I had a wonderful walk at dusk this evening.
September 15, 2024
Chill.
This is the type of music that has been grabbing my ear lately. You can probably sense a little bit of this vibe in the music I choose for my YouTube channel.
After finding my center amongst Mother Nature yesterday while hiking, this song came on Sirius/XM’s Chill station on my way down the mountain. It was a wonderful addendum to my vibe and kept the mood moving forward to me.
I have always preferred music where the vocals are just another instrument.
Here’s “Sights (Tourist Version)” by London Grammar.
Football.
My husband occasionally struggles with the interface on our AppleTV. But when it comes to football season and his NFL Sunday Ticket, he effortlessly watches four games at once, navigating between all of the action with ease.
I enjoy that he is able to do this. There are plenty of situations where technology seems to impede our lives; in this instance, it’s doing wonderfully at providing entertainment.
Centering.
I felt really off center at the end of the work week, especially Thursday night and all of Friday. I had been paying closer attention to politics than usual during this election season, especially around the response to the debate on both sides of the aisle. Unfortunately, I also got sucked back into my Twitter account and I was really being pulled down by much of the rhetoric on there. After re-activating my Twitter account to defend Gus Walz after the convention, I went and re-deleted it yesterday morning. Any views of my YouTube channel that I garner from Twitter would probably be from bots, so I decided I don’t need that exposure.
All of this consumed turmoil was bubbling around in my head and quite frankly made me feel very burned out by Friday night. For many, it’d be just a matter of “just ignoring it”, but my brain doesn’t quite work that way. The chaos had fallen into the over processing department.
So, I decided that my hike on Saturday would focus on seeing and enjoying the beauty of Mother Nature in these parts. I brought along my camera without any real script or plan. I wasn’t going to spin the video into tips for a great hike or talk about what equipment works best for me out there. If I shot some video, it’d be just what I was seeing. I wanted to share what I hoped would be a positive experience with anyone that wanted to see it.
The hike was amazing. I feel much, much better as I write this on Sunday morning. It was a good workout, both mentally and physically. I’m feeling good.
I hope you enjoy seeing what I’m sharing here in this video.
