- Has it really been so long since I wrote?
- Afraid so.
- How come?
- No reason.
It’s the middle of October and I’m over halfway through Inktober. For those unfamiliar, it’s the whole month of October where you draw each and every day. You’re supposed to post it online but I haven’t bothered with that part. I’m loving it.
Time reference with the title relates to insomnia. It’s still with me. Going to bed at 5AM is not unusual. I don’t have anywhere else to be so it doesn’t matter really. I am rolling with the new schedule. I have tried so many different things to sleep earlier but nothing works. I am in the way of thinking now that my sleep schedule will sort itself out eventually. I love the quiet of the early morning. 3AM is a great time to lay outside and look up at the stars. Breakfast is dinner. Dinner is lunch. Sometimes it’s just one meal a day. Other days all three.
Covid-19 has made the world and scheduling a life like no other. I am accepting the change. I am grateful with what I have. And I am grateful listening to Brene Brown’s Unlocking Us podcasts. That’s Brene with an acute accent over the second ‘e’. She drops book titles each podcast and I am soaking up the conversations like a sponge. Loving the real talk and growth we can make if we are ready to listen, think.
Any book by Brene Brown is a treat. Watch her TED Talk for a good starting place. She is the researcher who studies about vulnerability and shame and more. She asks the hard questions and follows where they go no matter how difficult.
Currently reading Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Dr. Vivek H. Murthy. a former Surgeon General of the United States and a guest on the Unlocking Us podcast.
Sober as the new moon.
Moderately Sober 
That all sounds pretty great. I love that you are just rolling with the insomnia, and early morning quiet is awesome. 3 am stars! 😁
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Hi LT!
Nice to hear from you!
Glad you are drawing! That sounds very cool!
xo
Wendy
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Yayyyy Wendy🤗
Read any good books lately?
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Just murder mysteries! Lol
Nothing uplifting!
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Ohh love a good murder mystery. Any suggestions?
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Inktober is one of those things I would like to join in on every year but nobody I know mentions it until the month is half way over, haha.
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I will remind you next year in September 😁
Nothing stops you from starting today 😊
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Welcome back LT, lovely to catch up with your life. I too love listening to Brené. One of my favourite podcasts from ‘unlocking us’ is the one about over functioners and underfunctioners. Brilliant. Also the one with Alisha Keyes. I loved it. Sleep, or not being able to sleep, can be awful but it sounds like you are going with the flow. Sometimes it’s all you can do. X
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Yayyy Claire🤗
I listen to podcasts while I draw and I am going back over her earlier ones.
The one that is stuck in my head is the 2nd day one.
What are you reading😊?
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I just finished Brené’s book ‘the gifts of imperfection’ and really loved it. I’m looking for something else now but in the meantime I’m reading a Lisa Jewell novel .. ‘the family upstairs’. It’s ok, not got me hooked yet really. I love to have a good book on the go.
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Berne browns book The Gifts of Imperfection is by far her best and she just released a 10 year anniversary update that she read on audio book.
This has been the most useful book I have read, and I read A LOT. listening to her read it has been a huge treat.
Covid has given some unexpected positives. Time to pause and ask ourselves what life is all about.
Great to hear from you
Anne
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Hey there Anne🤗
Love Berne’s voice and I will go back and reread The Gifts…, will check out the library for the 10 year anniversary audiobook.
What are you reading?😊
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Hey LT! Welcome back😊. I definitely enjoy Brene and will check out that podcast, sounds interesting. Hope the sleep works itself out soon.
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Nice to be back Dwight 🤗
I listen to podcasts while I draw.😁
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