Loving, Listening, and Letting Go..

[a girl]

For me, this is part of my GAL. It is private, but it is me re-engaging with music that I really really like for its own sake. Many of the tracks have lyrics that give outlet to my frustrations or pain and listening seems to help me get some of it out of my system.

I just wanted to comment on this - I think we sometimes make the mistake of thinking that GAL means 'go out and do stuff!' And in some ways, it does.

But it also means "Do stuff you used to do but stopped doing, for whatever reason."

For me, I'd stopped listening to the music I wanted to listen to - just let H pick all the music. And I'd stopped reading as much, although I adore reading and find it very soothing. So I've started again, and I think as long as I'm not dwelling on the R or H during it, it still counts.

I mentioned it to Jody, my DB coach, and she agreed - she said "personal leisure time is GAL, definitely".

Just wanted to throw that out there.