I have absolutely no idea what day of the week it is…
Yesterday felt like a Sunday, which means that today feels like a Monday… except it’s Friday. Err… right? Okay, yeah. It’s Friday. The only thing I’m absolutely sure of is that it’s January and that we’re in 2015. And my grasp of the latter is still somewhat shaky — I very nearly titled this post Currently – January 2014 and I have a feeling I’ll be writing my dates wrong for a few more weeks.
Regardless, it is January, which means it’s time for another Currently post — yay! I seriously love these posts. Not only does it let me get a little more personal on the bloggy-blog, but it also gives me a nice little collection of “life as I know it” posts so that I can look back and see what I was doing in January 2014, for example.
So without further ado, here’s what I’m currently up to in January 2015.
Current book: Golden Son by Pierce Brown. This is the second book in the Red Rising Trilogy (I reviewed the first one here), and while I’m only a handful of chapters into it, I have a feeling that I’m going to love it. I adored the first one, so I’m pretty sure you’ll see a review of the second in this month’s monthly favourites… #CrushingOnDarrow. Give it a go if you’re a fan of books like The Hunger Games!
Current music: Nicotine by Panic! At The Disco.
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Current guilty pleasure: Colouring books and wax crayons. Don’t judge me.
Current nail colour: Look who switched up her nail polish for the second month in a row! Woop, woop! I seem to go back and forth between being way too lazy to do my nails, and wanting to switch them up all the time, and right now I’m very much in the latter phase. Maybe it has something to do with wanting to add a bit of fun to the dark and dreary winter days? Either way, I’m currently rocking Passion by OPI.
Current drink: Birthday Cake tea from David’s Tea. Seemed fitting given that it’s almost my birthday. Also… holy.YUM.
Current food: Pomegranates. I end up looking like I just committed bloody murder whenever I eat one, but it’s so worth it for that sweet and tangy crunch. Ob.sessed.
Current obsession: These animal slippers that I got for Christmas… I can’t EVEN. And they literally are an obsession because… notice how the stripe patterns are different and one nose is on a black background while the other is on a white one? Drives my OCD tendencies crazy.
Current wish: For my planner to get here so that I can start organizing my life. I feel lost without one.
Current need: Better work/life balance. Right now it’s basically 90% work, 10% sleep 😆 And while I know that’s not a good thing, it’s also hard to avoid when you’re growing a business. I will get better at this.
Current triumph: Finding the perfect lipstick colour for my [Casper-esque] complexion. I’ve never been a huge lipstick wearer, but I have a feeling that some of that had to do with the fact that I just wasn’t a big fan of any of the shades I had. And then MAC’s Syrup entered my life and I fell in love. Makes me feel fancy.
Current bane of my existence: A lack of blackout curtains. There’s a construction site near my home, and despite the fact that it’s 3 or 4 blocks away, there’s one light that’s just as high and just as bright as the sun, and it insists on shining straight in my window at night and making it look like it’s the middle of the day. Not an ideal environment for getting quality sleep. Not ideal at all.
Current indulgence: Birthday Week! if you don’t celebrate Birthday Week, then you need to start. And if you do celebrate Birthday Week, then you know what I’m talking about. A small treat every day for the week leading up to your birthday. This year was a good’un!
Day 1: OPI nail polish in Passion || Day 2: MAC lipstick in Syrup (used Back To MAC for this one)
Day 3: adorable owl apron!! || Day 4: Golden Son
Day 5: a new Beauty Blender (my old one was a nightmare) || Day 6: adorable panda/cat sticky notes
Current procrastination: I honestly can’t think of anything… I’m currently riding that New Year high where I want to get ALL the things done. It’ll probably fizzle off and die in a few weeks, but for now I’m milking it for all it’s worth.
Current blessing: I wouldn’t even know where to begin — I’ve been blessed with so much. Does that mean my life is perfect? Heck no — there’s plenty of bad to take with the good — but I’ve gotten a lot better at focusing on the good (gratitude journals, for the win!!), and that makes the bad that much more manageable. It’s unrealistic to expect a life without hardships, but it’s not impossible to lessen the pain of those hardships with the right attitude.
Current excitement: T-minus 2 days until my birthday!!! You could say I’m kind of excited.
Current mood: Reflective, contemplative, and content. The New Year has that effect on me.
Current link: Beautypedia Skin Care and Makeup Reviews — a great resource if you’re shopping around for new beauty products. They have a tonne of reviews for anything you might be in the market for.
