messy
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Clear Floors
Dear Conscience, Today I avoided most of my to-do list in favor of doing one task properly – clear away all the mess covering the floors in our apartment. I opted for storing (i.e. hiding) it away, basically shifting the mess from the floors, to the closets, shelves and cupboards. I know that this is Continue reading
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Space
Dear Conscience, It is Friday, the day that I want to dedicate to the theme of the Space I inhabit. What’s up? I’ve tried to make space a first priority back when I started with this effort. It’s because I had always lived in a mass, and it’s weighed on my quality of life. I Continue reading
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Can’t Take Time Off From a Lifestyle
Dear Conscience, Let me tell you, I like taking breaks. I’ll make any excuse to justify trading a break. And what’s a better excuse than a vacation? Even after I decided to use this vacation to keep at it, I excused my lack of discipline as a “break”. But a lifestyle is a habit. And Continue reading
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Vacation!
Dear Conscience, I’m at the airport, with a lot of luggage, and with my family. But without my laptop. For the first time in a loooooooong while, a planned time away from the laptop. Taking a toddler over 2 layovers to attend a wedding, not exactly stress-free. But I do want to use this time Continue reading
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.
Becoming Bakitza 