My latest thought is how complicated ….

July 2024: … life is. How complicated humans are.

My latest thought is how can a … simple moment cause so much grief. I guess life is only a bunch of simple moments, but yesterday I attempted to walk out my front door to bring the garbage can up and I tripped. I missed a step, I guess. I’m really not sure other then my head went straight into a column and my foot made a crunch noise. I was in pain and thought, shoot, I twisted my ankle. When I realized my ankle didn’t hurt and the pain wasn’t going away with rest, I knew something else was going on. And that is the story of how I broke my first bone as a woman in her mid-thirties. Absolutely ridiculous.

My latest thought is it just me … or is time going quicker than before?

05/28/24: My latest thought is it just me … or does everyone have this finite social cup. And when it empties, you need time to allow its to refill. I’m feeling drained. The thought of the (already planned) upcoming social events feels in-it-of-itself draining. I need a day, on my couch, no phone, alone… Actually I need a few days of that.

05/06/24: My latest thought is it weird … that I recorded two videos but didn’t change outfits in-between? Or would it be weird to do an outfit change?

03/30/24: My latest thought is how stressful … it can be to navigate this life sometimes. I’m trying to burying my pride at work. Remember work is just work. Life is where you live to the fullest. Never forget that.

03/25/24: My latest thought is how exciting it is … I ‘launched’ my first couple books to ‘buy direct’ from me, rather than paying a fee to a third party for books I am selling. We’ll see how it goes and if I should add more listings if people find it interesitng.

03/22/24: My latest thought is how … it’s interesting I put this weird pressure only myself to make YouTube book reviews. It’s that ‘time’ and the pressure is building.

03/15/24: My latest thought is how … wonderful it is that people would actually want to hear my thoughts on books. I’m not viral by any means, but the few people here are more than I ever expected and it’s really, really, really nice.

02/28/24: My latest thought is how when it pours … it rains. And how true that saying really is. It’s almost literal for me as we have a leak in our bathroom that has settled on the foyer’s ceiling. A simple task of repainting (for the third time) a hallway turned into holes in floors, ceilings and plastic surrounding our tiled shower area to temporarily stop the leak. Wish us luck… I guess a bathroom renovation that we wanted to do in a couple years has moved up on the schedule.

02/22/24: My latest thought is how funny it is that … I have 82 ‘need to review’ tagged books. I wonder if there are even more as I’m not consistent on tagging books. I remember seeing it get to 20 and thought, sit down girl and get to work! Now I feel that’s a bit unmanageable number. I am proud of myself for at least trying to keep up lately. This new site is helping.

02/20/24: My latest thought is wouldn’t it be crazy… if we got rid of social media and just created websites? This isn’t my idea. I heard this on THIS YouTube video. I couldn’t get through all of it, I’ll admit. Yet, I found her general idea VERY interesting. Really, it feels like we could get rid of social media (instagram, etc) and go back to … dare I say it… MySpace? Which, one I find hilarious and two, I’m very, very into this! What about you?

02/16/24: My latest thought is … there a solution to finding motivation? A secret formula you have to look for, implement and you will magically be motivated to do what YOU want to do? I’m always amazed at those who work a full time job, YouTube, write a book or work on whatever passion project that possess. It’s beautiful. I don’t believe in the excuse ‘there isn’t enough time in the day’. There is always enough time, but is there the drive, motivation to make time?

01/08/24: My latest thought is how a stranger can… inspire you to do so much more than you ever expected. A “YouTuber” but really writer and inspiring author has been posting about her journey writing and editing her novel. She just posted that she was offered to be represented by a literary agent. One, I’m so happy for her. Watching her work so hard, to not only work hard but then to make and edit videos of her working hard? Amazing. This latest was the straw that broke the camel’s back and made me think. Maybe, just maybe, me too? Or at least, it’d feel better to try? You can watch her story here on Youtube.

01/04/24: My latest thought is how hard it is to find … gratitude when you have to do something you don’t want to do. Yet, when you dig deep and search for that gratitude you find yourself a bit less annoyed. I’m still whining about how long it is taking to transfer over (one by one) my book reviews to this new WordPress site. Where I am finding gratitude is slowly reviewing all my posts. So interesting to analyze how much my opinions have changed over time. I find myself sometimes adding notes to the bottom of my reviews. Sometimes I don’t even want to add them over… but the history is important. Thoughts can change, opinions can change… that’s why they are opinions, not facts.

12/31/23: My latest thought is how silly it is that ….. I have to slowly transfer all my reviews over to this new site. Yet, I’m grateful I get the chance to recreate myself in this new space. Thank you for hanging in there.