a_natural_beauty

Just as the title says, I took a bit of a break. It was hard to get motivated to get up here and write and check things on my laptop. What have I been doing as of late? Well last week I was at Kalahari for my birthday celebration. Mike took me and we spent one night there. I loved it. One thing about me is I love water. It was a nice time. Just getting away for a night was refreshing.

I've been playing Pokemon Go a-lot more. There has been a nice event this week and it's been a new variety of Pokemon to catch. Also I added some new friends from two Facebook groups I recently added. Because of the stress related to politics I have been spending more time playing this game - it calms me down and makes me happy. So I'm sticking to those vibes.

I've been reading more books. I started this cute little dinosaur encyclopedia. I've been reading more of Nana - I'm on volume 6 now. And I'm reading volume 6 of Lore Olympus. I'm caught up on the first 5 volumes of The Promised Neverland. All three of those graphic novels have been great. Finally I am also reading this other book called The original Sin. That one is a bit hard to explain. I think I will write about it in another book related entry.

I think I've been getting better sleep. I've been doing to bed a bit earlier than I was lately. And I feel like it's made a bit of difference with my overall health.

And lastly this week I finally got a page done for my comic to post on Comic Fury. I need to get back into posting on Global Comix.

Gosh, it took a-lot for me to get up and wake up from a nap! But words won't write themselves.

The month of April came and went in what felt like a blink of an eye! I felt like socially it was a-lot, working on sketching for a CF 30 day event, my comic, creating new characters for my comic, starting to get back into doing yard work again, going through stuff for my yard sale, keeping up with regular upkeep around my home... It all felt very rushed.

I did start on some new projects - like sewing up old jeans that just had one or two little holes in them. I don't see the point in throwing them out, so I wanted to repair them and keep them. It felt good the other afternoon with all my sewing materials out and sewing, listening to videos on youtube. Eventually I have other sewing projects I want to do like fixing old purses, lunch boxes, dresses, ect. Things that I can fix up and still use rather than throw out and have to buy again.

Drawing was a good improvement. I came up with a new cast for Promised Memories. They will be showing up in chapter 14. And drawing out 30 characters/mystical creatures for the hue islands in which my story takes place was good practice.
Either this weekend or next week I want to finally write that new chapter and add the new characters into it. I'd like to get back into doing painting again next month -lets see how that goes! :-p

If I had to take a guess I would say I'm about all ready for this yard sale. Besides maybe one last look through my kitchen and then just set up on the weekend of and to wait and see what gets bought - I am one step closer to decluttering. In all honestly I should have done this a few years ago! But it's never to late to make some lifestyle changes. It's amazing how tiring it is going through stuff and making that big decision if I want it or if I can part ways with it. Most days I'm mentally prepared to do this. But once in awhile I feel sort of down and it can be harder to decide, so I wait till I'm in a better place.

I've been reading a-lot more, like usual. I feel I turn on my T.V. less and less to watch it these days. Mostly just Youtube for some background noise while I do artwork or sewing. I'm proud of myself for reading so many books to decide if I want to keep them or get rid of them for the yard sale/donate. If I keep it up, I like to think I can read 2 - 3 books a month. For someone who used to binge-watch Netflix for years I think this is a healthier choice for me. All of these beautiful books around in my house have been here for years and they are all filled with amazing stories.

Pokemon Go has been still keeping me busy. Which is a fun break from social media on my phone. Not much to report with it, other than I still love it.

I'm still keeping up writing the reviews for CF comics and trying to post 1 to 2 other entries on here to practice my writing. I truly do love Dreamwidth. It's been a nice experience. I've made a few more new friends on here which is a plus. I'm trying to go through and check on my DW friends when I don't see entries from you all. And then I go through and try to comment on a newer one or an older one, just to learn more about them. It's sort of neat to go through and read one's older thoughts.

Sapphire is doing good! She seems to like feeding time the best and is somewhat aggressive when it comes to feeding! But I've read that is normal for Crowntail Betta fish. I'm currently trying to train her to eat from a spoon since some of her pellets fall and sink quickly.

Copying the family photos from my parent's albums are still an ongoing project but have been going well. I'd like to write about that once I am done. I feel like I'm halfway done with it. I just need to label them better.

So far I think that is a good update for last month. I' hoping to get better about taking these naps of mine. Today I took a very long one and just didn't want to wake up and do anything. I felt depressed. Not as bad as other days in the past, it's just sometimes writing up my thoughts and feelings can feel tiring. Thank you guys for reading these and keeping up!

So March has been a good but busy month! (I feel like I may be saying that about every month for the rest of my life ^^) But again, I feel like positive about it overall.

Firstly a new project I have been at work doing is each week getting some pictures together from my mom and dad's family albums to have copies made for my own albums. It's been a project for sure, and just last week I found out my mom has some extra albums! I'm not getting photos of all photos, but the ones I feel important. Hopefully that doesn't sound self centered. In the future I'd like to write about my family more and my ancestry and DNA results I've gotten which have been an interesting experience.

I've been going through more stuff for my future yard sale. I will be so relived when all of these boxes will be out of my house! Hopefully my old treasures will bring others joy, whoever may want them.

Pokemon Go has been a fun distraction from the daily news and things that depress or make me anxious. I once heard about a study years ago that said spending time doing something you enjoyed as a child that brought you joy may have the same effect. And I feel that is true. At least with this experience. I just sort of forget about the world around me and focus on the game that makes me happy.. Don't worry, I am safe with my surroundings!

I've been taking mental health breaks from social media. I still go on maybe once or twice a week, but other than that I just don't bother. Sometimes it just feels like a waste of time. Scrolling and scrolling. Who ever thought we'd become this sort of society? I mean, it's good because it brings us together - but at times I feel it brings us apart in the same sense.

Promised Memories is still going strong. In May I'm going to find a new platform to share it on. On Comic Fury it has gotten so much support and each day I log on to read new comments and see a new subscriber when they do makes my heart fill with happiness. It's such a powerful feeling to create something like a comic or a story.

Here on Dreamwidth I've found some new friendly faces to talk to and get to know. That has been a nice experience. I love talking to many different people and learning about them and their lives. Also two new Pokemon Go players from here! Whoot woot! :-p That's been a fun, nice surprise.

My medications have been helping I think. Later in April I go in to talk about them and see how they are doing. I did notice bouts of depression over the weekend, but I feel like that was mostly directed at a video game and not feeling smart or quick enough for it. So I've taken some days off from playing that. It may be weird, but things like that I just want to stay away from for now. I'd rather put my energy on what makes me feel good and happy.

I'm trying to think of more to update you guys on, but I think this may be it for now. April will be a busy month, but it'll be a good one I think. I have art related projects to do and more spring cleaning. I hope all of you are doing well.