Oh my goodness, I can’t even begin to describe how helpful all that was. Thank you so much for your time and thoughtful reply. You’re a real pro at this!

Finding someone to help with heavy lifting could be beneficial, as I am quite small. The benefit of being small though is that I’m comfortable in small places and I don’t need a lot of food to keep going. I’ve got the cooking part down, but I do need to figure out home repair. That’s what YouTube is for though!

Also, the TV in the bathroom is a very nice touch. That’s something I never considered—total choice over the set up of my space. I might just paint on the walls.

I’m glad you mentioned media—I haven’t watched much TV over the years, I’m much more into reading. But I have found that the music I listen to does affect me. Anything current and trendy seems to be poisonous to my psyche. I need songs that are devoid of ego, the whole f*ck women, make money and buy everything message is awful. I’ve been off all social media (except Reddit) for a long time now, which has also done wonders.

And the advice to live like it’s a vacation is something that I need to hear. I’ve hardly begun to consider what I want to do, outside of everyone and everything else. The degree of impact that people have on each other is absolutely insane, and I’m shocked that more people don’t feel the need to buffer themselves from each other in order to retain identity.

Thank you so much again!!