I’d fallen back into the habit of blogging every day, so yesterday, when WordPress didn’t give me a prompt or suggestion of what to write about, I decided it was a sign to take a day off.
Habits are interesting — even good habits tend to take over your life. My life, anyway. I start out blogging every day, and soon the habit becomes a thing in itself that needs to be fed, and finally, the habit becomes a mandate. I begin to feel I must post something, and so a pleasant habit becomes a lot less pleasant. I don’t like feeling pushed, and so yesterday I pushed back.
Or it could be that yesterday I was just lazy. There’s a lot of that in my life right now. It’s hard to want to do anything when it’s so cold, and when every time I look out the window, I see the same thing — leftover snow. I can’t remember a year where the snow lingered so long. Colorado is known for its sunny winter days and quick melting snow, but this year? Not so much. It’s not even that we got a lot of snow. For the most part, the snow came from a mere two storms. Right after the first heavy snow had slowly melted, a second storm came and dumped six or more inches. And that snow is still out there.
I’m hoping that the constant moisture will help with spring flowers, but I fear it will also help bring out the weeds. But no — I don’t want to think that way. I simply want to dream of the pretty flowers that will brighten my life in a month or two.
Tulips, maybe.
Perhaps even crocuses.
Or wildflowers.
Anything but the white landscape I’ve been seeing for so many months.
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Pat Bertram is the author of Grief: The Inside Story – A Guide to Surviving the Loss of a Loved One. “Grief: The Inside Story is perfect and that is not hyperbole! It is exactly what folk who are grieving need to read.” –Leesa Healy, RN, GDAS GDAT, Emotional/Mental Health Therapist & Educator.
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January 29, 2023 at 11:41 am
I love the pictures, and I hope for you that the flowers that color your dreams bloom under the sun of day!
January 29, 2023 at 3:01 pm
Hoping for flowers — and sun — for you, too.
January 29, 2023 at 7:16 pm
Thank you
January 29, 2023 at 1:11 pm
“Right after the first heavy snow had slowly melted, a second storm came and dumped six or more inches. And that snow is still out there.”
We got exactly that too in the American north east.
About habits, i have three habits i do daily. I mention them in my “January 2023 best Android apps so far” post:
Duolingo for learning a new language.
Kinnu for daily classes on selected topics
GymKeeper for daily workout.
If i get to bed without doing all three i feel like the day is incomplete.
January 29, 2023 at 3:00 pm
I noticed that post of yours, but I don’t particularly like to add apps to my phone. I should check them out, though.
The phone “habits” I do daily are just Wordle and Quordle, though I do a non-phone single-card Tarot reading.
January 29, 2023 at 11:58 pm
As i explain in my article, the “Daily Apps” are apps that makes those small gaps in between productive time (bathrooms breaks, commuting, taxi…) productive too.
I really do suggest Kinnu for you. From your content i have been reading, i believe certain topics they cover in their learning activities will interest you.
It’s also completely free.
Disclaimer i am not affiliated with Kinnu it’s just an app i believe benefits me a lot and makes my idle time productive.
Wishing you the best looking forward to reading your next post soon!
January 30, 2023 at 7:37 am
Thank you. It’s been nice “meeting” you.
January 31, 2023 at 1:00 pm
I was just thinking I need to blog something because it’s been a long time when I saw this.
January 31, 2023 at 1:05 pm
Yes, you do! I miss reading your posts.
February 17, 2023 at 4:32 pm
This was great. Thank you for putting this all together! We look forward to reading your next post.