and shift towards reigniting the joy I found from reading and writing blogs in the early 2000's.
Who's with me?