Your turn! Give me your current:
1) … book.
2) … food.
3) … need.
4) … triumph.
5) … mood.
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The photo of the pomegranate is so lovely and I 100% relate to feeling like a murderer while eating them. #SoWorthIt
Happy Early Birthday Amanda!
1) … book. How I Made 40K my first year of blogging by Chelsea.
2) … food. Almond butter.
3) … need. Ibuprofen haha.
4) … triumph. Starting setter for our volleyball team.
5) … mood. Lazy 🙂
Thanks for the book recommendation! I haven’t been reading much in the past couple of weeks (stupid grad school apps taking up all my free time), but I really need to get back on it. And that nail polish! Gah! So pretty and feminine and nice. If only I could paint my nails like a grown adult human and not like a 3-year-old.
Ha! You should see my other hand 😉
Loveeee pomegranates! I’ve been eating those guys in everything lately!
Totally with you with the whole work life balance – when your starting or growing a business it can be tricky to find! Current
book -Deep Nutrition
food -coconut chocolate milk
need- A physio appointment
triumph- starting a business i love in 2014
mood- surprisingly sleepy…
Current
1) … book: HUNGER GAMES
2) … food: GALA APPLES
3) … need: TO FOAM ROLL
4) … triumph: GETTING THROUGH 2014
5) … mood: OK 🙂
I just finished reading Girls In Trucks. Review coming on my blog tomorrow.
I had every intention of buying some new make up today since I need to completely replenish all of my eye make up, but the place I go to isn’t my favorite and it’s not close by, so I decided to try something new….except, the shop I was thinking of is gone and now there’s a cupcake place there instead. Le sigh. I should have gotten a cupcake.
Love the socks, even if they are mismatched, love the apron and the penguin posties.
Ironically enough, I cleaned out my junk drawers this morning (such a good feeling) and I found the pamphlet I grabbed for David’s Tea when I stopped in during our Toronto visit. I even have a flavor tagged. I think a little on line purchase might be in order.
Tomorrow’s the big day….squeal!
I just so happen to have David’s Tea a short distance from my home. Just sayin’ 😉
That lip color is just PERFECT on you! And my goodness, I have not eaten pomegranate arils yet this winter, and I absolutely must before I go back to Boston. Thanks for reminding me!
Current
1) … book: Story of a Soul by St. Therese of Lisieux
2) … food: pancakes!
3) … need: to finish studying for tour guiding
4) … triumph: starting to recover from being sick
5) … mood: content 🙂
Whooo!..I can feel better knowing that I’m not alone in being very much muddled with the days right now; Thursday was Saturday, yesterday (Friday) felt like Sunday to me and with today being Saturday – I’ll just rejoice in an “extra” weekend 😉 . I echo the love for your currently posts…and your birthday week tactic is SO happening come June, especially since it’ll be the big 2-0!
Reading “The Rescue” by Nicholas Sparks. I think I’m loving it.
And consuming ALL the smoothies. Warm sunny mornings have me craving nothing else.
I definitely share your smoothie obsession, expect I can’t figure out why I’m craving them so badly considering it’s currently -20 here…
I have that OPI nail color also and I’m beyond obsessed with it! Mine actually dried up recently, so I need to replace it. I got a pair of similar slippers for Christmas and I have the same OCD problem with mine too so I completely understand how yours are driving you crazy! As for the birthday tea, I need it in my life stat!
I hope you have a good rest of your birthday week and that you have a wonderful birthday!
Thanks so much, Tricia!
The birthday cake tea sounds promising..yum. Right now my favorite thing is sleep. I have been so tired lately! Happy almost birthday, I hope you have a good one!
Thanks, AJ!
I had the same thoughts about what day it is. Yesterday, I thought it was Saturday.
I am completely obsessed with my Erin Condren planner. Like…. obsessed. Please share yours when you get it!
I plan to! And I’m seriously getting so impatient about it. Like… I check the site a few times a day to see if my order status changed 😆 It’s gonna be a long couple of weeks.
No joke, I’m pretty sure Meg and I tasted that David’s Tea flavour together- how fitting too at this time 😉
You have an epic attitude buddy- I need to start appreciating the little things and put things more in perspective. And pomegranates…are you sure you’re not actually Persian? Dates. Almonds. Pomegranates. NO sweet potatoes (they legit rarely have them there).