Matome 2020
Added 2020-12-26 12:20:49 +0000 UTCThis... was this year
A heads up! This is a pretty chill piece of content lol
So if you're expecting a high-energy NormBlast, you will have to wait a day or so! lol
yup... more content coming right here on Patreon... Real soon!
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Thanks, Norm, for this blog. I really identified with your description of hours and days slipping away, while we think we have a lot of time. I too share the feeling of gratitude and responsibility. I also feel some slight guilt... the way one feels when a storm hits your town and so many suffer but somehow I am okay. I feel tremendously grateful that I am healthy.🙏
Colleen M
2021-01-09 13:01:34 +0000 UTCAloha Norm, I appereciate you telling us about how your challenges have been. I find many people generally only tell what they want others to hear for their advantage, whether it be good or bad. I tend to be on the Autistic side of things, & saying what ever comes to mind. If you ask me, I might talk days on what you really didn't need to know. 😉 huh? So oh well, the thing is, I think I heard that you don't want to have a lot of expectations of others? But, then you have a lot of expectations for yourself? Maybe too many expectations? Goals, expectations sometimes blur in the talking of things. Anyways, I have been watching a few helpful yt videos on expectations of oneself. To mask or not mask who you are or what is happening? The energy to meet a lot of expectations can run out. Withdrawing for a recharge is a good thing. But cultures have expectations. Interactions have expectations. What are genuine interactions? When is it better to not have genuine interactions? Whether you have the conditions or not, check out Jess & her How to ADHD channel. I'm learning about how distractions & interests impact my focus. How to organize my life, avoid burn out, & also to have an accountability buddy. Also, check out Daniel on The Aspie World. I think that understanding behaviors, masking & cultural expectations & also how the brain is works, is important to how people manage life. Also check out sensory integration issues & how they impact focus & the ability to be productive too. Maybe you are expecting too much from yoirself sometimes? I think many people, including Kanoa & I, we just love Norm for who you are! Taking a mental health day a week, to not do anything at all, especially on line, is important. Maybe do as little as possible that doesn't bring joy to your life on those days? ( I got severe burn out before.) Back to your channel... I like that you did the quiet walk with natural sounds! Maybe you can close caption some of what you'd like to have said, instead of talking where you don't want to talk? I don't feel like quiet moments are wasted moments on your travels. Also, maybe no need to edit out so much? Your adventures, both the good & bad are interesting! Sometimes, understanding how long you have to walk down a row of shops, the ones that look like they go on forever, I keep hoping you won't cut it all out. I feel that often the quiet gaps have meaning, do you? I liked hearing the chatting of others in the background, the motor noise, & are those crows blasting at night? (Any other nature sounds please include.) In most cities, you'd hear people in yelling in their apartments. Do they do that there? Or is it quiet & respectful always? The positives are fantastic, but the contrast is important too. I often like the wabi sabi -ness of things. (But I have gotten issues from the extremes of craziness I have experienced at the mainland US. Some things were too much!) By the way, I'm so happy your hearing has come back! Did all of of it return? I have hearing loss from possibly going over the summit at Tahoe so many times. I just got hearing aides! Bird sounds, & all the motor noises from fans & lights are back! So in organizing your self, & exercise, working this year? I think you did well. It was extremely confusing with all the don't knows during this pandemic, especially at the beginning. The unknown has been part of the challenge. I didn't feel like I could touch anything from out of the house without sanitizing or go anywhere, not knowing how to keep from getting everyone sick, & possibly causing the loss of life of family members because i needed to leave the house, island or state was emotionally charged & that is mind blowing! What you have done, recording life as you have, it has been fantastic! This past year was so challenging! Everything you shared impacted me in a good way. (I've been in my room mostly since February!) This year the grief of loss including the loss of friends, family, & aquaintances has been to much! Hoping we all have a much better year! Vicariously, living from my room in Hilo, take care, love ya, Auntie Kai
Kai Sovereign
2021-01-03 23:33:51 +0000 UTC
