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Just kidding (again)

 How many posts will I write about quitting this blog, only to come back to this blog and write more posts about not quitting this blog? Will it ever be enough? When will it end? When will I learn?

Anyway, I have NO idea what I was thinking when I decided to start publishing blog posts on Ko-fi about stuff I like. The whole POINT of reviewing podcasts, books, etc. is that posting your review on platforms like Amazon, GoodReads, or Stitcher is what helps the thing you like get noticed more! So publishing a review on Ko-fi is basically pointless without putting it somewhere helpful!

I don't know where my brain was or what I was doing. I still kind of don't. To be honest, I've had an incredibly difficult time writing for a while now -- years, at this point. It's discouraging. However, I think I've put too many expectations on myself for what that writing or creating should be.

I'll just go back to using this blog as an outlet for my diary thoughts. I'll probably do another whole redesign of the blog too. My shower thoughts blog. Will I cross-post? Will I review? What's happening, anyway? What is 2020? What is time?

I'll leave this post by describing some tea I made recently. I put some tea bags in an empty juice bottle and put it in the fridge to make iced tea. I tend not to hydrate enough, so tea is a happy medium between being dehydrated and drinking city tap water. Today's tea is lemon ginger + Oolong. It's refreshing, the ginger helps my stomach, and the lemon makes it easily drinkable. 

a stock photo glass of iced tea with a lemon slice in it.


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