Doing my best.

52/100 DOP (22.1.2022)

14.02.22

2022.02.18 // 18:30  “oat cortado and a chocolate croissant, please,” i say to the barista at this coffee shop for the 1467th time

february productivity challenge, day 18: what’s the best advice you’ve received and consciously try to follow?

Hello! I’m moving forward on my new newsletter which will have a brand new Instagram😶 I’ve been thinking about my creative pursuits and sharing them in a space that’s set aside for original content. My first step was to private my personal Instagram so that I could keep some things to myself. But it also means starting new socials. I’m experimenting with a new tumblr for the newsletter content. I’ll likely reblog that content on this blog.

02.13.22 | Instagram

“Thank you for this incredibly stressful 30 minutes that I have had to re-structure my entire day around and which will give me anxiety poos for the next 24 hours.”

I didn’t get the job.

However, a few weeks later, I was called in to interview with another editor in the same company, and I did get that job. I found out later from the initial editor (the one who didn’t hire me) that he had planned to offer me the job, but since I didn’t follow up with a thank you letter, he assumed I didn’t really want it. He offered the job to another contender–but when he got my letter in the mail shortly after the offer had already been made, he went to HR and gave me a glowing recommendation. It was based on that recommendation that I got called in for the second interview.

So: send an email thank you immediately (same day!) after the interview. If you’re feeling extra, go ahead and send a written one too. OR go immediately to a coffee shop, write the letter, and return to the office and give it to the secretary.

description: a series of playlists inspired by very specific scenarios.

notes: this post will be edited and expanded as i create additional playlists. not all of the playlists are purely instrumental.

last updated: 20.02.2022.

songs for…

a 70s living room in the early hours of the night - book suggested, lover optional.

dancing alone in an empty palace - marble halls echo on a moonlit night.

a decomposing shopping mall - best enjoyed when played out of tiny speakers in one with good acoustics.

a forgotten cathedral - are these hallowed halls any less holy when nature overtakes them?

the silence of space - the stars are silent, still and sublime.

a spacecraft starbound - 3, 2, 1, engine ignition, and liftoff.

some urbex in the morning - dappled light washes over vines that weave their way up long abandoned walls.

stumbling upon a secret garden - there wasn’t always a door here, was there?

trespassing in a time traveler’s clock shop - the tick of a clock, the creak of old wood, and the glow of something mystical just around the corner.

wandering along seaside cliffs - which is louder, the rushing wind or the rolling sea?

looking for more? here are my other playlist series:

description: a series of playlists loosely inspired by characters across various media.

notes: this post will be edited and expanded as i create additional playlists. not all of the playlists are purely instrumental.

last updated: 07.02.2022.

blue -  for an immortal who rewrote her own fate.

burgundy - for an ever charming criminal.

gold - for a sanctum of magic and mysticism.

gunmetal - for birmingham factories and gunpowder streets.

sky - for a whirlwind holiday full of granted wishes.

navy - for a peculiar person in a particular time.

orange - for a stylish spy and some 60s espionage.

smoke - for a dame who shoots to kill.

wine - this one’s just nbc hannibal themed.

white - for a cathedral filled with candelight and calumnies.

looking for more? here are my other playlist series:

32/100 days of productivity

Room: clean

Clothes: washed

2.19.22

Sorry for being so inactive! I got elected to residence hall council this semester and joined the debate team so that’s all eating my time up. A lot of my class work is writing this semester so I’m really enjoying it.

How are your class going so far?