Depression and Dumb Projects

As part of my ADD and chronic condition of being human, I go through bouts of depression from time to time. I find the best way to fight this is to pump up my Iggy Azalea (<- had to look up the spelling) Pandora station, and start a project.

I had stayed up past 3 a.m. the night before crocheting hats like a grandma, so that had sort of lost its magic. So I've moved on to 2 other projects I've been itching to work on.

Recently, I bought an IKEA mirror with shelves behind it so I didn't have to sit in a fort made of toiletries while I got ready in the morning. 

Naturally, the mirror was constructed and installed at least a month before I finally got to this project, but I finally reached my boredom capacity and pulled out all of my makeup, hair products, and any other toiletries or first aid bathroom supplies I had in the apartment. If you haven't done this recently, give it a shot, and you may be surprised with what you find.

For a girl that barely throws on mascara and lip gloss on a regular day, I had a shocking amount of cosmetics. Seriously, there were like 12 lip liners, which I don't wear because it is frightening on me, and of course 5 PAIRS OF TWEEZERS. (As an aside, I am proud of the stick on googly-eye glitter nails.) I don't even remember purchasing or acquiring most of these things, but apparently it snuck up on me like a creepy inside-the-walls mold. That you put on your face.

Pretty proud of the result though.

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The second project I'm quite proud of, and some others might find it useful, so I am putting it up here. I am a pretty spiritual person, and I like to spend time meditating, writing down thoughts (that I usually throw away the next time I read them because they're stupid and embarrassing), and maybe staring at a candle like a weirdo. Who knows. So I decided to put together a little zen altar, but any I could find to buy were crazy expensive. By crazy expensive, I mean anything over 20 dollars, which may actually be reasonable for a normal person, but we've already been over my life choices, and an artist as artsy as I am can't be bothered with such things as reasonable income. 

My solution: a shoerack from Target! Luckily, I put it together the wrong way on the first attempt, so a few curses and mood swings later, I ended up with something resembling a small table, as I decided to only use the top shelf. I added a fancy little circle rug to make it a little cozier (and to keep my butt from falling asleep and bony ankles from destroying themselves), and it is well on its way. 

For Christmas I've asked for little meaningful doo-dads to put on it, and maybe even a little cloth something. I could string up lights! The opportunities are endless when it comes to superficial ways to decorate a meaningful spiritual space in your home. Don't hold back.