The next day, I went out onto the balcony to enjoy a little bit of nature and fresh air, and discovered that my foldable chair had been stolen. Clothing, money, booze, I can understand. But my chair? That's just a spiteful move. That's like the people that keep leaving their dog's poop on the (often not well lit) sidewalks. Self-centered, lazy, uncaring for anyone else's experience of the world. These are the people that are destroying the world people! The chair stealers and poop-leavers.
I didn't end up wanting to stay outside on the balcony/porch anyways though, because the people living downstairs were outside smoking again.
I am giving Brattleboro Vermont in general and Elliot Street in particular and 186 Elliot St. in especially particular a bad review on Yelp. Or I would if you could use Yelp for such things, and I had lots of spare time. My lease ends February 1st and I can renew it, and I had been considering staying for a bit, but you know what? I don't think I shall. I think I'm out of this living arrangement at the first convenient date.
I've been thinking about where I want to live for the next sizable chunk of time, and also in a more long-term way, about where I want to live forever, or until I die, or until society collapses and I have to run away to the forests and eat tiger-nuts and tree bark.
I'm making a little list of important things for wherever I live:
- Nice nature within a short walk that I can decompress in and stroll through
- A community of spiritually mature, spiritually active, kind people who I admire, to bring out the best in me and help keep my forward momentum in that trajectory
- Sufficient best friends that I've got at least one available to talk with when needed
- A job that fits me
I think that about covers it the absolute necessities for my happiness. I would prefer a small chill college town, or something akin to it. An ecovillage thing would be awesome. Really lush, pristine nature would be wonderful.
But those points are a bit down on the list. I'm trying to make it a short list. Just the things that I know add the very most to my happiness, or detract the most when I don't have them. I need to prioritize, because it's unlikely I'll get everything I want.
I suppose I should do something like that for romantic partners. I've made long lists of all sorts, but it might be more helpful to understand what are the few things that are truly essential to a sustainable and generally great relationship. The stuff that's not likely to just get better with time and work.
For example:
being a literal gorilla. Relationship counseling's not gonna help that one.
OK, that's all you get for this week. No more soup for you! I've got a million... well, at least thirty, at a rough estimate, things I should do by yesterday or earlier. Not that I'm going to get much of them done at 6:30 pm Sunday night, but I may get one of them done now, and there is probably at least one thing that's really important to get done now.
Oh, I know, plane tickets! I'm planning to fly down to Fairfield around Christmas to New Years, and I assume plane prices are just going to go up.
So yeah, if you live in Fairfield, and you want to pick me up at the airport, you will get my company and conversation, gas money, at least one meal, plus any reasonable amount of money you want, if you desire additional compensation. If you know me, you've got my email, let me know if you're interested. I should have specific dates and times soon.
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