Keeping Tabs | January 2022
It’s the second week of the new year, my planner is still left untouched. I’ve been working based on memory – what I think I should be doing today, what I feel I should be making today. I did write a few things on my personal journal; just really filled up the first page of it.
2022 Goodnotes Diary from A-hong Paperlog
It’s unlike me. To be vulnerable, that is. As a very ‘Type A’ person and growing up a panganay (eldest), I’ve put up walls. Huffing-wolf-proof, brick walls. I do not like things and situations that I do not have control of. I have the tendency to go batshit at the slightest inconvenience. Being in my bubble is safe. Reasonable. Comfortable.
If I have learned anything the past two years, it’s that the universe gives zero fucks about carefully curated plans. No one is ever ready for anything, no matter how well thought out of a person you think you could be. So I want to be more comfortable being uncomfortable.
How liberating it would be if I could write as I think. Create without inhibition. At the same time, I want to be honest with myself. I am a very anxious person. Even more so in the past years. For me, what ifs are equally, if not more, scary as they are hopeful. So I know I will continue to grasp things too tightly – afraid to lose control – but I will try to let myself slip every now and then.
This year, I will be vulnerable. I will learn to let go. I will let things unfold.
Bursting the bubble,
Louise
Keeping Tabs | January 2022
Thought I’d share some things I’ve kept tab of at the start of the year, too.
READ
Pinned internet quotes as seen above
Cried in bed while finally reading Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
This one-liner newsletter by Jonny Sun that made me go “aah…”
Nobody Cares What Your New Year’s Resolutions Are… by Rachel Connolly
LISTEN
NCT’s Beautiful – early K-pop nostalgia and grabe, the comforting words. My unabashed love for NCT grew even more.
This playlist that I chanced upon. I suddenly missed listening to Arctic Monkeys and randomly clicked this on Spotify.
Blind dating podcast ep anyone? Sobrang engaging pls!! Podparents are the best!
NIKI’s Every Summertime is still on loop in my head. I loved it when it was released and now I love it more knowing Tiktok edits play in my head when I hear it.
WATCH
Work Later, Drink Now – I think I’ve shared this before but dasurv! 2021 was a good year for K-dramas.
As per Christmas tradition (and because we had all the time in quarantine), my brother and I rewatched the whole Harry Potter series.
So many The Boyz content and edits. (Gagi ito nangyayari pag walang GoSe. S4E11 of being marupok for funny kids.) The Boyz Summer Vacation RPG and THE BOYZ in New York are recent faves.
A thing I’m looking forward to is trying to make cream puffs. P.S. I failed my first try last year, HAHA, but I am motivated again after watching Claire’s Pâte à Choux videos.
Our Beloved Summer because I love angst talaga. Team Choi Ung all the way pero s/o to Instagram user @sungcheol2. Kriminal ka pa lang sa Prison Playbook, crush na crush na kita.
