Good morning! to everyone but Tom and Isabelle.
Believe it or not, but Animal Crossing encouraged me to start a new life. It might seem silly, and obviously life is a lot harder IRL than it is in Animal Crossing, but it actually did motivate me.
Animal Crossing, like Sims which of course I also like, allows you to live a simplified version of life. You work diligently, earn some cash, and decorate the island and your home to your liking. It’s a meritocracy, but it works.
The thing is I didn’t grow up with a stable homelife. We were always moving, always strapped for cash, and always five seconds away from an eviction notice. I never really felt at home anywhere most of my life, so it never made any sense to invest in decorating or setting down any roots because I never knew how long I would stay. It seemed pointless and disheartening to even try to feel at home, when my rug was going to get packed away at any minute.
In games like Sims and now Animal Crossing, I could safely plant myself and build roots and watch my fruits blossom in a place that was safe. I was allowed to grow in a peaceful, reliable environment safely. I was allowed to imagine what life could be with the right environment and a good foundation.
Creating a new world, a new life in the game was so easily achievable, it got me to thinking: why can’t I build a new life for real? Why can’t I have a real home and decorate it? Why can’t I work towards having a life I built from the ground up that I’m proud of?
Naturally, video games and real life are very different, but video games are created and inspired by life, so why can’t we apply what we learn from games to life as well (in good conscience and pragmatically, of course…)?
So I’ve done just that. I’ve decorated this home the way I never have and it makes me happy. I actually love being at home now -‘and besides money reasons – love being here.
I used to love visiting my friends’ homes, not only because of them, but because they usually had homes and families, not just places to live. I would find family and home elsewhere because I did not have these myself. I’d have a place to live, sure, but it wasn’t a home. I have a home now. Friends and family? Not really, maybe down the road, but who cares, I’m starting from scratch.
I don’t know how long I’ll be able to afford living here (I hope to God as long as possible), but for now I’m in love with it and my new life. Environment is so important to me and I’ve made sure to make mine, the one I can control, as homey as possible. I love my home and it’s for me. I’ve built and continue to grow my home from the ground up, and now like being at home and with myself more than ever before.
I’m working on applying this even more to my bedroom because I’m still having the worst time sleeping, but that’s another topic.
My recommendation is this: love your home. I’m not saying you need to follow every trend or every season, but decorate it so it feels like you. Decorate it so much like you that it feels like you when you get home. It’ll make you smile when you get home, promise. After all, it is one of the few environments we have control over because work, for instance, that’s just gonna have to be another job for me lol, but at least I got one safe haven.
I will soon be changing my decor for fall 🍂 but that’s my prerogative. If to you Halloween is all year long, then do that Pumpkin King/Queen. Just make sure your home, your environment nourishes you. 🪻
As always, thank you so much for taking the time to read my random thoughts and advice this Sunday. You are all very much appreciated. 💜 If you like my writing enough to like, share, and subscribe to my page, please do, other than that I’ll leave you with a couple pictures of my adventures.
Have the loveliest of lovely days in the words of the annoying Isabelle.
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