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just a little over a week until 2026! another year here and gone in the blink of an eye
i'm still trying to figure out how to slow down, live in the moment. umm quitting marijuana would help 🙈 it's so hard though. i should make it a resolution to quit or at least seriously limit myself, but then there's the thing. i have NEVER kept a resolution. not once that i can remember. oops!!
soooo whats been going on this year?
- a full year of having chickens!
- (lost aliss in august to a dog, miss you baby)
- got heat stroke over summer because it was hot and humid as satan's asscrack outside and i had to be out there all the time to make sure my chickens had cool water and plenty of shade so THEY wouldnt get heat stroke....
- bf finished reading discworld to me early this year and we started the science of discworld, we're on volume 3 currently. this one is dense LAWL
- last year in my end of 2024 blog i mentioned that i found some cabbage patch kids that were my cousin's, that my grandma was going to get rid of. i was going to find clothes for them and stuff but i never did that. i put the dolls away because i have no space in my room for them. so one of these days my dad is going to take one of the long wall shelves out of his room, we're going to cut it into thirds and paint it and put some wall shelves up in my room, so i can have more space for my stuff :3
- started doodling a little bit more !! mostly tracing over memes but its been fun and i need to do it more often
- came up with a story idea that i really really love and can work on casually as i please no stress no pressure ^_^
- got to know the neighbors a little bit! unfortunately they are trumpies but they are also kindhearted, the wife is an absolute sweetheart. we've lived here about 15 years now and i've talked to the husband plenty of times over the years but never really talked to her until recently. she reminds me of (the good aspects of) my maternal grandma. funny, sweet, a nature lover. anyway, both of them adore the chickens and love to watch them scratch around under their bird feeders, and the chickens follow them around when they work outside
ok well thats all i can think of off the top of my head umm
so for 2026, honestly, i think i'll still be taking it day by day. that's just where i'm at, that's where i've been for a while and where i'm going to be staying until who knows when. for any younger folks reading this, especially ones dealing with disabilities or anything that makes you unable to function "normally", healing doesnt necessarily mean moving up, moving forward, moving out. might be frustrating sometimes but you realize you can still be happy, or at least comfortable, without being independent. i know i'll never be fully independent. i can still live for myself ^_^
nothing wrong with wanting independence, either. nothing wrong with striving for it, if that's what you want. tbh i cant wait for the day i can live with my bf, because i'll have more independence than i have now. i fantasize all the time about us having our own little place, a trailer, or an rv or something. it'd be great to live as off-grid as possible really. have a garden and some chickens... but care for the land, the native wildlife. if only i could go to school for ecology and conservation SIIIIIGH! someday, i hope!! i still need to talk to staff at da local zoo about their conservation programs, see if there's anything i can do locally/at home on an extremely tight budget. i know they participate in a program where they give out native plants to people who want to help reestablish native wildlife on their properties so i have GAWT to reach out to them about it!!
of the invasive plants on our property, the worst are the creeping charlie, the autumn olives, and an asian bush honeysuckle species (amur?) so i have to look up how to control those. some type of native mercury plant took over a portion of our yard this year and i read they're so prolific that they'll often outcompete the creeping charlie. so thats good! as for the honeysuckle and autumn olive bushes, i know they require some sort of chemical control unless youre able to completely remove all of the roots, which is extremely difficult (i know this from experience OTL)
rather than resolutions i am simply just going to have some things to work on/toward in 2026
- smoke less weed
- walk more
- exercise more in general
- draw and write more
- play more
- learn more about ecology and conservation
- start a field journal FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO IT ALREADY
thats all for this one :3
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Ugly Has To Walk?
I love you and miss you more every day. And I'm so proud of you. 💜
🥹💖
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frumpnuggets
Congrats on what sounds like a lovely, meaningful 2025 :) it's nice to learn more about what you've been up to! I might have to make one of these blogs myself soon :3 ur dream life sounds an awful lot like mine. Having a homestead-y lifestyle where I can live in harmony with nature sounds so perfect. I hope we both get there someday soon!
FWIW, resolutions don't seem to work for most people, it seems, so you def don't need to feel bad about that. I've never kept one more than like two days. Lately I like to try to focus on a specific value I find deeply meaningful and really want to focus on cultivating in the next year - health, relationships, intentional time management, etc. - and just let myself work towards that larger goal in smaller ways. It takes a lot of pressure for perfection off and I find myself seeking out more meaningful opportunities for growth that way and celebrating my progress along the way. It seems to be more motivating in the long run for me. I think u have the right idea! :)
Sending u good vibes for 2026!! <3
thank you!! for your kind words and your well wishes :3 and right back at you hehe
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xX_Dyrk_Nyte_Xx
skimming now- will read more in full once this migraine goes away grr. but yeah i also never stick to new years resolutions XD
it is so hard to resolute. i am not resolute in that way
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OwlLipgloss
Here's to hoping that 2026 will be a good one! I have some of the same goals as you for next year, such as exercising more and drawing and writing more often. I've been planning to be more active in general! Hope it works out well for you!
i felt so much better mentally and physically when i was walking almost daily so i need to just get off my ass and do it. ive been so LAZY the past couple years! GRRR!!! lets both have fun being more active physically and creatively :3
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Jon 🐇
best of luck with your goals in 2026! :D
you too jon !! i hope for lots of bunnies and applesauce and nice warm days for you this year 🐰
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Macrotten
You've done a lot this year! here's to achieving all of next years goals!
thank youuuu!!! 🦊
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