Inspired and other things

I haven't been blogging in a while.  That's fine, nobody reads this blog anyway.

Ghibli movies tend to inspire me.  At least, certain of the films do.  Whispers of the Heart, The Cat Returns, OnlyYesterday and even Porco Rosso to some degree.

The first three of these are really focused on a person who is coming to grips with who they are.  They take on the challenge of figuring out who they are and who they want to be, and while none of them really come to a true conclusion, all of them are moved along in their journey.  This is true even in Porco Rosso, though the impact is weighted more to the dual protagonist rather than the protagonist in that film.

So, I'm inspired.  I haven't been practicing guitar for a while (at least 6 weeks), and the itch is returning.  I'm not sure why I put it down.  Likely some combination of assorting other priorities around.

There's been a lot rumbling through my head lately.  A lot of nudges in the brain to get me doing more things. Stuff I haven't been doing.  I've resisted so far, because I'm really not wanting to overburden myself with too many things.  I'd rather just keep my free time mostly free, though I would like to maybe be doing something a bit more than I currently am.

A short list of potential activities are music, writing, yarn crafts, exercise, and language study.

I haven't done any active language study in a long time.  Even the largely passive Anki studies have gone by the wayside.  I have a lot of interest in language, but no real outlet for it.  German, I do have a bit of an outlet, but it's one of those things where I'd need to put in some effort first to get it started.

For writing, I know the simplest thing is just to set aside some time and start writing.  It's not like I'm short for ideas.

Then, with yarn, if I get the stuff I have going now finished, then I think I should be able to look at starting something new.  Until then, I really ought to be more focused on finishing what I've got started.

The music thing also shouldn't be too bad if I was to do something.  30 minutes a day should be easy enough, but I do know that it's hard enough to fit in my workouts most days.  I'd need to become very efficient about getting things done in my day.  That's an item of work all on its own.

So, that's where I am.  Inspired, but cautious about setting on anything which isn't my workouts right now.  Maybe I'll give the whole thing some serious thinking and see what I come up with.