It’s now the last week of July, which is when many avid readers talk online about their mid year reading goals. Since I decided to make a reading goal for myself in January, and I talked about it on this blog, I thought it would be a good idea to talk about how my reading goal is going.
I am a firm believer that finding joy and happiness in everyday things is important to maintaining motivation to get through tough times. Even when times are not as tough, everyday things that bring happiness is a way of relaxing after a busy day or is a way to make the day even more enjoyable.
For me, I have several everyday things that bring me happiness. Out of all the things that bring me happy, five stand out to me. Even if these things are not everyday things, they still bring me happiness whenever I encounter them.
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For the past few weeks, during my blogging break, I’ve been working on cleaning out my house. It was not the only thing I did during my break, but it is the activity that took up most of my free time. I have a lot of things in my house and it’s time to let a lot of them go. I wanted to do this major clean out of my house for many years, and I have been going through my things for years and getting rid of them, but that wasn’t enough. So, I’m committed to focus on cleaning out my house as much as possible whenever I have the time to do it.
Since this takes time, I haven’t been able to think of a lot of a lot of blog post ideas. Even if I have ideas, I don’t have the time and/or energy to work on them. Still, I’m thinking about things and wondering what direction I want to take my blog and posts towards.
During my clean out, I found many things I want to get rid of, but don’t want to talk about online. I just want to search through things, decide what to do with them, and actually do what I decide to do with them. I don’t want the added stress of explaining my reasons for my decisions online!
Hi there everyone! It’s been a few weeks since I published a post on my blogs. (This one and Essie of Who) Since it has been so long since I published posts on here or posted much online, I wanted to sit down and talk about why I’m taking a break from blogging.
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Around this time of the year, I am normally shopping for many things. Some of these things are normal things that I need, but wear out over time. They include clothing, shoes, and a new purse. I also try to shop for home decor and seasonal decorations. Yet, for almost a year, my shopping habits have changed dramatically.
I noticed it near the end of last year, but it wasn’t until January of this year when I really began to notice. At first, I didn’t know why this happened, but over the past few months I began to realize the reason why my shopping habits have changed.
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When I started this blog in 2017, there are several post ideas that I keep thinking about but always decide to not write. One of these post ideas is what I wanted to be when I grew up.
Recently, I found a daily writing prompt about that same subject. After thinking about it for a while, I decided it is time to write a post about what I wanted to do when I grew up.
Being a teenager is hard. Looking back on your teen years as an adult can be even harder. I know it is for me.
When I was a teenager, I had a hard time. It didn’t seem like I had a hard time, but I did. I received a lot of advice, but as well meaning as it was, it didn’t help me.
Today, I know what I wish I had known back then. If I could tell my teenage self advice, here are some of the things I would say….
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Last month, reading became my favorite pass time. After reading so many books, I thought I would be able to keep reading through my to be read list into February. Sadly, this didn’t happen. Normally this happens because I read too much and just burn out. This time, it’s because I didn’t like what I read last month.
I read a lot of romance novels, which is normally fine. I don’t love romance novels, but there seems to be at least ten newly released romance novel to every adventure (My favorite genre of books) novel every month. So, if I want to read a lot of new releases, I will need to read romance novels. Last month, the romance novels I read were… meh.
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Like many people, I’ve had very stressful times in my life… like right now. *sigh*
During these times, I find it hard to do something for myself or something that I can do for fun. This is why it is important to remind myself of the things I really enjoy and is fun. Since I’m going through a pretty stressful time in my life right now, I wanted to list five of the things I do for fun. These are not the only things I do for fun, but it is something I know will bring me stress relief!
A new movie inspired by Emily Bronte’s novel Wuthering Heights was released on February 13, 2026. Although I originally thought it would be just another movie version of a classic novel, things changed once I saw some of the paparazzi photographs surfaced online. As time began to pass, I began to hear more and more about how people online were unsure about this movie and it’s faithfulness to the novel.
After watching a few videos, and viewed more content than that, about the movie, I made a decision about if I would or would not watch the movie and why.
Continue reading “The ‘Wuthering Heights’ Movie, Will I Watch It, and Why I Will/Won’t Watch It”