The Adventures Of Ginger

Hello, I'm Ginger and welcome to my blog. I used to do this whole blogging thing a long time ago, somewhere out there in the ethos still are pages and pages of teenage angst - thankfully I no longer remember account names or passwords so I can pretend it's not still there.

But I've been on a nostalgia kick recently and remembering how freeing and cathartic journalling used to be, plus the connections you could make with strangers-who-became-friends. I miss it. And with my mental health - like many folks - struggling with this whole pandemic shit, I think maybe I need it. Maybe the darkness will dissipate if I put it out there. A problem shared, as they say.

Twitter has it's uses, but it's not really designed for lengthy conversations - just short snippets and thoughts. Tumblr is great for sharing pretty pictures but again, not really great for connecting with people. And so here I am at Dreamwidth, starting a new phase in my life and going back to a teenage angst hobby.

It's a current theme in my life. Everything is new and scary and I find myself wanting to retreat into things that I know. I'm pushing 30, I'm allegedly a 'grown up'. I have degrees in palaeontology, evolution and geology. I have a 'proper grown up job', working for an organisation that advises the fucking government (of all things!) on the natural environment. I've just bought a house. A HOUSE. Someone out there - multiple someones - thought that I was mature and responsible enough to give me a mortgage! It's going to be a very long slow race between student loans and mortgage as to which one is paid off! Only another 30ish years to go. Best keep hydrated and have plenty of snacks - bring on the carbs!

So with all this new and scary, like I said, I find myself clinging to the comfortable. Returning to blogging which I haven't done since my age ended with the word 'teen', picking up old hobbies, rediscovering my love for things like dinosaurs and pirates and collecting coins & stamps and falling in love with the ocean all over again.

Won't you join me on this adventure and come and see the world with me? (and maybe sail off into the sunset!)