8 Things Running Around in My Head Vol. 1

I’ve been following Carly Riordan for a few years now and I love her content. She’s so relatable; I love her little family. I was inspired to write this post because of her 10 Things Vol. 5 Post. (Spoiler: I only wrote 8 things). I believe the premise is you write about the first ten things that come to mind when you start writing a blog post. Let’s see how it goes.

PODCAST. I should restart my podcast. Not so much for the money but it’s nice to talk out and work through some things. My mind works faster than my fingers do so speaking would help. I’m also terribly shy at public speaking or just speaking my opinion.

NOVEL WRITING. I should be working on my novel. It takes longer but it would be so rewarding to finish a chapter or, hell, finish a page. I know where the book is going but it’s a struggle actually writing it out. I’ve been writing more by hand to purposefully slow myself down.

BOOKS. I’ve been in a semi-rut lately with reading. I’ll be super hyped and excited to start a series. Halfway through, I lose interest and abandon it. If it happened once, I wouldn’t have thought much about it but its happened three times now. I’m just going to push myself through and keep reading. There’s probably a reasonable cause for this, like work stress, but I don’t want it to take away from my love of reading.

FINANCES. My finances are fine but overwhelming. I’m saving, I’m investing, and I’m paying off debt. It just feels like I should be doing more, there’s never enough to go around. I feel like I’ll be paying off debt forever (I just started so that’s what it seems like).

TEA. I’ve been on a Green Tea kick recently. I have it every night religiously and at least once during my work day in the office. Someone in my family gifted me a tea kettle for Christmas. I kept feeling so guilty just nuking it in the microwave so I was so happy when I got one.

SKIN CARE. I recently watched a documentary about the skin care, hair care, basically every industry. It’s called Not So Pretty on HBO Max. Different scientist and real world people talked about how their lives were irrevocably changed because of the damages they had to endure. I HIGHLY recommend watching it to just at least know. Now, I’ve been more careful, looking at the ingredient lists of all the products I use and looking for alternatives if I need to.

NAIL CARE. I’ve been wanting to put myself more on a schedule of my nail care. Even the simplest of tasks––filing my nails––took me forever to build up the willpower to do. I’m not talking about much either, just the basics––a nice cuticle cut and a pedicure.

MINIMALISM. I’ve been trying to get rid of things in my possession. Just unnecessary clothes or, like I said, things/objects. I’ve realized the more I have in my line of sight, the more frazzled my brain is. In the process of clearing the clutter, I have been feeling better, happier, more motivated and focused.

So in the end I wrote 8 things but I’m not going to stress out about that. We will ride the waves.

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