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2023 mid-year
Mid-Year Check-in 2023 – What have I accomplished? This post is me being productive while avoiding the things that I should be working on (wedding bells chime in the distance as I have yet to decide on music, ceremony decor, etc.). So let’s take a look at how productive my year’s been so far… I’m…
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june wrap-up
June 2023 Reading Wrap-up What an emotional rollercoaster of a month. While I didn’t get as much reading done as I have for the past few months, I had less time and still got some reading done. At the very least, I read more books and pages than I had at this time last year.…
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book haul continued
Some fresh thoughts on The Sex Lives of Cannibals and my new Stephen King books… The Sex Lives of Cannibals has been on my TBR (to be read list) for at least 2 years, yet I’ve had no desire to ruin the illusion that it’ll be a great book. Because, in my mind, surely it’s…
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New old books
Book haul The newest additions to my life that are for my personal growth and learning. These books hauled mainly for enjoyment, but who knows, maybe they’ll become more than just pleasurable. I have absolutely no idea what The Sex Lives of Cannibals is about – I just love the title of it, it’s so…
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sunday motivation
A nice ” sunday shelfie” with David Goggins front and center, yelling at me to get my shit together. I wasn’t going to do much today, but now I have an energy for the day to get a few chores done and finish a book. That may not happen, especially since both of my current…
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monday motivation 6.4.23
Ever since one Monday a few weeks ago when I saw multiple “Monday Blues” posts on bookstagram, I knew I had to get my take out there. I knew I should put my personality in that kind of post with some honesty and motivation for others. And I started calling it Monday Motivation. So, pictured…
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may 2023 wrap-up
📚May Wrap-up📚 “If you know you’re oppressed, you’re not oppressed.” Yeonmi Park in Joe Rogan Experience episode 1691 My favorites from this month: I also Read: This month gave me so much space to change – literally with the things that were thrown at me and the thinking that I’ve done. My posting waxed and…
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tuesday thoughts 5.30.23
Here’s some Tuesday thoughts for you… Don’t go about today wishing it was already the end of the week. Don’t tell yourself that Mondays suck and that you wish you were doing something else and you can’t wait for the weekend. Go get after today. Tell today that it’s not going to win, you are.…
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last library haul
This will be my last library haul for a few months. It was kind of a bittersweet quick visit, that ended in catastrophic internal pandemonium and utter lack of control as always. I brought most of my last haul back (as I hoard those that I have to take notes on) to the library. I…
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ace of spades by faridah abike-iyimide
Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide – Thoughts Devon and Chiamaka are two of Niveus Private Academy’s new prefects. But almost as soon as it seems that senior year is going to be both of their years and both Devon and Chiamaka are in the competition to be graduating valedictorian, an anonymous number sending out…
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