#20 The LEGO Table
This year, I'm going to spend 31 days writing about places. In my profession, I talk about place-based writing quite a bit. I frame it like this when I share: We believe in the power of including spaces in the process of writing. Place-based writing is the concept that the place where we write may influence our thinking, impacting the writer’s perspective, engagement, ownership, and/or purpose. I'm really jazzed up, thinking about where I will spend time as a writer in 31 different spaces this month and how I can use each post to share a little slice of my day.
Today, the LEGO Table (aka my dining room table).
Dear reader, I am spent. I am overwhelmed and possibly overtasked.
I know it will pass, and I am likely in a tizzy about nothing as things always seem to work out... but, anxiety doesn't work that way. Logic won't tell my chest to feel less full or my eyes to stop tearing up.
I'm working on it.
Literally. lol. I just spent the last hour or so working on my kingfisher set. And then I sat on my patio. And now my husband is taking me to the garden store. And later, we'll go to fish fry.
There are places that make me feel better. I'm working on it.
Wishing everyone a restful weekend full of places they love.
Sometimes you just need to get away from. A change of scenery helps.
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DeleteLove this! I am working on LEGO, too. The Jaws set. There is something satisfying about the process. The King Fisher set I got my MIL, and though she hasn't built it yet, it will be beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI started out feeling stressed out when I read your slice, but your ending- focusing on some happy places- left me feeling peaceful. I hope you're feeling better now, too!
ReplyDeleteYou had me at LEGO! Also, I love your idea of place writing-must try. Some sets cause extra frustration (Pac-Man Arcade), but sometimes can be calming.
ReplyDeleteAs I write this, I'm sitting at my LEGO table-also our dining table-in the same seat my now 23 year old son occupied when he'd build his sets. Many, many sets. He gifted me LOTR The Shire for my birthday last summer. Fun build and much less stressful than PacMan.