Larry David would say it’s too late to say “Happy New Year” and he would be right.
If you’ve been around, you know I’m not a resolutions/goal-oriented person. Sometime last month, instead of lamenting about what I “didn’t accomplish” in 2023, I just went through my camera roll and wrote down all the cool shit I did do instead. I mean isn’t that why I take photos of all my food? And my family and stuff I guess.
Anyway so this year is going to be even more bite-sized as far as things to do goes.
- I got a new planner. Yes I get a new NOTEBOOK all the time but I bought a bound planner called a Jibun Techo. I did not plan to buy this planner. I was planning to ride out my bullet journal notebook until I ran out of pages. But I was passing time in Barnes and Noble and they (have recently paired with Paper Source to stay afloat I assume) have expanded their journal/planner section for this wonderful time of year. And I went for it. I’m just gonna bullet journal in it but it’s a journey cause I am not made for change. And yet…
- Read Pride & Prejudice. If you are not Extremely Online in Bookish Spaces there is a big hubbub about your end of the year Goodreads/Storygraph goals. There is also a big “omg you’re still on Goodreads when Storygraph exists?!” thing that I can not get into. Anyway I set a moderate 24 book goal just to fill in the space, but really I just want to read Pride & Prejudice cause I never have. I bought it and Brave New World (sorry AP English IV teacher, I just never read it) for $5 at Half Price Books.
- No Spend stationery Q1. I have a bunch of shit. And will never use it all. I’m not quite to the point of complaining about overconsumption and I made the following note to myself the other day:
- “I want to say I’m above being influenced but the actuality is there’s nothing cool enough to being influenced to do.”
- This is generally true, as I sip from my Stanley cup I absolutely demanded for Christmas. But I mean, you get it. I have enough stuff.
- “I want to say I’m above being influenced but the actuality is there’s nothing cool enough to being influenced to do.”
That’s it. Read Pride and Prejudice. Use this new planner. Don’t buy a bunch of shit.
OH! And if you have missed it, the last thing I did last year was finally put my books in paperback.
Also enjoy this video of people clamoring for new Stanley cups at Target to then go put on StockX for 3 times the price.
Shoppers at Target rushed to grab special edition Valentine's Day Stanley cups before they sold out. pic.twitter.com/fqrCKPQMrH
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) January 3, 2024
“I want to say I’m above being influenced but the actuality is there’s nothing cool enough to being influenced to do.” This is such a good summation of how I feel about the modern online experience. lol. Where’s the “cool”? Where’s the “feel good”? I understand the human desire to belong, but I guess my FOMO isn’t strong enough to drive me toward stuff that feels empty when the world is full of stuff that makes me sing.