This is such a great piece Summer! I relate to every word of it. So far I’ve spent my 2024 rotting in bed for several reasons and I have already felt guilt about not getting started on the goals I’ve set for myself. But I know eventually I’ll get up.
I can also relate to the nails thing so hard! 😭 it’s why I never get my nails done anymore, they look and sound pretty but they immediately start to bother me and when one nail gets chipped or falls off, I can’t stop myself from removing the rest.
I also loved the part about how you doubled down on not participating hard enough in soccer when someone criticized you for it, that’s definitely something I would do and probably have done before. It actually brought up a memory of church camp *shudder* when during these weird Olympic style games they came up with, some kid on my team yelled at me to start running even though they were supposed to be running too! So I stood there and told them to run and we just kinda went back and forth until I gave up and ran lol. I’ll never understand why people care so much about stuff like that
I FEEL that. I've also been sort of rotting in bed and then feeling bad about not getting up early, working out, getting an early start on my writing, but I'm also trying to give myself grace. I'm really working on not putting myself down for not doing things perfectly and just praising myself for the effort I do put in <3
Ugh acrylics are SUCH a pain. I haven't had them in so long that I forgot how annoying they can be and now I'm practically ripping at them every chance I get just to try and get them off lol.
That's happened to me at a church camp/recess type thing too! It's happened to me way more than I'd like to admit honestly hahaha. I also don't understand why people care so much about stuff like that, but part of me also admires them for caring so much about something. They for sure don't need to yell at someone and make them feel bad because they don't want to participate lololol that's dumb, but I've always gotten embarrassed over admitting that I care about something—which is totally dumb, I know—so I admire when someone isn't afraid to do that. Maybe not those people that yelled at me specifically, but others lmao.
Cheers to the spirit of Wabi-Sabi! We didn’t do much, but New Orleans is on a different holiday calendar, our New Year is today, Epiphany, the start of Mardi Gras season. :) I too was Too Damn Tired to do a recap post, but I did get a kick out of seeing everyone else’s year-end recaps.
Thanks so much for reading Stefene! I'd never heard of Wabi-Sabi before, but immediately looked it up after seeing your comment and realized that's exactly what I was writing about! It's so funny to think that I was writing about that this whole time and didn't even know it haha. Also, happy Epiphany celebration!🥳 I've heard of this before but had no idea it was celebrated in New Orleans. Hope you have fun celebrating today!
This is such a great piece Summer! I relate to every word of it. So far I’ve spent my 2024 rotting in bed for several reasons and I have already felt guilt about not getting started on the goals I’ve set for myself. But I know eventually I’ll get up.
I can also relate to the nails thing so hard! 😭 it’s why I never get my nails done anymore, they look and sound pretty but they immediately start to bother me and when one nail gets chipped or falls off, I can’t stop myself from removing the rest.
I also loved the part about how you doubled down on not participating hard enough in soccer when someone criticized you for it, that’s definitely something I would do and probably have done before. It actually brought up a memory of church camp *shudder* when during these weird Olympic style games they came up with, some kid on my team yelled at me to start running even though they were supposed to be running too! So I stood there and told them to run and we just kinda went back and forth until I gave up and ran lol. I’ll never understand why people care so much about stuff like that
I FEEL that. I've also been sort of rotting in bed and then feeling bad about not getting up early, working out, getting an early start on my writing, but I'm also trying to give myself grace. I'm really working on not putting myself down for not doing things perfectly and just praising myself for the effort I do put in <3
Ugh acrylics are SUCH a pain. I haven't had them in so long that I forgot how annoying they can be and now I'm practically ripping at them every chance I get just to try and get them off lol.
That's happened to me at a church camp/recess type thing too! It's happened to me way more than I'd like to admit honestly hahaha. I also don't understand why people care so much about stuff like that, but part of me also admires them for caring so much about something. They for sure don't need to yell at someone and make them feel bad because they don't want to participate lololol that's dumb, but I've always gotten embarrassed over admitting that I care about something—which is totally dumb, I know—so I admire when someone isn't afraid to do that. Maybe not those people that yelled at me specifically, but others lmao.
Cheers to the spirit of Wabi-Sabi! We didn’t do much, but New Orleans is on a different holiday calendar, our New Year is today, Epiphany, the start of Mardi Gras season. :) I too was Too Damn Tired to do a recap post, but I did get a kick out of seeing everyone else’s year-end recaps.
Thanks so much for reading Stefene! I'd never heard of Wabi-Sabi before, but immediately looked it up after seeing your comment and realized that's exactly what I was writing about! It's so funny to think that I was writing about that this whole time and didn't even know it haha. Also, happy Epiphany celebration!🥳 I've heard of this before but had no idea it was celebrated in New Orleans. Hope you have fun celebrating today!