I’m not diagnosed bipolar but various other mental illnesses instead. I do the exact same thing with hobbies. I was obsessed with knitting for several years then gave it up for a decade (but I kept some of the yarn!). Then a couple of years ago it’s like one day I suddenly remembered I loved to knit again and threw myself into it and acquired tons more yarn. Now it’s on the back burner but I do pick it up for long car journeys etc. I hope I’m not going into another 10 year knitting lapse.
Barb- Thanks for sharing this, especially for sharing Rudy. It being accompanied by a deeper topic is also a lovely find today. Hope you're well this week. Cheers, -Thalia
A temperature blanket is a lovely idea. I can’t wait to see your progress on this long-term project! I remember doing my first knitting project 15 years ago, a beanie, during one of my lowest times. Despite its uneven stitches and errors, I found the process incredibly therapeutic, and I still wear it today
My work definitely isn’t perfect, but like you said, it’s therapeutic. In July I plan to post another picture about the temperature blanket as it will be 50% done. I posted in Notes when it was 25% finished.
Love this! I'm like you - so many hobbies, so little time. Love how you did a voiceover. That's my next step in my Substack. I was horrified with the auto-narration which butchered my name, and all the Ilocano and Filipino words.
It’s horrible, a disembodied voice that makes me cringe. I wonder if you can see it on your side. On you phone app, it would be the play button at the top right. With yours, it’s your voice because you narrated it. I still need to do mine.
I use Voice Memo on my iPhone and save the file to the cloud. Then when I add it to a post I click on the button that looks like headphones and choose voiceover or audio embed (I’ve used both but I’m not sure if there’s a difference) and then upload the file.
I’m not diagnosed bipolar but various other mental illnesses instead. I do the exact same thing with hobbies. I was obsessed with knitting for several years then gave it up for a decade (but I kept some of the yarn!). Then a couple of years ago it’s like one day I suddenly remembered I loved to knit again and threw myself into it and acquired tons more yarn. Now it’s on the back burner but I do pick it up for long car journeys etc. I hope I’m not going into another 10 year knitting lapse.
It probably isn’t limited to people with bipolar. I’m just glad I’m not the only one!
Barb- Thanks for sharing this, especially for sharing Rudy. It being accompanied by a deeper topic is also a lovely find today. Hope you're well this week. Cheers, -Thalia
Thank you, and have a great week!
A temperature blanket is a lovely idea. I can’t wait to see your progress on this long-term project! I remember doing my first knitting project 15 years ago, a beanie, during one of my lowest times. Despite its uneven stitches and errors, I found the process incredibly therapeutic, and I still wear it today
My work definitely isn’t perfect, but like you said, it’s therapeutic. In July I plan to post another picture about the temperature blanket as it will be 50% done. I posted in Notes when it was 25% finished.
Love this! I'm like you - so many hobbies, so little time. Love how you did a voiceover. That's my next step in my Substack. I was horrified with the auto-narration which butchered my name, and all the Ilocano and Filipino words.
I didn’t realize Substack had auto-narration.
It’s horrible, a disembodied voice that makes me cringe. I wonder if you can see it on your side. On you phone app, it would be the play button at the top right. With yours, it’s your voice because you narrated it. I still need to do mine.
I use Voice Memo on my iPhone and save the file to the cloud. Then when I add it to a post I click on the button that looks like headphones and choose voiceover or audio embed (I’ve used both but I’m not sure if there’s a difference) and then upload the file.
I will do that! Seems simple enough.
It’s a lot easier than it sounds.