What’s on my mind

What’s on My Mind

Sometimes I open Facebook and see the question: “What’s on your mind?” And honestly… some days, I really want to answer it, but I don’t know where to begin. Should I start with this morning, or last year’s obsessions? My childhood hunting memories? My grandmother’s cookies, or the jars with flowers she always kept on the windowsill?

Should I begin with my procrastination, or my love for morning coffee? Or maybe my vitamin D deficiency? I could write about how I lost the timeline of past, future, and now, and how I use breathing to stop myself from daydreaming and bring myself back to earth, feeling grounded.

Should I write about the system and people, social media and anxiety? What’s on my mind is also a list: wool things I need for winter, my endless to-do list, the green tea I never drink, the iron tablet I should take on an empty stomach, my fitness membership that I need to freeze because right nowI have time, and also no time.

There’s the Vinterland in Oslo I have to visit, the gallery and exhibition happening this week, the friend I left a message on “seen”…

There’s so much on my mind. And yet, sometimes it feels better to leave the box empty just to avoid the regret of asking.