Officially halfway through my sidequest decks!

The sidequests for this week were to spend 5 minutes in silent reflection, to read by candlelight, and to go to a place that means a lot to me.

Is it cheating if the place that means a lot to me is my own house? It’s nice to have your own space. On my day off, I spent the entire day at home, and while I did get some cleaning and laundry done, I spent most of it napping, lounging, and reading.

Five minutes of silent contemplation is also easy. Not quite the same as meditating, so I counted my journal writing time toward this sidequest. It does require some contemplation, after all, to reflect on recent events and to plan for future ones, which is most of what goes into my journaling.

The reading by candlelight was too much of a strain on my eyes and I quit after 1 paragraph. So there was a bit of cheating there because I did not do it very long. I am very grateful for electricity, but I was already thankful for that owing to the fact that it’s summer and over 100 quite regularly here, and I get to stay quite comfortable despite that.

So, kind of easy and cheaty this week as well, and I have been slacking on writing and poetry (and everything else!) Oh well! I am halfway done at least.