Do I trust my instincts?

Yes! No. Sometimes. Ahahahahhaaa.

Real talk: yes. I do. Truly. If we’re talking do I trust my gut feeling on things? Yes. It’s what has got me this far in life, and I feel like I’ve done pretty well for myself.

Now, does that mean that I just trust myself and I don’t overthink? Heeeellllll no. It’s agony, getting to a decision sometimes. Often, I’d say. I think about things a lot. I’m just saying that in the end, that process of indecision really is figuring out what my gut is actually trying to tell me, cutting through all the noise to get down to what my instincts are, and if/when I do that, I’m golden. No regrets. My gut doesn’t lead me astray hardly ever. My only issue is with clouding what my gut is saying.

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The drywall repair is underway. It’s prompted Liz to rethink our library nook, which I’m all for. We put in old shelves when we moved in because that was what we had, but we’ve wanted something new over there well before that. White, primarily. That’s the difference. The bookshelves we have now are black, but the theme of our house is white. White, natural wood, and gold. Those are our base colors and textures, and we kinda build everything off of that. So, the black bookcases didn’t fit. But, that’s what we had. Well…now we can get what we want. I’m excited about it. They’ll go all the way up to the ceiling, actually, which is super cool. Kinda look like built-ins. Raise the eye more.

Also looking at getting a new media console for under the TV—something natural wood, I think—and an armoire-type thing for a coat closet over by the entryway. The latter being a piece we’ve wanted since moving in as well. It’ll make that area so much nicer, all that stuff put away where it belongs. Shoes and coats and whatnot. The dog’s stuff.

I started the detailed outline today. I only got through one scene with all the disruptions, but that’s okay. Work also picked up unexpectedly with some clip pull requests, so that took most of my day. But I got them done in time. Also an hour into watching Henry VI Part II—it all makes SO MUCH MORE SENSE watching it live. Looking forward to going back and reading it again, if only just to see how much more of the words make sense, now that I’ve seen them breathed into life by actors who understand them and the actions and relationships behind them. Fun stuff. I’m going to be doing this with Shakespeare for a long time, I realize…but it’s so very much worth it.

Night night.