Sometimes life is a series of starts and stops; more meandering path than straight line; walking blindly through foggy woods instead of seeing the future clearly from a mountaintop. Lately I've felt like that, but I keep walking forward anyway, and I seem to be getting somewhere at least.
Last week, I put out a new version of WriteFreely (v0.16), our open source blogging platform. This was a huge update that was in the works for a long time. Lots of people seem to be excited about it and so far I haven't seen any huge bugs — which is great! This update had been hanging over my head, so it's great to have that out of the way and to move forward again.
Last month had a lot of ups and downs. But one positive was going to the HOPE conference out in Queens, and seeing some friends from the fediverse, meeting some new people, and learning a lot of new things that have stuck with me since. I also watched Mr. Robot all the way through — it's really such a good show.
This month, I'm putting my head down and focusing more. I'm trying to get into a routine and spend most of my day away from the internet until I absolutely need it (like to work). I'm turning off the news and scrolling less. These are so often my go-to activities when I'm bored, and I can feel my brain oozing out of my ears from it.
Reading physical books and writing in notebooks both help. I walk around the neighborhood. I sit in parks and at cafes, and watch all the life around me and see what thoughts come out. It's nice to sit with boredom again. It only lasts a second, and then I see so many more details around that I usually miss when my mind is a mess.
And the weather in New York has been beautiful — False Autumn, they call it. But it's got me looking forward to the coming cold, hunkering down for a while, and maybe soon emerging from the woods again.
Thoughts? Discuss...