I found this weekly blogging challenge online and thought it would be fun to join in throughout the year, in order to get on a more consistent blogging schedule! The Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge is a blog hop hosted by Long and Short Reviews and you can find all of the prompts for the hop here.
This week’s topic is ‘my greatest weakness’, which for some reason gave me pause. You’d think it would be such an easy question, right?! But honestly, I don’t know how to answer it right now. None of the usual vices fit. I’ve mostly quit drinking alcohol during the past six months. My diet has changed a lot too, as I’ve had to get stricter with myself due to food intolerances. I can no longer eat all the sugar or pasta that I want. And since I took a massive pay cut this winter I had to cut off all my excess spending.
So, what then? It’s a little intangible and hard to sum up, but I guess my greatest weakness currently is “coziness”. It’s kind of always been that way but the pandemic has intensified it. Basically I mean super soft blankets, cute pajamas, scented candles, fun snacks…anything you would want in a grown-up blanket fort! The more cuddly and comfy the better.
Also, if I have a choice between a non-cozy thing like going shopping, or to dinner (remember restaurants?!), or really anything that involves leaving the house; or a cozy activity like snuggling up under a fluffy blanket with a book, or soaking in a hot bath, or making a charcuterie board and lying in bed watching Netflix for hours–it’s almost impossible to pry me out of my cocoon.
I know a big part of that is the fact that it’s still winter here in the PNW, but even in the summertime, in the good ol’ pre-pandemic days of mingling in crowds, I always preferred to do comfortable homebody stuff to anything else. The older I get the more I value sweatpants, simple food, and casual activities at home with my loved ones. It’s all about life, liberty, and the pursuit of coziness!
23 Comments
Lydia
Welcome to the Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge! This pandemic has been hard on many people.
I understand your desire for coziness. There’s something so tempting about it. :)
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Martha
Aw thank you, I’m so happy to have found this hop! Yes, the pandemic has definitely been rough. I need all the cozycore I can get! :D
Marianne Arkins
Oh man, I’m SUCH a homebody. I can stay home for days on end and be completely content. So, yeah, I’m with you.
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Martha
Haha yes! And then when I do go out I remember why I prefer to stay home, lol.
Alex
My weakness at the moment is books, it’s my ‘cozy’ way of staying sane. I am immu compromised, so I haven’t been outside since Sept 1 last year. So you can imagine, I’d be climbing the walls without the distraction of books and blogging.
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Martha
Oh man, I can just imagine! It’s definitely been a good year to be a reader.
Patrick Prescott
There’s nothing wrong with cozy in times of high stress. Thanks for joining the group.
Martha
Thanks for stopping by! :)
Shari Elder
Given your great descriptions, I’m struggling to see cozy as a weakness. :) Soft blankets, scented candles, pajamas and fun snacks still sounds great to me.
Martha
LOL, I guess it only really becomes a problem when I start making excuses to not leave my blanket cocoon! :D
Shari Elder
Cozy actually sounds good to me. Pajamas, soft blankets, scented candles, fun snacks all sound so very lovely.
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Michael Mock
I’ve been longing for a proper pillow fort for months now; it would be awfully nice to just be cozy for a while.
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Martha
Everyone needs to hang out in a pillow fort now and then! Takes me back to being a kid and having so many fewer worries.
M | RAIN CITY READS
*raises hand* right here! Me too!
Martha
I think in part it might be a bookworm thing!
Judy Thomas
Thanks for stopping by and welcome to Wednesday Weekly Blogging challenge. I SO love cozy! The funny thing is, I’ve always considered myself an extrovert, but I’ve found myself happily staying at home and in my sweats during the last year. We do have a pod we get together with down where our beach house is, but the other day I sat on the couch and vegged for a few hours watching Middlemarch!
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Martha
That sounds like a good day! And thanks for stopping by!
Echo Ishii
Is coziness a weakness? Because I see it as a plus. I don’t have much desire to go out shopping. :)
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Martha
I suppose it’s only a weakness when I start blowing off plans because I don’t want to leave the house, lol!
Megan Slayer
I’ve often wondered what it would be like to live in a pillow fort. Then covid came along and I sort of got to know. It’s not as much fun as I’d thought it would be and I’m not wild about me living in pajama pants. I love pajama pants, but not as all day wear. I’ve noticed, though, my swearshirt wearing has increased since covid. They’re warm and cozy. :-) Good post.
Martha
I definitely have to break up the pajamas-as-daywear routine once in a while–it’s somehow not as fun to be casual 24/7 if there’s no reason to do anything else! I don’t miss dressing up for the office though. But that’s probably my inner hippie rebelling against unreasonable dress codes!
Kate Hill
Coziness is a beautiful thing!
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Martha
I think so! :)