Hey, there! Thanks for reading OK to BE. This is a Sunday newsletter, which means it may or may not be every Sunday but you will receive it on a Sunday, for sure. Here, I share about my creative journey—from reading and writing to making art and helping other people with their projects—and a bit about me and my sometimes-silly adventures. If anything resonates, do write back or leave a comment, and I shall reply! Also, this is a public dispatch, so feel free to share with friends, especially those looking for a reader, writer, or editor to work with. Enjoy! :)
S U M M E R IS HEEEEEEEERE!
Hold on to your blankets and hoodies; I’m just kidding. But the way January is just flying by… Like, what is even time anymore? One moment I’m writing my to-do list early in the morning, and the next thing I know, it’s already night-night hour and I’m getting ready to zoom to zzz-land. Sure, I would be busy with things all day, but by the end of it, that feeling of “what the heck did I accomplish today” still manages to surface. And don’t get me started about the occasional bedtime thoughts of “what is happening with my life…our lives…the world…?” and “o m g, the daily rise of cases, the political circuses, climate change, all the injustices…”
Fine! Let’s take it easy, shall we? Maybe a “Hello, happy (if not happy, then hopefully, healthy) 2022” would do? It is a new year, after all…except that it doesn’t feel like it, does it? I’m not meaning to be the new year grump here—you know me, I try my best to marvel at small and simple joys, creating things I can look forward to and hope for—but most days can still be a bit hamster-wheely.
Or maybe I just need to finally set up my journal for the year so 2022 feels more real. Or maybe I just need a genuine change of environment, and not just fleeting “I’m in the outside world, la la la, but wait, there’s a pandemic” moments. Or maybe, we need not just a systemic change but a universe-wide overhaul. I’m not saying “asteroid, come hit us,” okay? I’m saying… Well, what am I saying? Sometimes I do feel some level of hopelessness that I truly start thinking it’ll only get worse from here. But I’m glad the believer in good things and dreamer in me continues to fight.
How is your 2022, so far?
~*Creative stuff*~ I’m up to
Trying to write poems!
Finishing this embroidery!
Working on manuscripts (reviewing them, not writing, lol)! And mini handbooks about beta reading and editing. Would you like my help/would you like to help? Let me know!
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This ube pianono from the neighborhood bakery!
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these make me feel tingly for 2022! ehehehehe <3 excited to make more stuff wijuuu