hello world! life's been good to me lately. been feeling very Enriched in my personal life and it feels like im finally returning to my pre-exam levels of whimsy and fun. idk i feel like it took a while for me to recover to normalcy like i really was so burnt out and everything felt like a chore including stuff like my hobbies and interests. i also feel like ive just settled into a new routine which is always lovely because i love having structure in my life.
i recently picked up the electric bass! i was blessed with a hand-me-down from a family friend and a good teacher recommendation. i'm not a super musical person - i mean i love listening to music but understanding and making it is totally different. heh i used to play the piano but i just feel like classical training wasn't for me. it was so rigid and i wasn't really learning music as a language... i couldnt improv or play by ear which i feel like was a major disadvantage. i also wasn't enjoying it a lot? even when i moved to a nicer teacher i still lacked that drive - probably because i didn't feel like what i was playing resonated with me a lot. but i feel like this time it's super different! maybe because i'm older, but also because im relying more on playing things i enjoy rather than following a fixed syllabus. rn i'm learning peach pit's "you and your friends" and i think it's just SO satisfying to play along to a song you already know and love. really gets me in that flow state.
oh oh and i FINALLY got my second lobes done. i don't know why it took me so long to get these done bc i've been wanting more piercings for years but oh well im just a procrastinator. whuuupsssss. anyways i love them and i can't wait for them to heal so that i can do some cute matching stacks! i hope to maybe get a helix soon as well? my piercer friend was telling me that my ear anatomy suits a rook as well? so maybe ill consider it. i'll get another piercing before i fly off!
lots of love,
j