PIPER SMALL IS A BLOGGER/WRITER BASED IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES.

SHE IS MOST INTERESTED IN TOPICS RELATED TO THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE IN MODERN LIFE, FAMILY, COMMUNITY, NATURE, SPIRITUAL PRACTICES, DEPRESSION AND PTSD.

SHE TRIES TO DO ALL THIS WITH AS MUCH HUMOR AS POSSIBLE. 

What Next

I feel depression settle in today but it’s coming and going. 

I continue to feel like I am not living my own life. I still react to our situation a lot and don’t find it easy to plan and then implement. Our business drags me back in. But then what would I even do?

The question that the Enneagram author said to ask yourself is, “What motivates you? What do you think about?” I hadn’t thought of it that way before. What is happening in my interior? I focus on the exteriors, what should I do. What I think about should drive what I do, who I am, not the other way around.

What do I think about? What have I felt good about doing so far in my life?

I feel I have lost my confidence. I continue to be judged by how this stupid business is doing.

Things I’ve thought of doing: folk dancing, writing, reading, hiking, organizing hikes, organizing groups of kids or people doing activities, buying/selling MCM stuff, spirituality, photos, art, humor, pottery, drama, organizing things, minimalism business, botany, house stuff, coordinating things, analyzing things, organizing and sorting things, marriage. 

That's a big list, but it feels comforting to read through it. Yeah, it feels like I'm being honest. 

*****

The condo got used while I was gone so went out to clean it. I think I'll be fine when they sell this place. It's had a purpose, but for me, I feel a weight to manage it. I stopped by a sheep farm to watch the baby lambs. Ohmygosh, they are cute. 

Progress?

17 Week 12