Snowflake Challenge: Day 1

[toujours_nigel]

Day 1: In your own space, talk about your Happy Place—the things that give you joy, calms you or keeps you sane.

• Fandom. I'm not kidding, not even a little bit. I have read about five different stories just today, and today has actually been a pretty easy day all told. I have weeks and months, even years when I can't be an active participant in fandom, when even commenting is difficult, and actually creating something is beyond me. But I can always read, and I do, and I read fast and often to the exclusion of anything else. It has kept me happy, and sane, and connected, and I have a feeling alive. It's one of my tumblr tags!

 

• Reading in general, especially and increasingly sf/f written by women and queer folk. I'm looking forward to having a job so I can afford to buy books, but there are plenty of free-to-read magazines and they're full of lovely visions of other worlds, other times, other lives.

 

• Cooking! This has grown on me in the last couple years, and I'm not very good, but it's a soothing thing to do, and often my one concrete achievement of the day.

 

• Photography. I have an instagram account that is usually updated daily, and while most of it is food photos, sometimes I photograph books, plants, people.

 

• Talking to filia_noctis. Well, her in general, but it feels like objectification to call my partner a thing that gives me joy. But definitely she's my Happy Place, and definitely conversations with her often do the heavy lifting re: keeping me going.

(five things make a list)

Comments

[thehallway]

Oh, I totally get you about fandom. I haven't written in years and I've changed fandoms over time, but reading fic always brings me joy. And I hear you on the cooking, too. I love to cook and have gotten better over time, and that makes me very happy.

[toujours_nigel]

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