This will be lunch later today. #foodstr #grownostr #localbeef #newyorkstrip

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38 hours in. I slept very well. I wake up a couple times at night anyway, but the sleep I got in between was better than usual. Hunger levels are low, but I'm constantly aware of how easy it is to think about food and break the fast.

I did wake up really thirsty and with that mild headache again, so I just drank a ton of water and the rest of the salted tea from my thermos. I'm like the Ibex. I crave that mineral.

#WaterFast

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This year has been challenging & amazing. Not too very long ago, I was applying for part time jobs for the first time in over a decade of self-employment. Apparently, that was just to keep my mind occupied while I waited for business to level out again because I didn't even land an interview for any of those positions & I'm still doing my own thing. 🙌

I spent a solid 3 months with almost no social interaction beside customers, random people in public... and nostr. That was a weird chunk of time. I had lots of space for self-reflection, to question my sanity, and to have it re-solidified. It was very much needed. I sorted out a lot of unnecessary self-doubt that I had been buried under for longer than I want to admit. I can't really put appropriate words to the gratitude I have for everyone who's been kind to me here. I didn't come from some other online social group. I just sort of stepped out of the shadows & started posting shit to support the cause. I never imagined anyone would respond. 😅

I started a new health journey. It has gone extremely well. Cliché but important. Sometimes you don't realize how awful you feel until you don't feel awful anymore. The whole "life begins at 40" trope gained some credence and that alone makes me look forward to what is yet to come. 💜

I set up some lofty goals & ultimately decided it's not time yet. Ambition doesn't always align with time & resources, so I'm dragging my feet on replacing my laptop & hoping the time will sort itself out. It's giving me a chance to evaluate whether some of these things would be truly worth their effort. 💭

Synchronicity has been strong this year. The universe speaks, and if you listen, you know. I heard and I'm hoping I can stay on this frequency for a bit. It feels like home. I've always been an optimist, but the level of calmness, happiness & hope I'm currently residing in is unprecendented. Despite the current state of the world, the future is bright. I believe the biggest impact I can make is to let that hope radiate for as long as I am able. ☀️

Anyway, that's my selfish recap... If you've read this far, thanks for putting up with my shit. 💜 I'm leaving '23 better than I came into it & hopefully some of the things I've touched are leaving it better as well. Onward. 😌🫶

"God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December."

-J.M. Barrie

Good morning nostr, and happy new year's eve to everyone. Time to put this year behind us and look forward to 2024. Lately I've been feeling both hopeful for the future, and also dreading what the world psychopaths have planned. I'm hopeful when I interact with like minded friends that understand freedom and know what is happening. And being here on nostr, reading and interacting with all of you, gives me hope that we can and will prevail in the fight for the most basic human right, which is freedom. Yall have a great Sunday nostr friends, and remember that today is a gift. #coffeechain #grownostr #countrylife

"Celebrate endings, for they precede new beginnings." Jonathan L Huie

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A thought...

Some Christians take the biblical idea of "honoring authority", and use it as a reason to not challenge corruption.

I would offer that the biblical mandate of honoring authority has different implications in a Democratic Republic.

In a Democratic Republic, the Will of the King, has been replaced by The Will of the People.

The highest political authority is the People themselves. Living in a nation like this requires you to think and act as an authority, because you have that responsibility.

When you use "honoring authority" as an excuse to stay passive, you are actually dishonoring authority, and abdicating your responsibility. It is not much different than a King abdicating his authority, and allowing others to over-ride the authority he is required to use for good.

We do not have leaders in the American political system. We have representatives. Representatives whose only responsibility is to carry out the Will of the People, and uphold the Constitution. When they fail to do this, you have a responsibility to exercise your authority. You are not "voters". This is intentional wording meant to reduce your authority. You are The People. Do not neglect your authority. God will hold you responsible.

This is how I use nostr

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Single mom of two musics lover and an interior designer

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Did you stack enough sats in 2023?