Whenever I have needed a mental break this year I turn to my music. I either sit at my piano and play or I put my vinyls on my new record player I bought this yaer or play my favorite CD's. I also read three books this year. I haven't read a book in like 10 years. I read, Lead From the Outside by Stacy Abrams, The Joy of Politics by Amy Klobuchar and THe Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. All great books. And I think the most important thing, with the help of some guided meditation that I have gotten back into, was that I have accepted all my medical issues and decided that I was not going to let those issues bring me down and think that I had to give up my life and stop living. I realized that I have the power to overcome anything and fight through these issues. I may not recover from all of them completely but I can improve most of them and possibly overcome a few of them completely. SO, I am fighting through everyone of them. Physical therapy, testing, healthy eating, the guided meditation, and living. By living I mean going places that I love. I still travel down to DC every few months whenevfer the urge hits. It only takes my 2 1/2 hours to get there. Sometimes I go for the day and sometime I go overnight. I go for day trips in my own state to places I have always wanted to see and never have, even though I grew up here and have always found my way back. And now owning the childhood house I grew up in. Life is good now. You have to learn how to take your own power back, and I did that!
Music: The Last Dinner Party's album Prelude to Ecstasy-so freaking fun! Book: I listened to all of Samantha Irby's books on Audible this year and actually LOL'ed all through them--not for the squeamish though. Podcast: Wiser Than Me by Julia Louis-Dreyfus. In a sea of podcast options, it's the crown jewel IMHO
ReReading All the Light We cannot See by Herr Siedler, my favorite book, watching the movie Wicked 1 For the second time with my two granddaughters. I also loved the book The Hate U give, both the book and the movie, watching for the 15th time, Michelle Obama's speech at the convention, and for all the great people I talked with this past year both for Kamala and for Moms Demand Action.
So much great music this year! Brat (+ all the remixes) gave me life when I needed it most. Seeing the show live was a special bonus. Ooo La La by one of my all time faves, Guster, is absolutely gorgeous.
My favorite pod of the year has to be Strict Scrutiny (about the Supreme Court and legal/court culture). The hosts are incredibly brilliant and also devastatingly funny. They make me feel sane despite it all.
Whenever I have needed a mental break this year I turn to my music. I either sit at my piano and play or I put my vinyls on my new record player I bought this yaer or play my favorite CD's. I also read three books this year. I haven't read a book in like 10 years. I read, Lead From the Outside by Stacy Abrams, The Joy of Politics by Amy Klobuchar and THe Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. All great books. And I think the most important thing, with the help of some guided meditation that I have gotten back into, was that I have accepted all my medical issues and decided that I was not going to let those issues bring me down and think that I had to give up my life and stop living. I realized that I have the power to overcome anything and fight through these issues. I may not recover from all of them completely but I can improve most of them and possibly overcome a few of them completely. SO, I am fighting through everyone of them. Physical therapy, testing, healthy eating, the guided meditation, and living. By living I mean going places that I love. I still travel down to DC every few months whenevfer the urge hits. It only takes my 2 1/2 hours to get there. Sometimes I go for the day and sometime I go overnight. I go for day trips in my own state to places I have always wanted to see and never have, even though I grew up here and have always found my way back. And now owning the childhood house I grew up in. Life is good now. You have to learn how to take your own power back, and I did that!
Music: The Last Dinner Party's album Prelude to Ecstasy-so freaking fun! Book: I listened to all of Samantha Irby's books on Audible this year and actually LOL'ed all through them--not for the squeamish though. Podcast: Wiser Than Me by Julia Louis-Dreyfus. In a sea of podcast options, it's the crown jewel IMHO
Martyr by Kaveh Akbar was my favorite book by far. I encourage everyone to read this novel!
ReReading All the Light We cannot See by Herr Siedler, my favorite book, watching the movie Wicked 1 For the second time with my two granddaughters. I also loved the book The Hate U give, both the book and the movie, watching for the 15th time, Michelle Obama's speech at the convention, and for all the great people I talked with this past year both for Kamala and for Moms Demand Action.
Sage Warrior by Valerie Kaur.
My Teacher the Octopus, not made this year but rewatched.
So much great music this year! Brat (+ all the remixes) gave me life when I needed it most. Seeing the show live was a special bonus. Ooo La La by one of my all time faves, Guster, is absolutely gorgeous.
My favorite pod of the year has to be Strict Scrutiny (about the Supreme Court and legal/court culture). The hosts are incredibly brilliant and also devastatingly funny. They make me feel sane despite it all.
Your Instagram post today 😭😭
i loved the end of it