Journal #3

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Are you spending your time differently? What are you doing more/less of?
I have been spending my time much differently then I would usually if I could leave my house. A typical weekend for me doesn’t include a lot of time at my house, especially alone. I usually spend most of my time out, going to restaurants, driving around, and exploring new places with my friends. But in the past couple of weeks I have mostly been going through my things and organizing drawers I didn’t know I had. I spent my entire day yesterday sanding then painting an old dresser of mine, which I’m pretty proud of now. After that I have been noticing more imperfections within my room and different things I could get rid of or move or paint. All this cleaning and somehow some part of my room is always messy.

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