developing discipline (daily journaling)

 It's not exactly procrastination.  I enjoy writing.  I don't enjoy typing as much, but it's not what stops me.  

Time management, prioritization, exhaustion -- these are what stops me.Co

Etsy orders, pressing flowers, walking the dog, meal preps, minimal housecleaning (white glove housekeeper I am NOT), checking Facebook (and Marketplace listings), daily rounds of physical therapy exercises, watching news, Wordle, Squaredle, Connections, Quordle, Strands, LetterBoxed and Lexulous (online puzzle games), other daily 'ritual behaviors' take up so much more of my day than I expect them to.

Whether it's age (70+) or vestibular migraine / Meniere's Disease symptoms or some other unknown cause, severe fatigue plagues me.  My body has been on a 'time for bed' near 8pm schedule for over a year now, and whenever I push that, I suffer.  

I have been wanting to prove that I can add a blog post daily here (and in other blogs I've tried to get and keep going), as well as a haiku or poem a day post and a pressed flower post. 

My vision issues make computer time uncomfortable most of the time (an additional challenge, but not a full-fledged excuse).

If you check the dates of posts here on Holly's HodgePodge (prior to today), you'll see that 'daily' is not an accurate adjective.  

I will keep trying until I can hopefully get on track and STAY on track.

~ ~ ~ today's question:

Who are important people in my life?  Why?  (family, work, friendships, hobby/art friendships/connections, neighbors, community involvement connections, school/college social media connections, health connections, vague connections, online connections that don't fit the rest of these named connections, TV characters?  characters from books? etc)

I'm not going to list my answers here as I do not want to insult anyone whom I might forget to include!

Today I mailed (USPS) two Etsy orders, a package (surprise 'no real reason' gifts) to one of my brothers and his wife, and a Marketplace sales item to a customer who paid extra for me to ship a book (Jane Eyre, an edition with special faceplate engravings and cover), and membership fee to a local arts council. 

The first answers that popped into my head were daughter and son-in-law, then a few especial friends, then husband and dog (Winston seems like a 'people' too). . . and then my mind went to the list you see above.  There are so many ways to feel 'connected' and to feel lonely or isolated. 

My mind goes to friends suffering because of the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, and then I revisit the above thoughts and how isolated and different their lives are. . . 

[no photo today -- will anyone read these without photos or video or recordings?  I do add photos to Facebook or Instagram or Etsy nearly every day.]