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Snowflake Challenge: Day 1
A bunch of my friends are doing the snowflake challenge this year, and I feel like I might have enough energy to join in!
Day 1
In your own space, talk about your Happy Place—the things that give you joy, calms you or keeps you sane.
Emotionally, it's been kind of a rough year. I'm not professionally diagnosed, but I'm pretty sure I had an intense depressive downswing earlier in the year that knocked everything out of place. So, in no particular order, things that have kept me going:
* Reading: I love love love Thriftbooks. They sell a lot of used books and they have incredible deals. I've found so many things that I love because their prices aren't prohibitive. I have been reading a lot of fantasy, which isn't unusual, but I've also risked my time on novels that have ripped my heart out, and historical nonfiction (specifically about the AIDS crisis, for a story I'm writing, and the golden age of pirates.) And a lot of fic. So. Much. Fic.
* Chai: Last year,![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
dungeonmarm's parents bought me a huge thing of Big Train Vanilla Chai, which is my most favorite instant chai mix that I've ever found. I just finished my last cup a few days ago, and they got me another huge bag for Christmas this year! Thank you, Jay's parents, for giving me my most favorite drink!
* Cats: I cannot overstate this one. I have a Siamese named Jill who will let me do whatever I feel like. If I want to pick her up from where she was sleeping and squish her in a hug? She's cool with that. Do I want to bury my face in her fur and pretend I don't exist for a minute? She's cool with that, too. Alex, my tabby, isn't as forgiving, but as long as I don't make any sudden movements, she will lay next to me and go to sleep for a few hours. It makes me feel loved every time.
* Music: specifically, the Steven Universe Soundtrack Vol 1. It is sweet and good and catchy, and Here Comes a Thought is so meaningful to me that I can't even explain it.
Day 1
In your own space, talk about your Happy Place—the things that give you joy, calms you or keeps you sane.
Emotionally, it's been kind of a rough year. I'm not professionally diagnosed, but I'm pretty sure I had an intense depressive downswing earlier in the year that knocked everything out of place. So, in no particular order, things that have kept me going:
* Reading: I love love love Thriftbooks. They sell a lot of used books and they have incredible deals. I've found so many things that I love because their prices aren't prohibitive. I have been reading a lot of fantasy, which isn't unusual, but I've also risked my time on novels that have ripped my heart out, and historical nonfiction (specifically about the AIDS crisis, for a story I'm writing, and the golden age of pirates.) And a lot of fic. So. Much. Fic.
* Chai: Last year,
dungeonmarm's parents bought me a huge thing of Big Train Vanilla Chai, which is my most favorite instant chai mix that I've ever found. I just finished my last cup a few days ago, and they got me another huge bag for Christmas this year! Thank you, Jay's parents, for giving me my most favorite drink!* Cats: I cannot overstate this one. I have a Siamese named Jill who will let me do whatever I feel like. If I want to pick her up from where she was sleeping and squish her in a hug? She's cool with that. Do I want to bury my face in her fur and pretend I don't exist for a minute? She's cool with that, too. Alex, my tabby, isn't as forgiving, but as long as I don't make any sudden movements, she will lay next to me and go to sleep for a few hours. It makes me feel loved every time.
* Music: specifically, the Steven Universe Soundtrack Vol 1. It is sweet and good and catchy, and Here Comes a Thought is so meaningful to me that I can't even explain it.
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I'm sorry it was a rough year for you. I hope 2019 bucks the trend and is full of lightness and joy.
But, yes reading and cats and music! (Not a tea drinker *g*) I'll check out the song you linked. I don't think that soundtrack has filtered into my consciousness.
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And I don't know how? But I've watched Steven Universe since the beginning. It was one of my favorite surprises when they released a soundtrack for it.
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Also I lol. I can totally hear Jill when we're playing the game.
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