Category: Good Times

I have no intention of looking for another apartment right now, but I still love to look at pictures of apartment décor and think about what I’d do in mine.

I am reading Chasing the Bright Side by Jess Ekstrom, and one of her tips for optimistic living is to adopt the improv technique of meeting offers with a “yes, and…” In other words,

March is almost here and spring is on the way! Here is a list of nice things to do in NYC that I made to choose from when I want to put something on the calendar:

This compendium of travel tips is super fun to read! Some of my (paraphrased) favorites:

Last week was next-level chaotic for me, and when I took inventory of everything that had gone down, I could not believe what had transpired over a mere seven days. I decided to take inventory of the past six months. It’s been…a real six months there.

Last year I bought myself the Pride and Prejudice parlor game, but never had the right time to break it out. Then a friend and I went to see the Rachel’s Place adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, and I remembered that I had this game sitting around.

A few weeks ago, between one thing and another, I decided to try and get away for a short trip.

And over eight hundred posts.

I was thinking I’d do a mid-year check-in for my list of 25 for 2025 but honestly I’d like to keep the list on my radar and will probably forget I ever wrote it if I wait until July to check in, so here is the first of my hopefully monthly updates.

A while back I wrote a post about dreaming up alternate careers, but there’s one I’ve been thinking about more recently.