Picked the guitar back up this week, first time since maybe 2019. It’s been sitting in the closet mostly because closet time and itch time overlap hard in an apartment this small (everything’s about five feet from the bed).
My hands are kind of rough right now, knuckles especially, so pressing strings hurt for the first two nights. Kept at it anyway. 20 minutes before bed instead of scrolling, which honestly might be the real win here. Doom-scrolling till midnight then waking up scratching at 2am is not a combo I’d recommend.
Same three chords all week, fingertips a little tender but not broken, which counts as a win lately.
Also opened the budget app again after ignoring it for a month. Shop income’s lumpy so tracking it used to stress me out more than help, but this week it felt almost calming. Different kind of counting than counting scratches, I guess.
Nothing dramatic. Just nice having my hands do something other than claw at my forearm for once.