things i love

• food: matcha, pandan waffles, mochi, foie gras, sashimi wagyu sirloin, soba
• comforts: long baths in a tub, dressing up as myself, visits to the museum/art gallery/aquarium; a long walk in the park

favourite films:

• girl, shu qi
• noroi, koji shirashi
• pearl, ti west
• in the mood for love, wong kar wai
• goodbye, dragon inn, tsai ming-liang
• cure, kiyoshi kurosawa
• perfect days, wim wenders

quotes

• until death, all defeat is psychological (jocko willink)
• over and over again i've had to conquer infinite hopelessness (rainer maria rilke)...

some things to do that are not social media

• financial planning / budgeting
• drawing
• plant care
• journalling (prompts, brain dump, lists)
• film photography
• reading
• cooking and planning a menu
• cycling
• travel to a place you haven't been
• free events at museums
• water / forest asmr and sitting still
• going for a walk

prep

• ✔ vision board

goals

• crystallise next career move
• buy a house by july
• ✔ visualise and model house interiors
• exercise once a week
• learn japanese
• read intentionally (self care, geopol / warfare)
• regular maintenance of hair, skin, nails
• birthday self-portrait
• ✔ at least 1 exercise class
• driving practice once a week
• ✔ make a small moss garden
• daily intentional being present
• daily journalling
• more agency and more regulated emotions

habits built (so far):

3x weekly

• table top crunches - 1 min
• hollow hold - 1 min
• dead bugs - 1 min
• toe taps - 1 min
• squats - 10
• push ups 12x2 reps
• side plank - 1 min
• plank - 1 min
• glute brudges 10
• bulgarian split squat 10x2
• reverse lunge 10x2

relaxing yoga/pilates

• 25 min gentle pilates for stress relief - lottie murphy
• 15 min gentle yoga for flexibility - cassandra

• a house of my own, designed by myself
• being able to draw buildings and interiors
• host a friends-only dinner club
• being able to be vulnerable and truthful to at least 1 person
• organise a movie watch party
• to be less afraid
• participate in a japanese tea ceremony
• bake bread
• learn japanese
• be less anxious about driving
• to be more true to myself

concerts

• joanna newsom
• florence + the machine
• lizzy mcalpine
• phoebe bridgers
• kate bush
• sammy rae & the friends