I first discovered Cozy K somewhere on TikTok. Her account was soothing and made me so happy. I felt like she was living a dream. She had a cozy gaming room. She had blankets and books and lots of fun stuff that made my inner child so so happy.
While this was going on, I had been trying to heal my inner child myself. I had discovered Disney Dreamlight Valley (I can’t remember where but I’m guessing probably TikTok as well) and the plot as well as the game itself made me realise how badly burnt out I was and how I desperately needed help.
I had a history of burning out towards the end of the year but the problem was this time I couldn’t fix it. My burnout was a result of a number of things that were out of my control. To fix it, I decided to fix on what I could control and in order to bring joy to my life, I decided to start doing cosy stuff.
Since the journey to healing my inner child began with a videogame, I decided to revisit the Sims 4 one weekend. Once again, I was hooked. For Christmas, I purchased a Nintendo Switch with Animal Crossing and I fell in love once more.
And so it continued. Based on Cozy K’s recommendations and some deep journaling that I did to try and figure out what makes me happy, I was able to rediscover hobbies that I had long since put away. They were small, silly things that brought me so much joy. Journalling, colouring, watching 90s movies.
It didn’t take long before weekends were cheaper and more fun because I was indulging in things that I actually enjoyed instead of boring adult stuff that society said I SHOULD be doing.
The thing that bugged me is why don’t we talk about hobbies more as adults? I really believed that adulthood was working and paying bills until you died. What about fun? When and why did we stop having fun?
Being an adult means being able to do whatever you want. Yeah, ice cream for dinner is unhealthy but what if you did indulge once in a while?
Buy the toy. Use the colouring book. Start a new hobby. This is YOUR life and you can make it anything you want it to be.