I've alluded to smelling things already but I've never actually focused on just the actual sense of smell. What a wondrous thing! It gives us pleasure, it warns us away from something (I'm thinking skunks), it prompts other senses to kick in. I love walking into a place that has coffee brewing and something baking, the smell is divine. Sometimes the sense of smell tells me who was just in the space I have moved into - people sometimes have a very strong signature scent/smell. Good or bad sometimes what I smell transports me to a memory of a place, a person, or an experience. Sense of smell is one of those things that I think most of us take for granted until we don't have it any longer. Maybe today we could pay more attention to the gift of the sense of smell and inhale the world around us.
I've been thinking about it for over a month. Usually, when I'm in it I'm engaged. But this time? I started it indifferent and I've felt indifferent all along. I should have never started. Hindsight is 20/20 they say and they aren't wrong. So when I opened my eyes this morning it was clear. It's time. Time to quit this 365. This is the first 365 that I haven't posted several of the days, the first 365 that I wasn't super excited about, the first 365 that I've quit. I've changed my social media presence and interactions the past year so this is also the first 365 that hardly anyone has been interested in. Is it the topic or my decision to not be as accessible on social media? Or is it some other reason altogether? Well, regardless...I'm throwing in the towel on this one. I can't say if I'll ever do another 365 again. Time will tell and I will know if and when it's time.
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