luckily, flowers at Trader Joe's aren't too pricey...
So these last few weeks have been... a lot. I always try to have a topic ready to go no matter what but wow, sometimes it's really hard to put on the charm and just go, go, go! and pretend that things are all alright.
Instead, I'm going to talk a little bit about a topic that I read about in Buy Yourself the F*cking Lillies, a book about doing something nice for yourself. Is it a great book? It's... fine. Feel free to pick it up if you want.
When I go food shopping, I make sure to buy flowers (not plants. I have too many plants), so when I'm working at my coffee table, I have a bouquet of beautiful flowers I can gaze at. It's not much, in price nor in effort, but it's something that brightens up my living room and, when I look at them, my day. It a small thing that maybe at the moment feels like an impulse purchase but when I have a chance to look at the flowers, they make me happy.
So, during *waves a hand at all of this*, do something that brings you joy. Dive into a good book (I just finished a good one that made me so sad which is not what I would recommend if you don't want to be sad!!). Play a video game even if you know every line from a certain scene well enough to recite it (yes it's Kingdom Hearts for me). Put on a silly movie (I recommend The Mitchells Vs. The Machines!). Rewatch Squid Game and get sad all over again with the ending.
Wait don't do that last one. Unless it does bring you joy!
The world has been garbage for the past few years, and as much as so many people have joked about us entering in season three, it's really hit so incredibly hard in ways that I don't think I have fully processed, and I'm lucky enough to not have been affected by it as badly as others. But that doesn't mean it isn't hard - so please take time for yourself, turn away from the news, and just... try to breathe? Try to rest?
Heck, I forgot to eat all of yesterday (oops), and I had wanted to make french toast all week so I had that for dinner. Was it healthy? Heck no. Was it delicious and cheer me up a little bit? ...Yeah, I think it did. (Speaking of, I forgot to eat today! I should get on that.)
I know I'm not doing great at taking time for myself, but I am trying. And if that's all you can give right now, well that's okay too.
Anyway - recs.
Instead, I'm going to talk a little bit about a topic that I read about in Buy Yourself the F*cking Lillies, a book about doing something nice for yourself. Is it a great book? It's... fine. Feel free to pick it up if you want.
When I go food shopping, I make sure to buy flowers (not plants. I have too many plants), so when I'm working at my coffee table, I have a bouquet of beautiful flowers I can gaze at. It's not much, in price nor in effort, but it's something that brightens up my living room and, when I look at them, my day. It a small thing that maybe at the moment feels like an impulse purchase but when I have a chance to look at the flowers, they make me happy.
So, during *waves a hand at all of this*, do something that brings you joy. Dive into a good book (I just finished a good one that made me so sad which is not what I would recommend if you don't want to be sad!!). Play a video game even if you know every line from a certain scene well enough to recite it (yes it's Kingdom Hearts for me). Put on a silly movie (I recommend The Mitchells Vs. The Machines!). Rewatch Squid Game and get sad all over again with the ending.
Wait don't do that last one. Unless it does bring you joy!
The world has been garbage for the past few years, and as much as so many people have joked about us entering in season three, it's really hit so incredibly hard in ways that I don't think I have fully processed, and I'm lucky enough to not have been affected by it as badly as others. But that doesn't mean it isn't hard - so please take time for yourself, turn away from the news, and just... try to breathe? Try to rest?
Heck, I forgot to eat all of yesterday (oops), and I had wanted to make french toast all week so I had that for dinner. Was it healthy? Heck no. Was it delicious and cheer me up a little bit? ...Yeah, I think it did. (Speaking of, I forgot to eat today! I should get on that.)
I know I'm not doing great at taking time for myself, but I am trying. And if that's all you can give right now, well that's okay too.
Anyway - recs.
- Anyone alive in 2003 remembers the chokehold The DaVinci Code had on the world. Heck, I VERY much remember being in line at the airport and seeing like ten people reading it. But John Oliver, my favorite late night person/book recommender, has an eight minute rant about this book. I would watch an entire YouTube channel of John Oliver screaming about bad books. It's very entertaining.
- If you haven't seen the lead singer of Disturbed singing his rendition of Sound of Silence live, then well, let me be the one to introduce you to it. He's got an incredible voice, brings a certain gravitas to the song, and also?? He was apparently sick while singing it. Wow.
- Youtube recommended me a song from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend called "Don't Be A Lawyer" and I watch it maybe once a day since I saw it. It's hilarious - and actually I wanted to be a lawyer when I was younger! I watched Legally Blonde and thought being a lawyer was awesome, and then I played Phoenix Wright and realized that I might have to cross-examine a parrot so that dream ended. But also in college, I took a Business Law class and found it fascinating, enough that I contacted a lawyer at my former internship that I had been friendly with for advice about if I should study law. She cleared her calendar to talk me out of it. So I'm glad I had that before I ended up going down that path... cause I'm not sure how my life would've turned out. ...But also the song is a bop.
Oh did you hear Chris Pine is single now? Well...
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