
Date: 15/09/2025
Slow living
I think one of the most fulfilling feelings is that of feeling centred within yourself, within your own world. My life has taken an increasingly analogue, increasingly retro turn. Sometimes I feel I am living in the 1990s, sometimes the 2000s, sometimes even the 1980s. I have built a small sanctuary of the past around me, shaping my world according to my values, my tastes and my vision of life. This fills my heart with emotion.
I am planning new stories; I used to write novels, but now I am in a phase where I prefer to write shorter stories. It is as if I feel the need to explore as many characters and situations as possible. Another very important goal for me is flexibility, I am almost obsessed with stretching. Just yesterday, I saw a contortionist on television and she inspired me so much... I don't think I'll ever reach that level, but even a little of that grace is enough to inspire me.
I now write much more in my paper diary. I also have another separate diary dedicated to letters: letters to myself, to nature, to the sea... I have rediscovered the incredible power of paper, the weight of words carefully written on a page. I have also started to cultivate the hobby of reading magazines, and even though I will never know where to put them all (my room is full), I can't stop collecting them.
One of my next goals is to start listening to music on CDs, perhaps using an old Discman. I have already downloaded several albums with eMule, all ready to be put onto lovely CDs that I will make myself.