Let it Be

For once the reason I haven't posted yet is because I have too many topics that I could write about and I just couldn't make up my mind on what I wanted to discuss. There's so much going on in the world right now from Trump's tweets with North Korea, sports over respect controversy, the devastating hurricanes in the Atlantic, healthcare repeal and/or reforms to just the personal everyday aspects of life.

My most prevailing thoughts are my feelings towards politics. While in high school, I had an interest in politics. I suppose it was the naivety of youth in the hopes of being able to make a difference but then life shifted my point of view. I got married to a military man and I realize that there was no way I could have an objective opinion on anything political ever again and that there is the kicker.

Politics has everything to do with the running of people's everyday lives but because it's their lives, people cannot be objective and yet that is when it's most important to be as objective as possible. That is not to say you should completely take out emotions but I believe it's best to leave out personal feelings about such decisions that affect so many different people. After all, not everyone has the same train of thoughts or beliefs over the same subject and it isn't right to impost yours onto others.

Using the example of sports players bending down on one knee during the playing of the national anthem before games, some people believe it's disrespectful for them to do so. You do not need to agree with what those people are doing but they have the rights within the law to take a knee. The whole point of this country is freedom of speech, which means that those people are within their rights to not stand during the national anthem as long as they are following the laws of the country and not causing a disturbance of the peace. You do not have to agree with them. It's as simple as that.

My point is to live and let live.

GSD

I have read Death Comes to Pemberley. I have restarted reading Pioneer Girl. I beat Mass Effect and its sequel Mass Effect 2. I am contemplating whether I should continue right away into the third game or take a break from PC gaming and finish playing Fire Emblem Awakening. I have watched Porco Rosso and finally re-watched Tales from EarthSea with plans to finally watch the rest of what we have for Studio Ghibli. I have also done random sketches while staying on top of the usual house chores.

I'm honestly quite amazed at how I've stayed on task with almost everything and gotten so much more than I expected done. Using a planner to keep track of work and a personal goals tracker has made all the difference. It's so satisfying to look into my planner every morning, get the job done and be able to cross it off the list everyday. It's an ever better feeling to see that my work is done and that I have time to meet my personal goals and either make progress on them or just straight out finish them up.

It's such a great feeling of accomplishment.