P is for PROGRESS! :D

Heyhey! :)

Hope you all are doing well. I worked on some more goals (Namely the nameless one, and the one featuring the daily walks; I went for a walk twice today.). As for the nameless goal, I will not talk about this matter, but I am feeling really well. As for the walking, I guess this might be an additional reason. I really love taking walks in nature. And my dog enjoys it, too! :)

I also want to answer the third question from the 50 Questions list now:

3) If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don't like and like so many things we don't do?

I think the point is that there is a lot of pressure from other people on individuals in general. Also, we have this saying in German (I am not sure whether it exists in other languages, sorry), going, "First the work, then the pleasure." I always hated this saying, because a) it drew a line between things you have to do to survive and whatever brought you joy... And b) it was not always necessary to keep this up in my eyes?

For example, I remember when I came home from one of the first days of school after the summer holidays when I was roughly 14/15 years old... I wanted to stick to this saying, because I felt like, then I would be allowed to have some free time, and... Guess what, I had to do homework until 10pm to keep up with this. On a daily basis. After the third day in a row of having to do this, also for subjects we didn't have the next day, I started sticking to another schedule, which helped me keep myself away from being completely overwhelmed with homework.

I think, of course, there are some things in life that are not fun at all, that have to be done in order to keep yourself from losing a lot of money unnecessarily (Like doing taxes...). But I also think one should minimise the amount of such tasks for one's own wellbeing to a minimum. If you just work, work, work, without seeing any sense behind it, I feel you may be in danger of developing some other problems. Just my two cents.

However, to get back to the question: I, too, don't do EVERYTHING I love doing on a daily basis, but I am trying to. I will not beat myself up for not completing stuff I wanted to complete e. g. yesterday; I need to show myself some compassion. And it ought to be FUN after all. I am working on this list, too, because I feel this could help with some projects dear to my heart... That's why I chose to do this challenge, after all. :)

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Also, I talked with my mother about something to put into practice once I plant the seeds for my snapdragons and sunflowers. ^^ I just saw today somebody using old toilet paper rolls (term?) as single "pots" to plant seeds into. They put some soil into each of them, and put a seed into this, put the entire bunch of toilet papers into a large flower pot, and now they are growing really well. ❤ I love this idea. So I looked around for some flower pots today... I found some, but ironically, those saying they would send them via mail... ended up saying in the ads: "We won't ship those anywhere, you have to come here to buy them." -__-

You can imagine how I am feeling now... But it is fine, I will get my snapdragons and sunflowers planted! :P I really love both flowers... I am just wondering whether I should put one of the pots (for the snapdragons) infront of my window instead of onto the balcony. Either would have its pros and cons, actually. I hope both will not be poisonous for cats and dogs, though...

Other than that, I have been thinking about which teacher to pick for task number 41 (Write a letter to my favourite teacher). I am thinking of several ones, but unfortunately, I cannot find one of them at all. But! I am thinking maybe my teacher from primary school, who's hopefully still alive. I don't know yet... *hides* I don't even know what exactly to write, but there is this urge to do so.

I hope everybody is having a nice day! :)