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First Post!
Nov. 29th, 2025 05:17 pmThis is my first post for a personal project that I hope will help me learn to be okay just being me.
I've been trying to stay away from social media. It's such a time waster and often puts me in a bad mood! I am working on being less negative, and there is so much negativity online that can mess up my progress. But it's tricky to stay away from social media when that's one of the only ways I can stay connected with friends who live far away. I'd been looking for a way to keep up with everyone in a way that doesn't involve "typical" social media like Instagram/TikTok/etc. I randomly thought of blogging, looked up sites I could use as blogs, and found this. I really hope I stick with it this time!
Here, I want to be totally honest about who I am and what I'm doing. Outside of work, that is. I've learned that often the things I do when I'm not working are related to whatever I'm obsessed with at the moment. But I'm often embarrassed to be so obsessed with things. Something I've been thinking about recently though is how much I love it when people have very niche interests. For example, I was just online earlier today and was reminded that I used to follow someone on TikTok who was obsessed with the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and would post about it all year. They must have had a lot of fun this week! And I love those sorts of things, people having a good time just geeking out about the random things they love. So why am I so ashamed when I do it myself? That's something I want to change.
Right now, I'm really into Pokemon. I really want Pokemon to be my winter thing! It's fun, wholesome, playful, bright - and during gloomy (yet beautiful) Minnesota winters, it feels really good to be into something that's a great mood booster. I've been spending time with one of my Minnesota friends lately, and he's really into anime. I was never into anime much myself, but have been really enjoying watching the Pokemon anime. I watch it almost any chance I get! Even if most of the time I'm not paying very close attention to it... but that just means I can rewatch it when I'm finished and see lots of things for the first time!
I really want to make little figures of the characters for myself. Apparently in the '90s there was a set of finger puppets made for children but of course they're collectibles now, and I'd been looking to maybe get some of them, but that might not be a good financial decision... And with all the craft materials I have, I figured it would be better all around to just make them myself! So, that's what I'm hoping to do as my first project for this page. For now though, I'm hours behind on my work, and have to get back to curriculum plan editing! I'm going to try to stay focused so later on, I'll have time to make my first one.
I've been trying to stay away from social media. It's such a time waster and often puts me in a bad mood! I am working on being less negative, and there is so much negativity online that can mess up my progress. But it's tricky to stay away from social media when that's one of the only ways I can stay connected with friends who live far away. I'd been looking for a way to keep up with everyone in a way that doesn't involve "typical" social media like Instagram/TikTok/etc. I randomly thought of blogging, looked up sites I could use as blogs, and found this. I really hope I stick with it this time!
Here, I want to be totally honest about who I am and what I'm doing. Outside of work, that is. I've learned that often the things I do when I'm not working are related to whatever I'm obsessed with at the moment. But I'm often embarrassed to be so obsessed with things. Something I've been thinking about recently though is how much I love it when people have very niche interests. For example, I was just online earlier today and was reminded that I used to follow someone on TikTok who was obsessed with the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and would post about it all year. They must have had a lot of fun this week! And I love those sorts of things, people having a good time just geeking out about the random things they love. So why am I so ashamed when I do it myself? That's something I want to change.
Right now, I'm really into Pokemon. I really want Pokemon to be my winter thing! It's fun, wholesome, playful, bright - and during gloomy (yet beautiful) Minnesota winters, it feels really good to be into something that's a great mood booster. I've been spending time with one of my Minnesota friends lately, and he's really into anime. I was never into anime much myself, but have been really enjoying watching the Pokemon anime. I watch it almost any chance I get! Even if most of the time I'm not paying very close attention to it... but that just means I can rewatch it when I'm finished and see lots of things for the first time!
I really want to make little figures of the characters for myself. Apparently in the '90s there was a set of finger puppets made for children but of course they're collectibles now, and I'd been looking to maybe get some of them, but that might not be a good financial decision... And with all the craft materials I have, I figured it would be better all around to just make them myself! So, that's what I'm hoping to do as my first project for this page. For now though, I'm hours behind on my work, and have to get back to curriculum plan editing! I'm going to try to stay focused so later on, I'll have time to make my first one.
