My Social Media-less Life

As per usual when I dog-sit, I deprived myself of people a lot this week for the sake of making money and keeping dogs alive.

Are those valid reasons? Yes.
Are they worth going semi-insane for? No.

Which is a big reason why I think the Lord asked me to quit pet-sitting. And maybe to see if I’d do it because I do have a terrible time following through when He tells me to do something.

(Although we are better about that…)

But I don’t have— or maybe can’t keep— any actual habits in my life and I’m at the stage where I can’t keep pretending that habits aren’t important.

Plus we’re coming up on a new stage of life where I need as much mental focus as I can and with pet-sitting (as I sit here and type this while listening for the suspicious sounds coming from the dining room to stop so I’ll know if I need to find out what’s being demolished)… I can’t give my entire attention to what I believe the Lord is really calling me to do.

Of course there will be the people that say writing can happen anywhere in anyway at any time.

Mmm… yes and no.

I’ve been lying to myself for 20 years or more that I can write anywhere in anyway at any time… and I have a whole lot of unfinished, unpublished books to show for my lies.

The preparations have already begun, it’s time to get serious, I hear the Lord say as I wonder if it’s too late to back out now (it is, by the way).

On that giant backstory of a note…

My bestest friend came over last night to hang out with me and my dogs while she caught up on a little bit of homework. It was amazing.

And we didn’t even talk about anything deep or earth-shattering. (Not that you need anything deep or earth-shattering after more than 8 years of friendship)

We just… sat.

I mean sure, we talked about crushes and dogs and homework and God… but just being with another person helped restore some calm to my week that I didn’t realize I needed.

Everybody needs somebody in their life to be with them when their world feels a little crazy and there’s a lot of change happening.

My bestest friend just happens to be that somebody for me. And I appreciate that about her and about our relationship.

If you don’t have that somebody, I pray that the Lord brings you that person and that it’s even better than you imagined it would be. As it has been for me.