• my brain is freshest in the morning - better to do big work tasks like writing early, then miscellaneous admin, smaller projects, and research later in the day
• I don't understand something if I can't explain it back to someone perfectly and in simple, ninth-grader terms
• my processing speed is somewhat slow and I need to talk as I go to understand something on the fly
• my pomodoro setup: 30 minutes on/5 minutes off, 4 times through, then a 30 minute break
• I have to do new tasks basically immediately or they will disappear into the ether of my brain

30 things to (try to) do between 25 and 30; august 2022 - august 2027; in progress

• see every Philly sports team play
  • Phillies: 07/14/2023
  • Eagles:
  • Sixers:
  • Flyers:
  • Union:
• learn to parallel park
• love my entire closet
• visit 5 national parks
  • Olympic, August 2024
  • Mt. Rainier, August 2024
  • North Cascades, August 2024
• ✔ travel outside the u.s. (completed summer 2026, 28 years old, in Italy!)
• take a partner dancing class
• ✔ plant a garden (completed summer 2025, 27 years old!)

• ✔ Middle Child - 06/11/2025
• Middle Child Clubhouse
• Suraya
• ✔ Parc - 02/25/2024
• Ranstead Room
• Laser Wolf
• Tulip Pasta
• ✔ Cuba Libre - 06/14/2025
• ✔ El Vez - 08/29/25
• ✔ Wilder - 09/21/2024
• Her Place Supper Club
• ✔ Tria - 09/21/2024
• Tattooed Mom's
• Rodin Sculpture Garden summer pop-up bar
• ✔ Stargazy - 01/03/2025 ♥
• South Restaurant & Jazz Club
• ✔ Picnic - 02/22/25 ♥
• ✔ Spice Finch - 04/26/25
• ✔ Khyber Pass Pub - 04/10/2026
• Double Knot
• Alpen Rose

IN

• black and white photos
• learning from books
• the spirit of minimalism
• curly hair
• journaling to write, not intellectualize
• colorful gemstones
• "boy" meal prep
• fun socks
• being bored/a little uncomfortable
• going through a phase
• microdosing spontaneity
• Wikipedia
• Jeopardy!
• sangfroid
• shades of gray (literally and metaphorically)
• source material
• chick flicks
• having a good memory
• taking care (of yourself and others)

• Passing by Nella Larsen
• The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
• Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
• Circe by Madeline Miller
• Sirens and Muses by Antonia Angress
• The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
• We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
• Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
• Birds of California by Katie Cotugno
• Red Sky at Morning by Richard Bradford
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
• Long Bright River by Liz Moore
• Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
• Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Tayl...

in progress

• Washington state square (to frame)
• Christmas postage stamp (ornament)
• Christmas wreath (ornament)
• Lycette matchbox (to frame)
• wedding pillow (gift)
• bunny pillow
• Nutcracker snow queen

awaiting finishing

• wild geese (frame, needs custom mat)
• esq. magnets (gifts)
• zip code door hanger (gift)
• mermaid (needs beads)

wishlist (one in, one out!)

• Forks, WA book round
• loving leopards

in stash

• spicy marg