what are we doing right now?

last updated: september 29th, 2025!

this september has been one of the happiest months of our life! we recently visited our partner system in the states, and the love was true and pure and transcendent. everything was beautiful and joyful and free, and we are certain that our lives will forever be intertwined.

everything has been perfect since the day our body turned 26 (september 3rd), but now we're back in the uk and have to catch up on art and productive things. in the first weeks of october, we're going to be leading a poetry workshop and an abstract painting workshop, so we gotta prepare for that. this is actually part of a series of workshops hosted by people in the photography group we go to, and all the work will be contributing to an exhibition that launches in november!

we are part of an artists' collective in our city, and a lot of exciting opportunities come from that! for example, there's going to be an exhibition in november (one that doesn't have to do with the aforementioned workshops) that we are already beginning to prepare for!

we try to perform our poetry often, and aim to go to several different open mic nights a month - though sometimes the dates clash with other responsibilities. we are also trying to develop a collaborative performance piece with a friend who's a dancer!

since we are often performing, we are constantly generating new material. this is to say that we write pretty often. lately, the muse ariadne writing club has been a source of a lot of the inspiration, though we got behind on the prompts again!

we make lots of art all the time, and recently got really into making abstract pieces with markers again. our favourite kind of art to make may be abstract palette knife paintings with acrylics, but the new room is a bit smaller and we still need to optimise the space to be able to paint.

we also go to a photography group for young lgbt+ people every tuesday!

finally, for things that have to do with our career, we recently landed this zero-hours contract type thing focused on building a community in our city. so, still unemployed, but less unemployed than before.

in general, when it comes to creativity, we're making an effort to make cool stuff as much as possible, but also to focus on direction and intent as much as quantity! we have a lot of ideas and a lot of directions we could take things, so we can't let the wealth of choice give us decision paralysis as we work towards actualising the plans we have in mind. because of this, we're actually going to start making a visual novel.

to be honest, a lot of what we do is stuff we consider "work-related" and "productive", and we have an unhealthy complex about staying on that grindset. so we've been trying to allow ourselves to unwind sometimes, and just enjoy life. we do genuinely enjoy working, but there needs to be a balance, and when we find ourselves getting extremely stressed out about the idea of not working, we know we should be kinder to ourselves.

this year, we are determined to eat healthier and exercise more to improve our physical health. this year has been a bit crazy so far, so it's been hard to prioritise this - it's pretty challenging, but all we can do is our best.

okay, but what about media and hobbies? well, we really like to read books, and once again we have set a goal to ready 36 books this year (and currently have 13/36, which is pitiful). we mostly read translated (usually japanese) contemporary fiction. our goal to watch 24 new movies this year is doing much better than last year: we have 17 so far!

we may not always have the time to indulge in media, but it somehow feels easier to allow ourselves to enjoy things nowadays, which is really good!

in conclusion, life is so incredibly precious and wonderful, but we need to get a "real" job pretty badly. it's always like this, but one day it won't be - and life will be even more gorgeous then.

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