People often say, "Hit the iron while it's hot." But when it comes to adulting, I feel like most of my energy goes into lighting the fire to heat up the iron. Some days, it is easy. The light turns up with a single spark of a lighter. On other days, multiple matchsticks break before a single one lights up. I feel like I'm going through a matchstick phase. I'm working on professional projects, personal projects, and saying yes to almost everything in hope of finding what stability means to me. Today also, I worked on publishing a Substack piece that I had been working on for a long time and promoted it on Instagram. I have to make more posts and reels, update CV, and get more gigs. But before that I shall rest. A tired hand can't light up any matchsticks. I hope you get to rest too. Good night <3 PS: Today's temperature was 46°C. The weather app says tomorrow it will be two degrees hotter. I feel like the day I see temperature reach 50°C isn't far away. In that case, I'm the iron (don't hit on me though xD).