• plan for time each week (literally make space in my planner) for downtime: movie nights, time to journal/plan, sunday dinner, etc.
• listen to music. really listen.
• make a cuppa.
• invest your energy into a good read (not class or thesis related).
• hang out with the trees and plants outside. do some listening out there.
• (re)create a positive scent memory experience: bake, cook, burn a nice candle, cuddle, and relax.
• schedule a rest day (literally in my planner) every week. one day, every week: make that a commitment to myself and my health.
• sleep when i need to: i am a low energy person that is further exhausted by my care routine for a heart problem. i am young but cannot forgo the details of my body:...

• borrow tons of library books
• get involved in the community garden
• paint: canvas and outside
• make a wall hanging
• visit munsinger
• picnic often
• granite city days
• declutter and donate
• write fiction & poetry
• visual journal
• book bind
• practice mindful yoga
• homecook often
• ✔ do a hard puzzle
• disc
• beat mike at basketball
• photograph
• project life!
• quarry park
• beaver island trails
• go to a rox game

• stevia plant
• ceylon cinnamon
• mineral salt lamp
• mineral salt candle holder(s)
• calia shampoo & conditioner
• sesame oil (for oil pulling)
• beeswax candles
• mandala coloring book/pages

• make a small, portable visual journal. carry it most days.
• get cavities filled
• make an effort to support local food enterprises
• do serious work on a knock-out thesis
• figure out SVT dilemma
• create and maintain an expansive resume (to pull things from during application processes)
• do something about building a tiny house
• do yoga regularly and mindfully
• do regular (natural) skin and hair maintenance: stop looking (and feeling) so ill

• regular doctor visits
• good books before bedtime
• massages (once per month?)
• fresh berries
• homemade meals
• yoga
• play (games, exercise, jokes, etc.)
• art and visual journaling
• time with friends (in person or on the phone)
• time in the sunshine
• tattoos
• write more letters

• lots of time to read the LoTR series (finally)
• lots of time for sleep and tea
• treat yourself to new organic shampoo and conditioner for your birthday. love your hair forever.
• a new planner, washi, and stickers are in your immediate future
• time to have an indie movie marathon
  • drinking buddies
  • adore
  • the kitchen
  • ✔ take this waltz
• and a weekend-long wes anderson marathon
  • life aquatic
  • fantastic mr. fox
  • moonrise kingdom
  • darjeeling limited
  • royal tenenbaums

for laughing when things get rough or to fuel the fire when it is dying.

• "I was all for the Indians when I was young, too. But you'll grow up and see the truth."
• "I have black friends and/so..."
• "You grew up in a small town -- you're pretty sheltered. I have the life experience. I know what I'm talking about."
• "Don't you talk about this in school? What do you do in school?"
• something something "airhead" something something "kid"
• something soething "Sure, but isn't (insert tangental/totally unrelated idea/topic) this more important, anyway?"