Don't We All Hate Mondays?

For our mental health, let's start this week with good cheer

Let’s just take a moment to look at this view and breathe. | Photo by Stephanie Fuchs on Unsplash

So, things are pretty shitty right now.

Look at the world. Enough said. It’s rough out there right now.

I’ve had a few days over the past week where I couldn’t bring myself to look at the news. It’s too heavy, I’ve got too much on my plate, and I just didn’t have the mental energy to parse it.

I can’t be the only person having those days. I figure instead of adding to it today, we’ll take a little bit of a psychological break to think about something joyful.

We all hate Mondays, so let’s not add more doom and gloom to an already cruddy day.

Don’t worry, we’ll get back to dissecting the nightmarish hellscape of our current reality another day. For now, let’s take a minute to think about some happy shit, yeah?

I tried looking around for some good news, and I did find some. Several countries — and the Pope — have come out in support of the Palestinian people lately, including a statement by President Macron of France vowing to stand by and recognize a Palestinian state.

That’s pretty awesome. It’s a good sign, and I hope this pushes other nations to follow the same path.

But by the same token, on top of spreading hopeful news, I think it’d be a good idea to get us all thinking of some good things that happened in our personal lives, as well.

It’s important to celebrate personal victories and enjoy good things as they happen.

I’ll begin by raising a few cool things that I’ve got going on!

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Gods this process is long. But it’s coming together! | Photo by Thomas AE on Unsplash

For one, I’ve got my appointment for my final wedding dress fitting and alteration ahead of the big day.

It took a bit of time for me to find a tailor who can manage the job, but I did finally get a lady on the phone who has several decades of experience altering dresses very much like mine. I’m looking forward to that appointment and getting my final fit worked out.

Second, after months of desperately searching and applying everywhere I can, I finally got called in for a job interview. I think it went alright, and I’ve got my fingers crossed because it would honestly be a good set up for me right now.

It’d be a part-time gig very close to my house, which makes the commute easy and leaves me plenty of time for working here on my writing, and on my other venture.

Which brings me to the last cool thing; my jewelry business is building up.

I’ve been taking occasional orders from friends and family for a while now, but I haven’t been selling all that much. I’ve got some finished pieces laid out and ready, but I don’t have a big inventory.

But in the process of making my wedding rings, my stepdad helped me with the process of 3D design so they could be printed and cast, and he found the process to be really fun and exciting.

So we decided, for shits and giggles, to go all in on it.

We’re right now designing a line of 3D printed and cast jewelry together.

I’m rebuilding my old jewelry website, working on the marketing, gathering supplies, and designing like a madwoman. 3D design opens up a whole new realm of possibilities to play with.

Best of all, I’ll be working with a Canadian casting house, so my pieces will be fully made in Canada.

The creative outlet is a nice break for my brain, and I’m toying with the idea of attaching a piece or two to a charity drive in the future — something like donating a portion of the sale price to a select cause.

It’s not set in stone yet, but I really want to incorporate something like that into my work.

All in all, while the world is melting down a bit, things in my private life are picking up a little bit and I hope it keeps going in a good direction.

If these ventures work out well, it’ll take some of the stress off of my shoulders and help me focus more on providing good work here for y’all. Goodness knows it’s hard to keep my head on straight while I’m worrying about paying the bills.

So, that’s my news. How about you guys?

Anything good happening? Anything at all, big or small, personal or local. Let’s share some cool stuff that’s happening in our lives as a little pick-me-up, yeah?

We can’t be mired in a nightmare all the time. That’s a recipe for burnout. So let’s have a day of good cheer, smile for a little while, and heal a little bit before the next battle begins.

Solidarity wins.

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