This Is Me
Jan. 30th, 2014 10:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
castalieI've skimmed through my entries of January and omg I sound like a broken record! I keep ranting about work and whining about how tired and busy I've been. And you still stuck with me? You're all stars ;) If I had to write a conclusion to those entries, it'd be that I'm more than ready for January to be over. Good thing, too, as tomorrow night we'll bid January goodbye. Good riddance!
Though, ok, to be honest, January did bring some very positive things. First, I discovered One Direction and fell for a new fandom. Always a reason to celebrate. Then I was able to offer some concrete help to my parents re: their jobs and that has filled me with joy! It also gave me the opportunity to help a friend. Add to that the new skills I learnt in the process (that I'm still learning, as a matter of fact) and, in a way, it's like the gift that keeps on giving everyone ;)
One thing I'm a bit sad about is that I wanted to keep up with my reading but alas it wasn't meant to be. I still haven't read more than 150 pages of The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood; I am enjoying it but I'm afraid I haven't been in the right frame of mind to really commit to it. So instead of reading it in a week like I meant to it's been dragging. I'm sure GoodReads is eager for me to come visit so that it can explain to me in great details how far behind I am on my challenge and how I should be ashamed! Or maybe I'm just reading a bit too much in the whole thing? Ahem.
Ok, so I actually thought this would be the right time to have a look and I'm not behind! I'm actually one book ahead. Guess it's too early in the year to be behind. I approve \o/ Let's just try to keep it that way for as long as possible ;)
Though, ok, to be honest, January did bring some very positive things. First, I discovered One Direction and fell for a new fandom. Always a reason to celebrate. Then I was able to offer some concrete help to my parents re: their jobs and that has filled me with joy! It also gave me the opportunity to help a friend. Add to that the new skills I learnt in the process (that I'm still learning, as a matter of fact) and, in a way, it's like the gift that keeps on giving everyone ;)
One thing I'm a bit sad about is that I wanted to keep up with my reading but alas it wasn't meant to be. I still haven't read more than 150 pages of The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood; I am enjoying it but I'm afraid I haven't been in the right frame of mind to really commit to it. So instead of reading it in a week like I meant to it's been dragging. I'm sure GoodReads is eager for me to come visit so that it can explain to me in great details how far behind I am on my challenge and how I should be ashamed! Or maybe I'm just reading a bit too much in the whole thing? Ahem.
Ok, so I actually thought this would be the right time to have a look and I'm not behind! I'm actually one book ahead. Guess it's too early in the year to be behind. I approve \o/ Let's just try to keep it that way for as long as possible ;)
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Date: 2014-01-30 10:29 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2014-01-31 12:59 am (UTC)I got your card! :D Thank you and Bonne Année to you too! <3 (Did you get my card?)
(Am I a boring broken record, given how I'm always complaining about how down I feel? ;P)
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Date: 2014-02-08 08:28 am (UTC)Ok, let's go again.
The hardest part of this little journal is to keep up with it regularly but I'm not putting any kind of "pressure" on myself. I do try to update it every day but if I don't, I don't mind. I'm thinking it'll be sweet going through it years from now :)
You got it, awesome! And still in January, too, so I was on time \o/ As for your card, I'm afraid I didn't, no :( But thank you for sending one! To know that you thought of me is enough <3
(But you talk about Important Issues, so I feel it's not the same... *hugs*)