Becoming Bakitza

An aspiring bakitza attempting to slowly take control of her journey


Dear Conscience…

… I’ve been hiding. But I realize, the only purpose of this free blog that nobody reads, is to act as my conscience. Because someone sometimes could potentially maybe stumble on it, carries a slightly higher accountability level than my paper notebook. And while I much prefer writing with a pen to typing, I really do need a resemblance of external pressure. That’s a fact confirmed by a psychologist. Knowing that I won’t magically develop intrinsic motivation, and understanding that I don’t have time to build it up, for now these hidden pubic letters to my external conscience shall bear the brunt. It’s just too complex for me to find a real life accountability partner for un-messing the mess of my life.

Dear Conscience, you are it. You need to help me get through this.

I shall no longer try to fix 7 things at the same time. I shall start with one. And that one shall be time. Once I feel some minimum resemblance of control over my time, I can add a new mess.

Time is no longer for Tuesdays.

Time is every day.

Until I’ve gotten just enough time control to be able to see beyond time.

Time is everything

Work time, sleeping time, fun time, time time time. Life is the time that is mine. Essentially. I shall take control of it.

Conscience, my baby is taking a nap now. This is my time to check in with you. I’ll check in tomorrow again. I promise.

Sincerely,

B.



3 responses to “Dear Conscience…”

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  3. […] This is also maybe a good lesson about habits. The habit doesn’t have to be perfect in its first incarnation. As long as I stick with it, I can always refine it later. Even prior to this current ‘amendment’, I was changing the habit around until it ‘fit’ properly. I started writing this blog in March 2023. But I only discovered a writing format that I could stick with about 4 months later. […]

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About Me

I got my first nickname when I was 4 years old. It was “bakitza”, which means ‘an old lady’. I’ve always been an old lady on the inside. And as I progress towards being an old lady on the outside too, I want to take control of this journey. To reach the full fledged bakitza level with a peace of mind I always associated with that life stage. I thought it would come on it’s own with age. But now I realize that I have to take control over the mess that my life currently is in order to be a thoroughly satisfied bakitza one day.

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