personal finance, waste reduction, skincare, single living, and needlepoint; hopefully travel at some point in post-unprecedented times
This may have been my busiest December ever. In university I always assumed that after uni December would be a nice relaxing month, because you wouldn't have exams anymore that you needed to be studying for on top of Christmas prep. That was an incorrect assumption. I was home for 6 days this month between … Continue reading December in Review
December has felt like when everything has finally come to a head. Frustrations, crushes, tasks and projects, tiredness, things I've been putting off, everything just feels like it's all teetering on the edge of crashing down and I am so excited to be having the upcoming break. I am heading home for the holidays on … Continue reading December State of the Union
I'm starting to feel like a real adult, because this is the first year that I have found December to be very overwhelming, stressful, and just going by way too quickly. I mean I found December stressful during undergrad and grad school, but that was because of school and finals season, not because it was … Continue reading Saturday Scroll: 12/10/22
So it turns out I wasn't in a reading rut, I was approaching burn out and exhaustion and all I needed was a good break and a few good nights sleep to want to and be able to read again. This is a gorgeous book and will be the start of my coffee table stack. … Continue reading What I Read in December
The prettiest snowfall on the 1st of December Such an opportunity to lean in to it and just call them BieberBalls like the rest of the nation did. My favourite Christmas decorations, re-creating it next year should be interesting but the greens are very dead now and I'll take them off before I put it … Continue reading December in Review
So like I said last month, I hoping that putting my money choices and realities out there (loosely, without super explicit details, that feels weird). And well, November was a disaster. It would have been fine if I hadn't needed to spend $1000 on winter tires, I would have pushed my budget to the limits, … Continue reading Spending Check In: November Review, December Plans
Thoughtful Millennial 