july.

Hey hi hello,

Let me begin by saying that I’ve been trying to write this specific paper for a few months, so yes it’s been a while for me too. It’s been a journey of its own; with each week that has passed new revelations have been formed upon old AND new feelings as well as experiences. With that said, what you’re about to read has to do with my lived experience of leaving one place to move to another. As you can imagine, that is sometimes smooth, but over time you realise, damn, I’ve left things behind. Sometimes unsure if that’s a benefit or not. You know what, you could take that as literally or as figuratively as you’d like, you are that the reader after all. Say it with me, I am the reader, whatever I take from the writing on this screen or what is otherwise thought of as TheBdrop’s ‘documentation of history’ is completely and solely up to me.

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I may have cracked the code!

When everything stops, say you’re on break from school or work, and you have free time. Do you ever feel guilty for stopping or the need to rediscover yourself? Do you somewhat judge yourself for the activities that you choose to participate in? (am I being too self specific rn lol)

Sometimes, at TheBdrop, we wonder what value is held by the activities we participate in during our spare time. In mentioning this, I do not want to encourage negatively scrutinising your hobbies or pass times.

Hence the use of third person!  Remember the ‘you say, you think, you are’ concept. If I haven’t written about that, I will in time. For now, I apologise for the unrelatable concept reference that you probably can’t google.

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Let’s now get back on track, shall we…

So I, we, you shouldn’t be shaming your fun hobbies that nurture your mind (bc they nurture your mind, duh). Instead, I want to flip the mindset to a reflective one, whereby activities that we enjoy are celebrated, acknowledged and shown gratitude towards as it is the seemingly small things that accumulate over time that make the most paramount difference. This goes both ways. They activities that you actively avoid over time also build and transform into their own beast (find your balance). However, when we take a step back and look at the situation as a whole, it feels like the judgement of the doing or not doing is the issue.

So this is your reminder to flow. Eat, drink, get some sunlight and enjoy your August 2024.

Yours truly,

TheBdrop