Category: Good Times

I’ve been focusing on putting things on the calendar and having something to look forward to, and one of the ways I’ve been doing this is finding activities to do after work.

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.