Navigating the Current & The First in a Micro-Series on Living Sustainably
The unexpected but welcomed intro post to a mini series on living more sustainably (and no, I'm not talking about zero waste)
I have an amalgam of Substack drafts, each one my brain is convinced that I will finish writing or is convinced it is dumb to press “post” on. It happens most often when I’m overwhelmed and the idea of becoming one with the floor feels appealing.
It’s ironically why I can’t press “post” on the first post of a multi-part series about living sustainably and… not in a “zero waste” way but in a “within the bounds of your energy” way. Because I’m not presently… at least right now, due to converging deadlines and so many things concurrently happening that anyone would be overwhelmed with it all.
Reality Check - Endless To Do’s
My taxes need to be finished and paid… but actually, there is a deadline and I don’t think they’re going to let us file late this year.
So much news has happened while I’ve had a TBI and was medically told I couldn’t look at screens… for two weeks. Do they know how much happens in two weeks? I don’t mean that in a hot celebrity gossip way (g-d, remember those days?) but in a never ending news alerts way.
The number in the bubbles on my phone grows by the minute and I love my friends.
I need to make a decision on grad school ASAP, no actually, there is a deadline.
I need to finish a presentation and submit it, there is a deadline.
I need to schedule like fifteen doctor’s appointments.
I need to do (insert so many things that it makes me want to lay on the floor and stare into the void aka the ceiling/floor above me)
&& A Soul Reality Check - Reminders and Things that will feel Nourishing
I have a roll of film to drop off, I’m excited to see what’s on there
I think it matters to know that other people are having a hard time (even those who have managed to sort their lives into spreadsheets and documents).
I know I should drink more water and spend more time in the sun.
I have to remember to look for the light, to seek out awe&wonder, to feel my heart beat to the reality that “hope is (still) a requisite”.
I have words I am excited about writing and I get to craft outfits.
Perhaps this is where the mini-series on living sustainably actually begins, rather than beginning with the story of how I arrived at learning how to manage my energy to live more sustainably and thus, make life feel less overwhelming… is a real time snapshot of what it looks like to feel overwhelmed with all there is to be done in conjuncture with navigating the realities of present life in contrast with all of the things that can also find themselves on a “to do” list that are nourishing to the soul and how life tbh starts to become more sustainable.
Actually, yeah, we’re running with that.
&&to top it all off, here’s a series of film photos from a recent roll I dropped off.
RK