Hey hey! It's been a bit. I recently moved to a new city and am slowly settling in. I feel like I'm in a very large transition period, ending one chapter and beginning another. It's been nerve-wracking, but also incredibly exciting and beautiful. I always have a lot of anxiety when I go somewhere new and have to totally start fresh with building a community but I have been so pleasantly surprised thus far meeting such kind and welcoming people who immediately make me feel like a part of something.
While meeting new people has been great, it has felt a little difficult to form closer relationships. I almost feel like the new kid at school all over again. It can become tiring to contantly be putting yourself out there for possible rejection or just not clicking with people. But we must persist!
This is also my first time properly out of school, so I'm adjusting to what life feels like without that structure. I kind of miss being in an environment where I was constantly learning and doing, so I've been trying my best to create that for myself, and build rituals into my everyday life. For example, I've started going to swing dance classes every Wednesday- while I've never considered myself particularly graceful, swing was always something I thought was so cool and it's been fun just being a beginner at something and doing it for the fun of it.
After a pretty gnarly post-move artistic rut, I'm excited to start working on my website again and hopefully making more fun stuff out in real life that I can post here. Hopefully the shortening days and chillier weather don't put too much of a damper on my motivation! After all, gloomy fall days seem like the perfect time to write some code :)