Isolation Diary: I did something today I probably wouldn’t have done if I hadn’t been home so much lately. I hung a picture tile on the wall in the bathroom. I have a ‘thing’ about hanging things on walls. Perhaps much of my fear of making a mistake is gathered around poking a hole in the wall and making a royal mess of it. Perhaps I should be grateful that the ‘mistake making fear’ is concentrated on this relatively benign problem. I have had this tile with a picture of otters (my favorite animal!) for years. Years. The bathroom is the perfect place for it, the colors are right and otters love water, right? It has been on the counter, leaning up against the wall, obscured by hairspray (which I never use) and a net bath sponge (which I never use) for years. Today I nailed a picture hanger into the wall and hung the tile, took 5 minutes. It looks great. Why?! did this take so long to do? Fewer distractions and excuses. And an impulse to just move forward with something. Time to look at what’s there. Time to look at what’s here and there. I think we are moving forward.
John M.
you could have just moved the hairspray and the net bath sponge!John M.
but I know the feeling of procrastinating for years over doing something, and then finally getting around to it and finding the effort is a tiny fraction of what was anticipated.Laura E.F.
We’re adjusting the still lives we live in. Me too!