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Child-caused music funks and frozen Andalucia
I’ve been in a random music funk the past few months because my child has completely destroyed my Spotify algorithm. Every time I log on I’m bombarded with JoJo Siwa and music from the Descendants (which is surprisingly good, it has to be said). And this wouldn’t be a problem except I use Spotify to discover new music, and that has gone all haywire now. I finally got around to signing her up for a Spotify Kids account linked to mine (not an easy task because we live abroad, and because with a family plan you all have to be in the same household, when I try to do it…
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I was made for Frolicking
It’s total bullshit how little frolicking I get to do.I was made for frolicking. I mean… right? I am writing this with music (Marsheaux) playing in one ear. The other ear is cocked, straining to make sure my daughter isn’t getting into any trouble in another part of the house. This is how I live my life – like so many moms I know – and after seven years I’m just now realizing how draining it is to my spirit. The thing that no one tells you before you have a child – seriously, no one tells you this – is how it feels when your time is not your…
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Why is change so hard? (in which I disappeared for a month)
Why is making change so hard, and so confronting? How is it that I’ll have four really good days, make some progress, feel really good, and then have a terrible day. Then I want to go hide under a rock for three weeks to get over it. This is not the way one achieves goals. I know that intellectually, but it’s the whole “getting my body to go ahead with what my mind wants” that’s hard. It’s all well and good to look at quotes like this, and feel inspired: But what happens when you fear the new? What happens when you are afraid of the new because it’s an…
