Becoming Bakitza

An aspiring bakitza attempting to slowly take control of her journey


Remember Me?

Dear Conscience,

Remember me? I haven’t truly been talking to you for several weeks now. Maybe I’ve checked in here and there, but I haven’t completely revealed myself.

I was hiding because I was sad at first, and later embarrassed. The sadness gave me the excuse to let go, and I let go completely. I fell all the way down to my worst behavior. I am still embarrassed to go into detail, but let me just tell you that my last several days I got hooked back on a show, and decided to binge watch all the way until last season before restarting my life.

On Monday, I spent several hours of my workday just watching the show, calculating that with about 15 hours of the show left, I will finish this week. Fortunately, I had the wisdom to cancel Netflix at the end of the day. The damage is big enough already. It would maybe be irepairable had I gone through with that madness.

Yesterday I got some admin done. Today I will try to work. It is my only way out. And I already ruined the rest of my mouth by falling this much behind. Hopefully without long term consequences.

Sincerely,

B.



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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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