I am the Kat that Walks By Itself

Hello peoples! I spent a lot of time today rearranging my computer desktop to change the way my social media stuff is organised. Hopefully one of the consequences of this is that I'll stop neglecting y'all on Dreamwidth.

But, on to the proper topic of this post - 2025 Goals for Craft stuff (as distinct from goals for my entire life). I figure that since it's still currently January, I can get away with not having posted this, like, on New Year's Day. Though one advantage is that I've actually completed a few of these goals already, in this month of January! I don't really want to call these "New Year's Resolutions" because that seems too burdensome. But it's fine to make plans, yeah?

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That's probably enough to go on with.

Yeah. I've been pretty silent for a while. Why? I think I got out of the habit of keeping up with Dreamwidth, and then I felt so overwhelmed that I then avoided it out of guilt for not keeping up. So, my apologies everyone, I have no idea what you have been doing. Let me know if there's anything you want me to know...

We've been busy (before Easter) distributing my father's Estate, which means that I now have two office chairs, a replacement sofa, some boxes of crockery, linen, photos, artefacts etc, and of course books. And two new bookcases for said books. And a chest of drawers which is definitely not going to have clothing put in it.

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People often say "She was as sharp as a tack" or "He had a mind like a steel trap". I don't think either of those would fit Dad: a tack is too small, and a steel trap is too rigid. Dad's interests were broad, his knowledge large, his analysis rigorous and insightful. Hey, other people can talk about Frank-the-Scholar; I just want to say what he taught me.( Read more... )

URL: https://youtu.be/nlRgK0EHLHg

(If you are even more curious, here is his Wikipedia page)

(For some unknown reason, this post is refusing to crosspost to LJ!)

So. How am I doing? Fine. The huge irony for me is that COVID19 has had very little impact on me so far. Why?

• Because I work from home, so staying home is no change.
• Because I'm not losing income because I don't have any income to lose. Seriously, I did my "panic because my business is failing" thing a few months ago. And the outcome of that was (a) don't panic until you actually don't have enough money (I still have an inheritance which should last me at least three more years, possibly five) (b) if all else fails, you still have your house, maybe you could rent it out or something, (c) you still have family you can ask for help. And that situation hasn't really changed.

The biggest changes have been with groceries: I used to have them delivered, but Coles stopped that because they couldn't cope with the sudden demand. So, going down to the shops, and buying limited amount of staples, I'm still managing.

Even though people are stupid (for goodness' sake, the morons who just crowded on Bondi Beach as if there wasn't a pandemic going on, utter FOOLS) and our politicians are clueless (is there any country in the English-speaking world that was clueful? I doubt it) I'm still feeling hopeful because Australia is better off than a lot of places. Not just that we have fewer cases, but we do have a fairly good healthcare system, though of course it will be under strain.

Yes, I will be in trouble if I get it. Chronic health conditions, including very severe Sleep Apnoea, make me more vulnerable than a healthy person. But worrying and being anxious aren't going to improve my chances. And the precautions needed to keep healthy are SIMPLE: don't go out, wash your hands, keep away from people. DON'T PANIC. Maybe I'm being blissfully naive. Still doesn't change the fact that worrying is not going to help one single bit. So I'd rather stay naive; less stressful that way. What happens, happens.

1. Go to bed at a reasonable time.
2. Don't wake up at 4:30AM.
3. If you wake up at 4:30AM, don't get up.
4. If you do get up, stay up, don't go back to bed and sleep all morning/afternoon.

Needless to say, I failed to do all these things today. (sigh)