After having a little breakdown last night, I think I need to just chill. I tried to take my time this morning before getting out of bed and getting ready to go to the studio, although I don’t think it made much of a difference because we left the house a half hour before I said we should. Oops.

When we got to the studio we spent most of our time labeling the candles I’d made for my personal collection. I noticed that a few scents in particular had dried with that same rough surface texture I’d been battling all year. Maybe it was the fragrance that was messing me up this whole time? Oh well, I won’t have to worry about that anymore now that I’m winding things down. I packaged up a few orders and then we spent the rest of our time loading the car with boxes of unused candle tins – oof. Past me really thought I was going to make and sell over 200 candles since 2021. I figure I’ll keep them in our attic for a few years and see if I return to candlemaking or not. If I decide I’m done with it all I’ll try to sell the tins on ebay or something.

Anyway, that’s all I really want to share today. I’m not sad but I’m not, like, over the moon, you know? I guess that’s okay. It’s hard being in this sort of middle-ish state of mind because it’s tempting to dwell on the negatives even though I know that’s the sort of thing that brings me down. Tomorrow I only have one thing to do and it’s in the afternoon so with any luck I’ll be able to stay in bed for a good while.