Coming out of the woodwork... 040822
From sex and family drama to work woes and hangovers, what's on your mind today? Welcome to a space to reflect light on three things, and please share if you're comfortable doing so. Day 42!
I’m trying to do some creative cleansing with my closet. I went through all my cocktail dresses, prom gowns, and wedding outfits, and donated a few prom gowns and a maid of honor dress. They carried unpleasant memories for me due to the douchebags from the proms; and with the maid of honor dress, that couple got divorced. The fashion belongs to new hopeful owners now. It felt very bittersweet. Have you been Spring cleaning?
The dreaded desktop. I have been trying to organize mine into neat and tidy folders with my writing projects. I’m stumbling upon many late-night and boozy-infused scribbles, a few more polished featured essays and articles for publication, and editing projects that I helped friends out with during the last couple of years. One was a brutally heartbreaking letter that I was helping a close girlfriend write to her girlfriend who had cheated on her in the beginning of the pandemic. This was more gut-wrenching than going through my closet.
Perhaps the opposite of a sweep-out is that old friends, who I have not heard from in years, have recently been coming out of the woodwork. It has sort of stunted me from working well today because of the curiousness of this all happening at once. Are you experiencing anything similar? Happy weekend.
What’s on your mind today?
Cheers,
Jess
Creative cleansing is good for the soul. Lovely blue sky photo. Spring cleaning, whether it be a home home, clothes, furniture, etc…it’s good to get the bad juju out. And, yes the computer desktop is another place to do a clean sweep. Here’s to clearing out the cobwebs. 💚🌻💚🌻
Beautiful Sky Blue Sky photo! (One of my favorite country songs from the 1990s is George Strait's "Blue Clear Sky" from 1996. I love the concept of Spring cleaning, and it's so cool that you're finding new, loving homes for the once-treasured things that have lost some of their luster. And good luck with the desktop. That is an ongoing challenge for me. But I keep trying. Seems like I got today's MATs later than usual, but they're really good... and definitely worth the wait! Thank you!!