Tis Me Michelle

Look who’s off her game again… Yep, it’s me! Been in a bit of a hermit… a wandering hermit mode lately. I have a huge backlog of restaurants I’ve tried, but I haven’t been in the mood to write about them lately. Thinking about doing some posts on my recent travels. So in the meantime, here is the overdue Quarter 3 report. Honestly, looking back at it… I’ve changed quite a bit from my original 2025 post, and in a lot of ways am exactly the same.

Health: Since my last post, I’ve basically been going from one trip to another, so a ‘normal’ routine has gone out the window. I couldn’t tell you the last time I did aerial yoga. I was so into it at the beginning of the year. It’s just a bit of a hike and fell off my radar. After a recent trip, I booked a Rumble class, which kicked my ass. Then I went to book another and found out the locations in my area have closed down… So that is no longer an option. I went back to one of the pilates classes I had a not-so-great experience at recently. It was behind closed doors, which I appreciated, and it also kicked my ass. All this ass-kicking is a good thing for me. Makes me feel like I actually did something.

The weather has been incredible lately, and for both my physical and mental health, I’ve been trying to take full advantage of it. Trying to get outside for a nice walk after work or anytime during the weekends. The plan is to keep this up for as long as the weather is as wonderful as it’s been. I’m also trying to tackle my mental health in a real way.

Finances: I didn’t have any travel last quarter. And all the travel this quarter. Between Seattle, Disneyland, Paris, and the UK… I think I’ve overextended my budget. Not just on travel, but of course on experiences… and duh, food! Lots of spending, very little saving this quarter.

Relationships: I’ve continued to pay attention to how I am in friendships and such. I have a long way to go with setting boundaries. I can’t help but see others grow and thrive year after year, and feel like nothing about me has changed.

From my travels, I realized I do love solo traveling. I enjoy the freedom of it, not worrying about what someone else may or may not want to do. I also have moments within those solo trips or even at home where I feel gaping loneliness. It’s a weird feeling knowing if I ended up alone, I would be fine, and at the same time knowing I want to find my person.

Life: I don’t know how to explain it other than I feel stuck. Something I feel often, if not always… I feel like I’m actively working on unstuck-ing myself, yet so unclear on how long it’ll take or where it leads. It sounds absurd, but on my last couple of European trips, I was hoping for a breakthrough. Some kind of epiphany or sign. I’ve always had this odd feeling… Feeling like I’m meant for something bigger, but no idea what. And ya know, who knows, maybe I’m not meant for anything. And I’m being crazy. But maybe I’m just not that crazy.

3 quarters down, 1 to go. They are right, the people who say the years go by faster as you get older. I feel like life is passing by and that it hasn’t really begun.