This month has felt a year long. I have to admit it's been really hard to focus and a lot of my time has been taken up with worrying and also self-education. We still have so far to go. Woof.
Despite a huge lack of motivation and the mess of all of it, I've managed to get some things finished! It feels good to finally have some things to check off!
Completed:
19. [redacted]
- SORRY. Just know it's done!
24. add 10 new enamel pins to my collection
- Thanks to my cute hubster, I'm all done! (And I still have 5 more coming that I Kickstarted...) He got me a few mushroom pins and some origami dog pins. :) I'm going to make a felt pennant to display them all and I'll show you when I'm done!
82. [redacted]
- SO SORRY.
89. get marimo and keep them alive
- It has been a year and my marimo are alive and well! What happy mosslings!
Updates:
4. read 100 books in a year (66/100)
- Just 4 books this month, but they were all very good: Homegoing, A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, The Starless Sea, and The Book of Longings. (And I'm still 18 books ahead of schedule, according to Goodreads, so don't worry, haha)
23. see 30 new animated films (20/30)
- We watched A Whisker Away on Netflix and it was super cute. Side note: THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT ANIMATED FILMS ON NETFLIX RIGHT NOW. Please go watch Okko's Inn and Song of the Sea and Mirai and Lu Over the Wall and be happy. (And tell me if you need more recommendations because I am here for you)
31. a year of (silly) holiday celebration
- June saw Egg Day, Iced Tea Day, Gardening Exercise Day (I planted flowers!!), and Loving Day.
33. attend ECCC or another major con with Garrett
- ECCC was rescheduled for August, but now it's officially cancelled. We kind of expected it to happen, but it's still a little disappointing. Maybe next year!
35. watch 10 anime series (4/10)
- I breezed through My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! this month. We watched 7 episodes in one day because I just couldn't get enough of these cuties. It might be a new favorite!
60. r/52weeksofcooking - year-long cooking challenge
- We are halfway through! 26 weeks down!
Nepalese: Momos
Crunchy: Cold Pea Salad
Black and White: Ginger Panna Cotta with Black Sesame Gelee
Australasian: Coconut Kau Kau
Proofing: Bee Sting Cake!
72. complete 12 30-day projects (1/12)
- First one down! I joined a brush lettering challenge on FB and we wrote beverage names every day. It was nice to pick up a pen every day, even if it was just for a few minutes, and it was a nice challenge to decide how to stylize and lay things out. I'm not set on doing all of these projects in succession, but I might try another one this month. We'll see!
74. copy a book by hand
- I decided to copy out Austin Kleon's Keep Going, because I think it is the book I need to internalize right now. I thought about doing one in the public domain so I could do something with it once it's done, but maybe that will be another project (if that was my aim now, I think I'd be more afraid of making mistakes and that the complete opposite of what I'm going for here).
99. complete a reading challenge (30/50)
- Luckily, all 4 books I read this month were for my challenge! I didn't read much, but they all counted, haha. I read a book that passes the Bechdel test (The Book of Longings), a book with a robot, cyborg, or AI character (A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet), a book with more than 4 stars average rating on Goodreads (Homegoing), and a book with a character with a vision impairment or enhancement (The Starless Sea).
Here's to July! May we find understanding and resolution.
