it has been a long week. it turns out that starting a new job is pretty exhausting. especially when your first week is six days long! i could barely drag myself out of bed yesterday (sunday) my first day off from work since i was hit with a nasty migraine. after sleeping the whole day and spending the evening with tim, watching the l word as per usual, i discovered that the next logical thing to do at 3am is to start rearranging the furniture. here's why i recommend it:
having gone through the recent and very upsetting breakup, i was stuck in the less-than-desirable spot of being the one who kept the apartment. this meant showering, eating, sleeping and basically spending my time in the space in which the relationship was, fell apart and now is no more. not ideal, i must say. but i have been very happy to be able to reclaim it by using the space differently, buying some fun new wall decals from blik, that i eagerly await putting up in the bedroom, and have finally realized a long-time dream: a full time set up sewing station.
i think most spaces, even ones as small as mine, have more potential than we think. i took my place with the hope that it would be a fun challenge to make a small one bedroom as efficient as possible. i have lived in a studio before, and made that work, but i think i am at the phase where i can't go that small anymore. i didn't have a door on my bedroom in san francisco the first three years i loved there, even though i had lived in four apartments by then. and once i had that door, i never wanted to give it up again.
so here i am, with crap all over the house and am resettling and finally have gotten the boxes i had hidden under my hand-made quilt in the living room out of the way, because while everyone was nice enough to agree and pretend they weren't there, it was really annoying to deal with.
so do a little spring cleaning early- it is easier to believe that spring is february in los angeles, but i guarantee you will feel jump started to create. one of my teachers in grad school used to say that sometimes movement therapy was just sitting in a different chair. i agree. so do something today to change your view- it might be the best thing you can give yourself and your creative juices.
i will post pictures of the transformation once it is complete- stay tuned!
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