Gina Ziegler

Hello World! What a year this has been. I feel like I’ve been wildly all over the place. This year feels like the year of failure, but in reality it was the year of letting go of perfection. Letting go of unattainable goals. I feel like I cringe at the thought of this because I am a serious recovering perfectionist who literally can’t let anything go. Elsa would hate it. This has been a year of…

My aura in a photograph Today is a happy reminder that I’m still here. It’s also my annual reminder that I still have this blog for me to mostly talk to myself and strangers on the internet. Today I reflect back on the past year and I’m filled with many emotions. I started off the year quite optimistic. I had finally gotten myself to a good point in my healing journey. Formed some wonderful…

Dear AMC Theaters, For years you have given me so much. I’ve found a second home amongst your dark rows of reclining seats. I’ve found my own space as I nestle myself into my favorite seat, D9. You have gifted me moments of joy, laughter, and tears. You’ve made me feel seen. I have spent years of my life visiting your spaces several times a week. It started as fun but turned into something more.…

FU- 22. May you rest in pieces.

I’ve been thinking about this end of the year post for a while now. Usually I reflect back on the year and dive deep into it, but there’s a lot about this year I haven’t been looking forward to revisiting. If you’ve read my posts this year you’d see that I have quite the mixed feelings on everything. If 2022 has given me anything, it’s perspective….and feelings. All of them. I don’t think I’ve…

2022, We Need to Talk.

We can only go up from here For a year that I welcomed with open arms, it sure has come at me rather aggressively. As mentioned in my last entry, I started the year off with an accident which essentially knocked me on my ass in every literal and metaphoric sense that you can think of. The toll that has taken has been the most difficult journey in my entire life. From the physical healing process…

Hello to the strangers of the internet and any curious acquaintance in my life who has decided to walk into this rambling mess of words. Welcome to my annual overshare of thoughts and feelings as I reflect back on the year. Cue the confetti cannons and dramatic release of doves. Please save any and all slow claps and awkward silence for the end. I did it. I have successfully survived yet another…

Hello internet friends, acquaintances and new strangers. It’s been a while as per usual and I’m here to spread the good word of Paddington Bear. Yes, the hat wearing jacket sporting bear. I’ve had a thoroughly rough few months. 2022 has come in strong and literally knocked me to the ground worse than I could have ever imagined for a year I was so optimistic about. I’ve had plenty of time to…

“I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling (20)22”

So here we are yet again leaving behind another year. I spent a bit of time away from here mostly because writing requires both time and energy, both of which are scarce and sacred. I sit here, in the midst of a murder documentary binge, writing to distract my mind from thinking there’s most definitely a killer lurking outside my home. We’ve made it to the end of 2021. Congratulations us. We’re…

Toodaloo 2002….Damnit! I mean 2020!

Hello to you and goodbye to 2020. We’re not sad to see you go. Do not pass go, do not collect $200. Another year has come and gone. This year in particular has felt like both two days and 200 years at the same time. It’s like we’re living in some new episode of the Twilight Zone without any of the cool stuff. Though this year has been pretty awful across the board, there has still been some good…

Alexa, drown me in the holiday spirit

Hello world! Holiday anxiety season is here and thriving. 2020 has brought upon a monster. The holiday season isn’t the easiest for a lot of people on a normal year, let alone the year from hell. I am one who often struggles during this time of year. I try to run off the halloween high, if you will, and try to make it as far as I possibly can without feeling completely miserable. This year, the…

There isn’t a Hallmark card to thank everything I want to thank so this post will have to do…

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope that despite this train-wreck of a year, you’re having a nice day. If 2020 did anything well, it’s reminding us of the little things that we should appreciate and be grateful for. It showed us all the things we have taken for granted. It has also taught us how to love and show support from at least 6 feet away. Who doesn’t love a chance to get creative? Truly,…

How many people would you hear from if you didn’t text them first?

We could do better.

We could do better. We could care about people more. We could make more time for people. We could listen to people when they speak. We could love the ones who love us and even the ones that hate us. We could support people. We could be there for people. We could do better.

We could not make fun of people behind their backs. We could not leave people out. We could not replace people or throw…

Energy Vampires and other folklore I learned from watching fictional films and television shows.

Hello. It’s me. Honestly, who else would it be? It’s just kind of one of those things we say, like when we call people and the first thing we say is, “Hey it’s me,” but really they know who it is because it’s 2020 and people have cell phones with caller ID. Habits die hard I suppose, just like my bad habit of run on sentences. Sorry not sorry. I have a bunch of half written blog posts to share…

Happy birthday to me (belated because writing is hard on limited sleep)! Please no singing. Last year I wrote a letter to myself, which some of you may have already read if you’ve been with me this long. If you haven’t and are now curious, it’s called R.I.P. to my 20’s. I wouldn’t want you to have blog FOMO. I wouldn’t do that to you. What it taught me was the value of self reflection. For some…

A Film Review: Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Hello all, you should be used to this by now. I disappear for months and then return with some exciting news of what I have been up to. Truth is, I have no news. The world is turned upside down right now. 2020 has been harsh to say the least. I hope that all of you reading this are doing okay. I am here for you all if you need anything. Seriously. We need to stick together and share love and…