Progress

It’s only been 5 days but I feel good about not checking social media. I don’t miss any of it. Even after I tried to curate positive feeds full of creativity and blocked words that usually came with outrage content- it would always filter back.

I had the urge to start listing all the things that annoy me but that’s no fun. Then I’m just part of all of this negativity that I don’t want to read.

So here’s another edition of 3 good things:

• Ran almost 2 miles with the school mom running group. I still feel awkward but enjoying being included.
• I love that sunflowers always pop up around the yard. I figure they showed up from seeds that fell from the bird feeder or were buried by a squirrel.
• I have the luxury of reading in our cozy backyard just about any time I want to. We have so few restrictions on our time right now and I appreciate it.

Today’s reading

Poem: Two Evening Moons by Federico García Lorca 

Essay: Ms. Daylily by Xujun Eberlein

Short Story: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce

The essay and short story were heavy. I might start including the year each was written because I find it fascinating how my random selections can be written so far apart but have so much in common. Or maybe since I grouped them I automatically search for commonalities? Bierce was a Civil War veteran and this story takes place then. It’s not happy. Eberlein’s essay covers 1950s China. Also devastating. The poem says the moon is dead but will come back to life in the spring. All bleak but with a tiny side of hope?