Hello, August! - Life From My Balcony

About a few weeks ago, I started cleaning my balcony and eventually planted something on one of its empty pots. The very first plants that I attempted to plant was chili peppers. I got the seeds from dried chili that just laying around unused inside my fridge and just sprinkle it inside the pot. I water it almost daily without missing a day since it's an afternoon routine of mine lately, except the last few days when I got sick and my mom apparently took care of it. I didn't even know they've sprouted until my mom came into my room again and told me it sprouted.

I am definitely happy to start off the month with this one. I just hope that it won't die and I'll eventually able to have chili peppers on my own without ever buying them again. It's one of the thing that though my balcony project has been halted, the plants are growing and it gives me a confidence that after all my balcony renovation and revitalization isn't really in vain. At the same time, I don't know how long I'll be able to live like this, it's comforting to know that I don't have to move around, I have almost everything I could yet sadly, there's that something in the horizon that I might have to leave all these comfort and took a scary leap of faith. Maybe temporarily, maybe forever. But for now, I am just trying to enjoy everything I've attempted to build here, the stability of life that I recently craved and the routine that are almost fixed and fun to do.

My mom recently added that plant and keeping it alive seems to be her priority. Somehow, it gave her more reason to visit my room during afternoon and also had a small chit-chat with me. Fun story, the plants used to be dying but she replanted it into that pot and water it carefully too.

The weather lately has been awful, I've mentioned it a couple of times and most days it looks like this, gray and somber. It's one of my least favorite weather in this area but I can't complain because the temperature would be cooler.Getting sick isn't on my bingo card to end July but here I am. At least, I am much better now.

The morning before I got sick, I was still hanging out with my cats and even exercised. I pushed through it and then I succumbed into coldness for about 2-3 days. But this is me and one of my kittens playing Baldur's Gate 3. Both of us managed to get farther in the game 😁

Just before this day, honestly I had some of my worst day. I wanted to get back on track again and tidying up. My house has this steep stairs that make me dislike going downstairs. So, in a day, I only go around once or twice because the only thing I don't have is kitchen on the 2nd floor. It's a lot easier to get all of my coffee and meals in one go and transport them down once/day too so it looks piling up like this but now, to add more movement into my day, I make a commitment not to pile up glasses again.

This is how mostly my table looks like when I am sane and productive. I don't like clutters because it indicates something is wrong with my life and something disrupt my routine. Jordan Peterson said something about cleaning our room first and how it reflects our mental state. I am a subscriber to that since more often than not, for me, clean room means I am productive, following my routine and is at my healthiest state. Do you also feel that way?

Anyhow, see you around in August and I hope this month brings you joy and more wealth.