little joys and little sorrows #13

reflecting on may: vegan muffins, nature walks curing my depression, plushies, cloudy days, faefarm, summer is so close

hello quiet readers,

the end of every month here at finding quiet is dedicated to reflection and practising gratitiude for the month that is slowly letting the curtain fall. i love doing this every month because it really forces me to think and remember all the good things in my life right now (and the not so good!) but this practice really helps to ground me and i hope you join in every month and it does the same for you.

let’s get into the lists:

little joys

• enjoying a friend's company in the comfort of my home

• and the way they will pick out little decorations in your home, “i love what you’ve done with this wall”, “your home is so cosy”, “oh my god is that a hot cross bun plushie”

• my boyfriend and i made vegan blueberry muffins the other day which i have been craving for *years* ever since i found out i was intolerant to egg (why is it in literally everything.)

• and how good they tasted, particularly the next day

• and realising that baking most things isn’t as complicated as i made it out to be in my head — up next: vegan croissants

• going for lots of nature walks and looking up at a clear blue sky again

• finding a new way to track my reading and loving how much deeper it allows me to think about my books

• and that it adds a new hobby to my ever-growing list

• for my nintendo switch girlies: have you played faefarm? i am *obsessed* with playing that right now. it’s the perfect cosy farming game but also you get wings?? nothing has captured me like this since stardew valley in 2020

• how i went from i’m not getting anything done today i just want to lie down and cry to actually i’m fine i’m going to wash my hair and work on my personal website and also finish that book and do some drawing all thanks to an hour in a forest

• finally knowing which lifestyle i lean towards when it comes to the cottage in the middle of nowhere or highrise in the city (it’s the former, and we’re making it happen by the grace of the moon)

• brightening up my wardrobe with colours for the first time in ten years which i speak more about here

• current favourite radio station: retro soul radio (non-stop bops, no ads)

• summer is just around the corner!!!

• picnic blankets are just around the corner!!!

• having so much fun designing my personal website, which i’m updating my subscribers on in our chat so subscribe if you’d like to see how it’s coming along!

• a silly little mug i bought that has the most impractical handle ever but it’s shaped like a croissant so i had to get it (pictured below)

• every month, i am grateful for all of you

little sorrows

• hayfever has officially taken me out, i’ve been drained for the past two weeks

• but also it’s been cloudy for weeks make it make sense

• the apple-scented candles i bought from ikea smell more when they’re not lit?

• the new android update is nasty put it back

• cob/eod/seo/cms/sow and other acronyms that belong in the bin and that i never want to see again

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thank you for reading this week’s post. as always, feel free to share your own little joys and little sorrows in the comments as your form of self-reflection this month. i always love to read them :’)

i’ll see you next week <3