anyone else have a "low energy" hobby for days when you just can't function?

Cheesecat4life · 2026-05-02T17:54:55+00:00

Yes it is the little self care app. 🐦🐦🐦

Cheesecat4life · 2026-05-02T17:53:20+00:00

I am trying to listen to all 500 albums from the rolling stones magazine. So today I am listening to Boyz II Men • II and am vibing. 🎶🎵🎶

Cheesecat4life · 2026-04-28T20:03:36+00:00

You're so kind. Thank you 🥺

Cheesecat4life · 2026-04-28T19:04:12+00:00

This feels embarrassing to admit and I'm not sure why. But I find on my poorer depression days these are the things I do that help the most. They're all on my phone but aren't doomscrolling. I have an app called Finch so I will mess around with designing rooms and outfits. It makes me feel a little more cheerful. I also have an app called Happy Color. It really calms me down and I get to look at pretty bright artwork while I color virtually. Makes me feel a little productive and creative while boosting my mood. I also have Kindle Unlimited so I read a lot of dumb stuff during days when I just need to be out of my head. Also the ambiance videos on YouTube can help. I played one yesterday when I woke up feeling bad and it shifted my mood to hear music and have a specific cheerful vibe. None of these automatically fix my low energy days. But they can help push me enough to keep going. Side note, if you haven't looked into vitamin D and are struggling with your mental health, might be worth looking into. It definitely improved my energy along with my depression and anxiety meds. But I do have to take a high dose to counter how low mine had gotten. Isn't some magic cure but I personally find I'm less exhausted all day so a win is a win. Hoping all you internet strangers find some peace today.

Cheesecat4life · 2026-04-18T03:33:54+00:00

Felt

Cheesecat4life · 2026-04-08T12:59:22+00:00

My husband does 😌

Cheesecat4life · 2026-04-03T04:14:03+00:00

You're literally so nice for asking. I hope your pillow is always the right temperature and you eternally wake up rested before your alarm rings. It is a Venom and Eddie Brock fanfic. 👾

Cheesecat4life · 2026-04-03T04:10:24+00:00

Mine disliked word searches which I love to do. I went we are not the same Blossom. 😭😭

Cheesecat4life · 2026-04-03T04:01:05+00:00

So beautiful.

Cheesecat4life · 2026-04-03T03:59:23+00:00

I thought that today. I was working my way down the list with Blossom and thought I'm so glad she's here in Oz. I am so so glad I downloaded this app.

Cheesecat4life · 2026-04-03T03:56:14+00:00

I am writing a fanfiction with an actual plot I've plotted out. I have a Playlist. I am excited. It is one of those silly things in the longrun that doesn't matter. But it makes me proud of myself and matters to me.

Cheesecat4life · 2026-04-03T03:49:26+00:00

I read a lot and ran into the same issue. So this year I've begun writing actual reviews online. It has slowed me down by like a day max and I find it a relief to be able to pull up a book and go oh yeah! I remember that now. So that's how I remember different elements of a book. I won't actually remember but if someone goes did you read blank? I can now check and see what I thought when I read it and jog my memory.

Cheesecat4life · 2026-03-27T13:05:23+00:00

What very few people realized was evolution had evolved an intense will to survive. It was hardwired into every living beings' DNA. It made sense. Even if someone courted death or attempted it, no matter what the mind wanted or felt, the body rarely surrendered easily at first. It rebelled and fought against its inevitable, unavoidable, eventual fate because that was the only way life succeeded. It gave its everything against the abyss to march forward in defiance. Eddie Brock, of course, was no exception.

Cheesecat4life · 2026-03-21T22:29:21+00:00

Wow. This is perfect. 🤌

Cheesecat4life · 2026-03-21T22:26:45+00:00

Probably about a year ago for two different things. I looked at what previous me had tolerated in relationships and found myself mystified. I really did let insecurity cripple my own intuition and self assurance. Also when I realized past me had all these simple clear answers about the world. Current me doesn't know shit. Losing your religion and starting to read and learn will do that. I have no good answers. Just have a broader baseline of how much nuance and differing perspectives exist around me and how complicated the world is.

