cherry-picked scribbles | october

how I fed my soul in the in-between

01

Mystics Beach, NSW

The water was freezing. My limbs went numb before I could actually start enjoying it. The waves were crashing onto us, but the deeper we swam into the ocean, the calmer it got, enough to be able to ride with them. It came to the point where we actually didn’t realize how far into the ocean we were until we had to swim all the way back to shore. But we were so addicted to catching the waves and anticipating their impact. How big, how small?

02

I watched The Princess Diaries for the millionth time. I swear, Mia Thermopolis gets more and more relatable the older I get (pre-glow-up).

03

I finally finished reading The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley. Some of my favorites lines from the book:

‘God is captain whose orders I must trust. He knows this ship better than I. Is the world a ship?’

“He lives in me like trauma does. If you ever fall in love, you’ll be a person who was in love for the rest of your life.”

“March came in, mellow and pastel. The air felt washed. The scrubbed newness of the spring gave the rooftops and the street furniture a friendly polish. I was angry, every day, terrified of death at the hands of a burst of blue light, and I was also nursing fragile joy. It was disorientating.”

“Forgiveness, which takes you back to the person you were and lets you reset them. Hope, which exists in a future in which you are new. Forgiveness and hope are miracles. They let you change your life. They are time-travel.”

04

There are so many people around me all of the time, I’m bound to create a story or two about each one of them. How else will I keep myself entertained?

05

Went into the city today and saw some live music for the first time in a while. It was cheap, and it was good. I love discovering new bands.