Dear Friend tonight I am ‘taking it easy.’ A phrase used here to indicate that I am relaxing. Which is not entirely true but compared to the week I’ve had and the week I’m about to have, I am in fact taking it easy. This past week I spent a lot of time researching and remembering and finishing things getting prepared for this next week. I spent at least an hour on the writing on this website every day on top of the thousand word goal that I’ve set for my writing project.

This weekend I’ve sent wedding photos to relatives that have asked for it, worked on the planning for our big friend groups getaway next month and the vacation my partner and I are taking at the end of the year. I’ve also worked on selling and spring cleaning through the week and it all came to a head today with us fully sorting and the like.

Tonight I am treating myself. I finished two tv shows, an anime and a Amazon show. I’ve recommended one of these to you in the past week and the other is a small niche audience that I don’t think fully suitable for this website. Tonight I play one of my favorite video games of all time and watch a movie: Donnie Darko. This next week I have two graduations to attend, one for someone just starting and the other for someone just finishing. A small conundrum for the people involved but one that involves me dedicating my time to nonetheless.

After those we have a number of friends in town and a going out and away party. Dear Friend I wonder, do you genuinely take time for yourself. If you do, how much are you able to actually give to yourself. An hour? A day? Perhaps you sleep it all away. Regardless I hope you are alright.