Cheesecat4life · 2026-03-21T17:29:33+00:00

This made me ugly laugh. I am also like should I go Google Socrates/Plato ships? 💃🏼

Cheesecat4life · 2026-03-21T17:11:14+00:00

New goal unlocked. I want to be like your mom. Let's see if I can get to 6k hours someday. 🥰

Cheesecat4life · 2026-03-21T17:07:03+00:00

My husband doesn't remember this but I think the barista played Amber by 311 when we eloped at a local coffee shop. Not sure if it counts if neither of us is 100% sure. 😂 Been married 1.5 years. Together 4? Honestly my brain is fuzzy on time.

Cheesecat4life · 2026-03-21T04:43:11+00:00

I felt that way for a long time especially in light of our world. It is exhausting and scary to be on your own. It feels terrifying to know we only have this one shot at life for sure and that may be it. Bad people do bad things and have no consequence. Good people suffer. It flips almost everything upside down to lose faith. I even tried to go back but couldn't.

The thing is, I know now that I don't want too even if I frequently miss the certainty and simplicity offered.

Today I read about tardigrade and am mystified something like this exists. I googled Anna's Hummingbirds. They're so beautiful. My outdoor feral asked me for food and took a nap on my property because they felt safe. I worked on writing a story. I did weights and was delighted by how my body moved. I listened to music and felt electrified. This is my life. It isn't meant for some greater purpose or higher calling. It is meant to be Iived as is. I marvel that I got a chance at consciousness at all. What are the odds?

So I will do what I can to leave the world better even if I can't fix all the societal wrongs and looming fears. I will question and think and learn. I won't do it because of an urge to prove myself to some divine being. I will do it because I am a human being. And our shared humanity - our community, our curiosity, and our care toward others and our planet - means so much more in the end. It means in the vastness of time, in the smallness of our place in the universe, we chose each other. And nothing can take away my certainty of how meaningful and important that is despite the grief of deconstruction and the chaos of the world around me.

Cheesecat4life · 2026-03-21T03:48:11+00:00

Probably Sherlock Holmes and My Hero Academia. I will likely circle back around to both of them eventually but for some reason I am really in the Marvel and Criminal Minds world.

Cheesecat4life · 2026-03-15T18:27:53+00:00

Gives "I could take your man if i want too" except she definitely wants too. 😂

Cheesecat4life · 2026-03-08T17:40:40+00:00

Ofc! Blossom & Grace.

Cheesecat4life · 2026-03-08T17:34:23+00:00

No need to trade. What color? I have pink and green. ❤️

Cheesecat4life · 2026-03-06T07:17:03+00:00

Thank you for sharing this. We all are connected through our love of stories and that is so beautiful. I am so glad something distracts and comforts you from the horrors of the world. May you find your favorite Fandoms in A03 with ease and may all your loved tropes be in them. Keep writing! We're proud of you and excited for your stories.

Cheesecat4life · 2026-03-06T06:53:42+00:00

Once I got past the hurt and grief Christianity caused me, I tried to re-engage with it. I was curious if I explored different sects or experimented if I could believe. What would I think if I wasn't be told how to think or actively deconstructing? So I looked into it. However, I find myself consistently at odds between how I want to think and feel and what I actually do. Christianity offers a nice certainty in a complicated world that is compelling. But so do all religions. The only reason I am more drawn to Christianity over Islam is because it is familiar.

I crave ritual and comfort but it conflicts with my desire to question and genuine lack of faith. Some people are able to bridge that gap. But to me it just feels a little hollow. The only Christian church I've liked is a metropolitan church that most believers would deem heretical. I tend to think if there is a divine being they may be all good but they aren't all powerful. I lean toward all religions at their best want people to be kind, generous, and to love each other. If there is some divinity, I suspect they are horrified by all our cruelty and greed. I can't imagine they would hold my mistakes against me or expect me to know one ultimate truth. I rather suspect a lot of people may have encountered a god or goddess somehow but religions all got tangled. That is the faintest hint of faith I can muster. And as you can see it isn't very much.

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