On New Year's Eve I decided not to make resolutions, but instead to make some personal goals for the year. Nothing unattainable, just some goals that I can take smaller concrete steps toward each month. Here are my goals for February, with the mental health ones redacted. I don't blog everything. ;) Home:Clean garage - Success! I didn't mean the whole garage, just the garden table area, which I succeeded.Plant seeds - Success! I started my tomato and pepper seeds. My tomatoes are ...
Wordless Wednesday 2023 WK2
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Friday 5: A-M-Z
And happy 2021. Although I know it's merely the tick of an arbitrary number, it's nice to be at the beginning of the year and know that overall, it will improve month by month.* Today I am PLANNING. I have a planner (from Cloth & Paper), I have a system (bullet journaling), and most of all I have the desire to do things this year instead of spending it like I spent most of 2020: crying and covered in Cool Ranch Dorito dust. Things I want to DO in 2021:> I want to sit for the exam to ...
My 2018-19 paper planner
This year has been a planner disaster. I have always been a huge fan of paper planners but I fell out of it late last year (remember there was a Big!Work!Project! that apparently scarred me for life) and once I fall out of a habit, it's hard for me to pick it back up. The big reason was that I didn't feel like putting in the time assembling the stickers and washi tape weekly spreads that gave me great joy 2 years ago. What's more important than having a pretty planner is using the damn ...
March planner spread
I've been dabbling with planners for the last few years, and this year I gave into the washi tape and stickers. At first I was using the Poppin planner until they changed the format from softcover to spiral bound. Their spiral planner started coming apart in the second month of carrying it in my bag, so I switched to a planner from Paper Source. This one is spiral bound as well, but the coils and covers are much sturdier. This was my March monthly spread and I think I went a bit overboard, but ...
Engaged!
There were no fireworks, no scary scoreboard proposals, no ring-in-a-cupcake shenanigans. Just a nervous stammered yes from me to a question he asked a while ago. Gunshy, I demurred for a long time. I demurred for too long. Because life is precious, but fleeting and all-too-short. So I'm getting back on the bicycle-built-for-two with a silent prayer that we'll do a better job at steering around the potholes that will undoubtedly crop up. First point of order is a ring. The first thing ...
