red-gold-electric dream
I have this dream where I own a lamp shop and live in an apartment above it. The store stays open late, not for business reasons, but because sometimes there is someone who needs a bit of quiet company and is drawn to the soft, golden glow from the outside. Everyone looks much gentler in that light.
It’s not exactly something I believe will ever happen, or even want all that badly, but I think about it a lot when things get tough for me. I’m really awful at wanting things, but not very good at having them either. I’d screw it up somehow. Besides, I wouldn’t have that dream to help me sleep at night, a place to stay when I’m scared. I write about the lamp store when I’m tired of feeling everything else, and I have countless stories of a woman who sells stained glass lampshades and lives a quiet life like that. It t never ends up being exactly what I picture in my head, so it will probably all stay a red-gold-electric dream.
this. i have so many high hopes for myself, i find escapism in the idea i can still live a comfortable life while doing something that isn't completely boring. when i am sick of studying for tests, retaking classes, and doing math, i imagine myself as a beekeeper or a woodworker. sometimes a secretary. i get up in the early hours where no one else is awake to prepare my shop in the quiet morning. make things with my hands i could be proud of. solitary moments usually for me are comforting.
I can always use a bit of quiet company and the soft glow of lamps does it for me.I've always had a thing for lamps.I love your dream...have a lamp shop and live right above it...how cool is that?!! 💜