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Into the Void & Music: BTS
Sep. 13th, 2021 02:25 pmI am Marie Kondo-ing [because the book is due back at the library in a week] and Lose the Clutter, Lose the Weight program Week 1. So I cleaned out the fridge and freezer.
I did Marie Kondo my clothes a couple of months ago, so today I did my books. I own 53 books, and my to-donate pile is 16. So you have to touch each book and ask 'does it bring joy?' And I find the technique of putting something that 100% brings me joy [say, Miss Marple short story collection] and putting something that I'm uncertain about [my 3 Fred Vargas books] was very helpful in terms of figuring out what brings me joy.
I got rid of all the nursing books. I was a nurse the way John Watson was a soldier, meaning for a short period of my life, but which left an indelible stain but is definitely not at all part of my life now. I was only a nurse for 3 years. I got an associate degree so 2 years of study. I quit because I was pregnant with Minisculus and the nursing home where I worked was so understaffed and so overworked that I didn't feel comfortable continuing. I woke up on the day after I quit and it was like the past 3 years had disappeared. Simply vanished, and all my sense of personal ambition and goals and wanting to do something with my life--all gone. I became a mom. A drone. And here I am, still, six and a half years (and fifty more pounds) later.
It was interesting that the 2 books I had the most trouble deciding about were the Bible my grandmother give my mom [both long dead] and Anais Nin's Delta of Venus [so, porn]. The boys' father checked on me [you have to lay out the books and touch each on] and he didn't want me to get rid of anything. I ended up duct taping the Bible back together and giving it to him. It's a very healthy solution, in my opinion.
I kept Anais Nin. I am still a bit on the fence about it. Fanfiction is much more efficient, but...
And I'm still on my BTS kick. Here's them doing Butter on a bridge. As the children say, dark-haired Jimin hits different. They look like they're having fun on that bridge.
I did Marie Kondo my clothes a couple of months ago, so today I did my books. I own 53 books, and my to-donate pile is 16. So you have to touch each book and ask 'does it bring joy?' And I find the technique of putting something that 100% brings me joy [say, Miss Marple short story collection] and putting something that I'm uncertain about [my 3 Fred Vargas books] was very helpful in terms of figuring out what brings me joy.
I got rid of all the nursing books. I was a nurse the way John Watson was a soldier, meaning for a short period of my life, but which left an indelible stain but is definitely not at all part of my life now. I was only a nurse for 3 years. I got an associate degree so 2 years of study. I quit because I was pregnant with Minisculus and the nursing home where I worked was so understaffed and so overworked that I didn't feel comfortable continuing. I woke up on the day after I quit and it was like the past 3 years had disappeared. Simply vanished, and all my sense of personal ambition and goals and wanting to do something with my life--all gone. I became a mom. A drone. And here I am, still, six and a half years (and fifty more pounds) later.
It was interesting that the 2 books I had the most trouble deciding about were the Bible my grandmother give my mom [both long dead] and Anais Nin's Delta of Venus [so, porn]. The boys' father checked on me [you have to lay out the books and touch each on] and he didn't want me to get rid of anything. I ended up duct taping the Bible back together and giving it to him. It's a very healthy solution, in my opinion.
I kept Anais Nin. I am still a bit on the fence about it. Fanfiction is much more efficient, but...
And I'm still on my BTS kick. Here's them doing Butter on a bridge. As the children say, dark-haired Jimin hits different. They look like they're having fun on that bridge.