Hello! I am back from my brief blogging break to share a life update. I took these past couple weeks off to finish out my semester. I really missed blogging and being creative, but I knew I had to take a break to focus on school without overloading myself. Today I wanted to share a little bit about my life in 2021 so far. It’s been a difficult year and I feel it’s important to talk about the lows sometimes in this blogging/social media world because social media is typically a highlight reel of perfect moments. Everyone struggles, especially this past year, so I just want to say it is okay to not be okay.
As an anxious person, I wanted to write some tips for managing anxiety during election season. This year has been such a sh*t show and it’s difficult to not feel anxious all of the time especially with the intense political climate this year. In this post, I’m sharing ways to stay informed as a citizen while caring for your mental health and managing political anxiety.
When the pandemic hit the United States in March, I decided it was time to reread the Harry Potter series. The world has felt devastatingly dark this year and I needed a good story like Harry Potter to keep my mind and heart occupied. I started rereading in March and I finally finished the last book a couple weeks ago when my fall semester started. Here’s some reflections I have after rereading the series:
Every couple of months I love putting together Read, Watch, Listen posts to share a recent collection of stories I find interesting, good shows I’m watching, and other thought provoking pieces. Can you believe we’re already more than halfway through 2020? Yikes. The pictures in today’s post were taken in Lake Tahoe at sunset 🙂 Something about this Lush Boutique dress makes me feel like I’m ready to vacation in Paris and buy croissants from a local cafe… Anyways, let’s get into today’s read, watch, listen post.
These strange times leave us with a lot of anxiety to sit with while stirring around at home. Even though we may not be as busy and bustling as we used to be, it is important to find ways to self care during quarantine.
A year ago, my Nana passed away. I really can’t believe it’s been a year. Looking back, losing my Nana was one of the hardest times I had ever gone through. I had just graduated high school (I feel so thankful that she was able to attend that ceremony) and then I started college just a few months after she died. It felt like I was hit with an unstoppable wave of change.
This week has been really tough on me and has also been a great lesson on saying “no” to things that don’t enrich my life in any way. In the past five years or so, I’ve frequently agreed to doing activities others ask me to do simply because I feel guilty and obligated to help out. Big surprise, I typically end up regretting it.
I was able to develop a really good routine for myself last semester, but now that my classes are out of the picture, that routine is gone. I’ve been in a funk lately because my days are very empty and honestly, quite boring now that I’m on summer break. You know when you’re at your busiest and you think “I wish I had more time to do _____” or “there’s so much I have to do and so little time do it”? Now I have so much time, but there’s not enough pressure to complete those activities. I am definitely in a “funk”.