794 day of war

Hello friends,

After fulfilling all orders, I realized that I was quite exhausted after these past couple of weeks, so I tried to allocate more time to rest. When free time appears after prolonged work, I initially don't even know how to relax. Finally, I managed to tidy up at home, scrub the walls of paint, and dedicate more time to meditation. Perhaps this can be considered an active vacation)

Recently, I realized that it's been four years since I started meditating and remembered why I started in the first place. I was sitting and thinking that I lack the patience to see something through to the end, and no matter what I start, I eventually get bored and stop doing it. Whether it's painting, playing guitar, or various hobbies. So, I decided to start meditating every day to overcome this habit. It seems that the plan worked out after all, and even my new hobby of dyeing went through tough times and trials but started to bring some benefit. Most importantly, I began to enjoy the process and feel inspired to come up with something new.

Also, on a moral level, it became easier for me to be out on the street and communicate with people, although I encountered an unpleasant situation with one of the last customers of the T-shirt, and I remembered what a meltdown was for the first time in a long time. Now, meditation is my recipe for clearing my head of intrusive thoughts and problems. I think during the war, this is one of the best ways to distract oneself, and it doesn't require anything and is accessible to everyone.

It seems like life has prepared me for difficult times, and now I feel like I have the necessary tools to get through this.

In the country, everyone is now rejoicing because we finally received military aid. It is indeed a historic event, and I believe it will help the country hold out for some more time. It's very amusing to observe the reaction of Russian propaganda now, where they cry that they will have problems now. Funny because they themselves understand that they can only win against opponents who not only have ten times fewer people but only those who already have no ammunition at all. Just a few years ago, there was no hope that anyone would want to help us, and now we see how the whole world stops fearing Russian threats and helps resist this colonial dictatorship.

Of course, I don't think we will have any victories now; I think it will help as much as possible to close the sky over the country and preserve a lot of critical infrastructure and people's lives. Because if the shelling continued as it was in the last month, by winter, we would have had no working power plants left.

But while the aid is on the way, the shelling continues, and this morning four more power plants were damaged, and we still live according to the schedules of power outages.

Also, our cat Sonia got sick, and so far, we don't know what's wrong with her. She's already 9 years old, and I'm very worried when something's not right with her. She hasn't been able to eat for the second day. I thought it might be problems with her teeth, but today when we were at the vet, she said that her teeth are fine. We gave her several injections of anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic drugs, now we are watching her and waiting until tomorrow. If she doesn't get better, we'll go to the doctor again to take tests and try to help the cat. In such situations, no meditation helps me calm down. Today, all day I could only think about the cat, and I really hope everything will be fine with her.

Thank you for your support, thank you for your resilience and faith in Ukraine. After all, I understand that so many countries send us help only because the people of these countries agrees with it, and we are all immensely grateful for this.
Also, thank you for the help on buymeacoffee; it really helps to survive now and pay the rents. Thank you!