A Week in the Life.

January 30, 2020 10:00 am Published by EverEden 1 Comment

Usually I get an idea for Write Advice, Wisdom or general commentary on the Sunday. I spend the rest of the days building my post off and on around my other job, people, commitments etc. until it’s time to make it live. It wasn’t until 24hours out from posting that I really got the idea for it. It doesn’t happen like that. Writer’s block has never existed for me…but I was a little slow off the mark this week.

My health issues are finally getting me down, after months of pushing through and choosing to try to do most of my normal activities with bad symptoms when I should be resting in bed all day (it’s what I’ve been told to do by professionals and friends alike) I’m finally really frustrated. But…if Cleo Darkrose and I have anything in common, besides the penchant for tall dark-haired Canadian men, it’s that we keep the ball rolling. The show must go on…and all those similar clichés you can think of.

We both get it done. Broken rib, vision issues, stress, tired or not.

I get it-get it.

This week has been taxing and stressful. Some of the things involved so far; bills and rent, expensive dentist, important phone calls to discuss health and finance, work issues to navigate, writing/editing, drs appointments, and a text message to tell me I have a rent inspection in 2 days. Apparently I missed the letter, or I didn’t receive it… It just serves to reiterate that

Adulting is fucking shite.

Did people just not complain about this before, or was I just not listening? Do we have so many apps to scream our problems from the rooftops of our various pieces of technology that we all just sound the same?

Has Adulting become harder for the last couple of generations despite smartphones and cottonwool?

Everything feels fast. I don’t remember too much of my life the last decade, aside from the major events. There are many reasons for that, but some of it seems like there wasn’t time to actually pay attention because I was too busy surviving and also keeping my life afloat through the daily grind of work, bills etc. which we all have.

I read something once which said to treat your life like you have a reality show and a camera crew around you and it got me thinking…

The clichéd posts you see about being positive and grateful are nice (and it’s important to recognise you are blessed) but it’s also annoying AF when you’re having the worst day of your life and some clown is happy they’re holding a good coffee so they need to put it on their socials. Many of those people probably post and don’t mean what the caption says an hour after they’ve posted it.

I’m surly, recovering from the past few years, and always fucking tired so most days I hate everything. HOWEVER, I wanted to share the times I tried to stay in the moment for my make-believe reality show. 😉

Yours is happening right now too, so maybe you want to think about that. If someone was to watch it back in some kind of Black Mirror-style showreel, you need to make it worth watching.

Here are some of my moments from this week.