It’s 2022 and a lot has changed since I blogged regularly. A lot. Like, science fiction book levels of change. Pandemics, huge shifts of power, misinformation campaigns, coups. That’s what’s been going on since I last committed to writing regularly.
I’m not going to suggest that my choice to start writing again will have any noticeable affect on this pattern. I just felt like tapping some keys and finding some post-publication typos.
I also felt like writing something important down. In a throwaway class that I only completed to fulfill my undergrad GE requirements, I learned that you remember things better when you write them down. Not because you’ll look back at your notes, but because the act of writing something down creates a connection in the brain to your idea. I want to remember this one as I move into 2022 and focus (like so many others) on self-care.
A good friend told me that in 2022 she’s choosing peace. She’s choosing to be happy and love the people who she wants to love and who love her back the way she deserves to be loved. I rather like that, so I’m joining her. 2022 isn’t just about investments, it’s about boundaries.
Let’s hope that this year we all give to people who deserve it, including ourselves.
I don’t know who created this image, but they’re my new spirit animal.
