Well…with every year that passes in the 2020’s, I’m doing fewer and fewer activities, whether it’s creative passions or media engagement. That’s the nature of mental illness in a stressful decade that wouldn’t let up. I’ve described myself as having “negative spoons”, or less energy than a neurotypical person would ordinarily have. August was my favorite month of this fucked up year, because that’s when I’ve completely cut the cord on doom-scrolling and consuming rage-bait. Now that it’s September, I’m all out of mental energy again, because I spent all my spoons in one place. I know 2024 is far from over, but these 25 things have gotten me through it all. There might be more list items between now and January, but this is what I’ve got so far:
1. Adopting Mac & Molli (senior kitties)
2. Booker T’s WCW theme music
3. Brandon Sanderson: “Elantris” (not finished yet)
4. Creative writing (poetry, novelettes, and shower thoughts)
5. Cutting the cord on doom-scrolling
6. Dark Side of the Ring: Season Five (not finished yet)
7. Drowning Pool: “Tearing Away” (single)
8. Fatal Fury arcade soundtrack
9. Final Fight 2 soundtrack: “Bears Are Hiding in the Woods” (Japan theme)
10. Fire From the Gods: “American Sun”
11. Fire From the Gods: “Soul Revolution”
12. Latuda instead of Risperidone
13. Legacy.com’s You Tube channel
14. Lego dragon
15. Mac Lethal: “Tom MacDonald Is a Nazi” (single)
16. Marty Robbins: “Love Is Blue” (cover song)
17. Melatonin
18. Mother Mother: “It’s Alright” (single)
19. Nightcore and Daycore remixes
20. Silent Season: “Hopeless” (single)
21. Summer Farrelly (they/them)
22. The Neurodivergent Rebel a.k.a. Lyric Rivera (they/them)
23. The Punk Rock Autistic a.k.a. Dani Noreen (they/them)
24. The Speech Prof a.k.a. Professor Chesko
25. The Warning: “Breathe” (single)
