New Blog, New Era
Well,
In classic fashion, when I am ready for a do-over, I start a new blog. I attempted to revive a blog in 2015, from what I can tell, I just could not do it any more. I had to heal. Those notebooks are full. Time for a new one.
So far, I have:
Fibro Sketches on which I most heavily posted during 2012-2013 and completely drops off in 2015 (I even unpublished a post because it was really dark and heavy with my lived reality at that point). I am considering reviving it and have made a few posts but am finding that the posts are more disability oriented, so I am expecting to change that up and maybe port a few posts over to the new blog It chronicles my diagnosis and exploration of alternative medicine treatments for Fibromyalgia.
Fibro Sketches https://fibrosketches.blogspot.com/
Thought Sketches is older and a bit more longstanding. It started in 2007 as a refresh from a very dark mindset and I was ready for another positive change (I have the old blog files, saved and printed). It spans a decade of poetry and musings.
Thought Sketches https://thoughtsketches.blogspot.com/
I started random ones on spiritual (2015) and librarian (2010-2011) musings which I imagine I will use here and there.
Same can be sad about my Twittterverse experiences from librarianship heyday 2011-2013 with a complete vanishing point in 2015 and then a smattering from there on, but nothing much again until recently (2019).
Suffice to say my online identities and much about myself disappeared from the internet. I vanished in 2015. I am so fucking happy to say I am now rebuilding. Finally!!!! It starts with this blog: Stellar Sketches. Ah, its a sigh of relief!
I finally got smart and figured out my ideal typing environment because my office set up is cozy but not terribly ergonomic with a floor that makes my wheelie chair slide on the regular. I got wise when i found my old HP external keyboard. So with my HP keyboard and my LG widescreen monitor plugged into my MacBook Air, I get the Mac experience with the HP functionalities I enjoy. It's a decent mix. I am excited to start doing personal improvement planning though: I miss having super set ups that I crafted for my own accommodations without really realizing that is what I was doing. At the time, it was just me having fun, being resourceful and creative. And, well, I really like to prevent as much pain as possible. I do go out of my way to feel comfortable in my spaces because it is always worth while. I may live with chronic pain, does not mean it gets to dictate my life. Chronic pain is just another element to consider in my planning process.
Part of my accommodations are also the wellness category. So, I ask myself "what are some activities I actively participated in I was feeling better at different times in my life?" Writing!!! I have not been writing. I will be honest, not even on paper! Wild right, insane for a librarian, really. I have my journal back to 1992! I burned the one previous due to the overwhelming odour of bad memories. I am changing up my script again to make room for the new me. Holy shit, this me is fucking amazing.
I am a mother. That unto itself is huge!!! I have four year old that I adore. There are changes happening in many areas of my life as I settle into my own skin.
I am also married. Which, I still cannot quite wrap my head fully around. I am catching up though. Gradually.
What do I plan on doing with this blog? The idea of private versus public causes me pause. Then, if I do make it public, do I share it? If I share it, where do I share it? Ah, details. This is why I became a librarian: I am a master of nitpicking out the details. I wonder how many librarians became librarians because of their ability to organize information in their nit-picky brains that were really just anxiety-high all the time. Great use of a coping mechanism.
The above, ladies and gents, are the kinds if posts I will be doing here. I wish to combine all my years of knowledge, experience, literature, wisdom, insight, intellect, compassion, and so much more. My skills are immense. I know. I outlined them all on my website The UnLibrarian www.theunlibrarian.com. I assure you, that will be a post, a story for another time.
My time,
Rose
In classic fashion, when I am ready for a do-over, I start a new blog. I attempted to revive a blog in 2015, from what I can tell, I just could not do it any more. I had to heal. Those notebooks are full. Time for a new one.
So far, I have:
Fibro Sketches on which I most heavily posted during 2012-2013 and completely drops off in 2015 (I even unpublished a post because it was really dark and heavy with my lived reality at that point). I am considering reviving it and have made a few posts but am finding that the posts are more disability oriented, so I am expecting to change that up and maybe port a few posts over to the new blog It chronicles my diagnosis and exploration of alternative medicine treatments for Fibromyalgia.
Fibro Sketches https://fibrosketches.blogspot.com/
Thought Sketches is older and a bit more longstanding. It started in 2007 as a refresh from a very dark mindset and I was ready for another positive change (I have the old blog files, saved and printed). It spans a decade of poetry and musings.
Thought Sketches https://thoughtsketches.blogspot.com/
I started random ones on spiritual (2015) and librarian (2010-2011) musings which I imagine I will use here and there.
Same can be sad about my Twittterverse experiences from librarianship heyday 2011-2013 with a complete vanishing point in 2015 and then a smattering from there on, but nothing much again until recently (2019).
Suffice to say my online identities and much about myself disappeared from the internet. I vanished in 2015. I am so fucking happy to say I am now rebuilding. Finally!!!! It starts with this blog: Stellar Sketches. Ah, its a sigh of relief!
I finally got smart and figured out my ideal typing environment because my office set up is cozy but not terribly ergonomic with a floor that makes my wheelie chair slide on the regular. I got wise when i found my old HP external keyboard. So with my HP keyboard and my LG widescreen monitor plugged into my MacBook Air, I get the Mac experience with the HP functionalities I enjoy. It's a decent mix. I am excited to start doing personal improvement planning though: I miss having super set ups that I crafted for my own accommodations without really realizing that is what I was doing. At the time, it was just me having fun, being resourceful and creative. And, well, I really like to prevent as much pain as possible. I do go out of my way to feel comfortable in my spaces because it is always worth while. I may live with chronic pain, does not mean it gets to dictate my life. Chronic pain is just another element to consider in my planning process.
Part of my accommodations are also the wellness category. So, I ask myself "what are some activities I actively participated in I was feeling better at different times in my life?" Writing!!! I have not been writing. I will be honest, not even on paper! Wild right, insane for a librarian, really. I have my journal back to 1992! I burned the one previous due to the overwhelming odour of bad memories. I am changing up my script again to make room for the new me. Holy shit, this me is fucking amazing.
I am a mother. That unto itself is huge!!! I have four year old that I adore. There are changes happening in many areas of my life as I settle into my own skin.
I am also married. Which, I still cannot quite wrap my head fully around. I am catching up though. Gradually.
What do I plan on doing with this blog? The idea of private versus public causes me pause. Then, if I do make it public, do I share it? If I share it, where do I share it? Ah, details. This is why I became a librarian: I am a master of nitpicking out the details. I wonder how many librarians became librarians because of their ability to organize information in their nit-picky brains that were really just anxiety-high all the time. Great use of a coping mechanism.
The above, ladies and gents, are the kinds if posts I will be doing here. I wish to combine all my years of knowledge, experience, literature, wisdom, insight, intellect, compassion, and so much more. My skills are immense. I know. I outlined them all on my website The UnLibrarian www.theunlibrarian.com. I assure you, that will be a post, a story for another time.
My time,
Rose
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