Ciao~

Today was a pretty chill day—I lazed around most of the day, which I regret now. A quick summary of some really interesting things I did today:

1. Woke up, played computer games

2. Some SAT practice

3. Watched Youtube videos

4. Went for a 10 minute run with Gremlin

5.  Took a bath

6. Ate dinner with my mom, aunt, and cousin

7. Went on a walk

8. Did math homework

And now I'm blogging. I wanted to ramble about some of my favorite books, as well as what I'm currently reading.

A couple blog posts ago, I mentioned that I had given up on Isla and the Happily Ever After (that book was wack), and it was a good decision, as I have been assigned to read Huckleberry Finn for school.

I'm also rereading To All the Boys I've Ever Loved Before because the series' final book is coming out in a few months. I'm so excited—To All the Boys I've Ever Loved Before is definitely my favorite contemporary novel I've read so far. I absolutely adore Lara Jean and love her quirky, vintage style.

That's going to be it for my ramble today, thank you for reading!

mel

Hi everyone,

These past few days I've been feeling as though my content on this blog has not been at par with what I wanted when I first decided to daily blog. I was pretty satisfied with  my first two blog posts that I put up this month, but this week has been very gray.

By gray I mean dull, monotonous, and even depressing. My family is currently grieving a loss, and I've been feeling long bouts of anxiety. Practicing mindfulness has helped, but I still feel the anxiety creeping up on me when I'm not paying attention.

Even though I feel as though my life is in shades of gray these days, I want to document these times. I don't mean to be cheesy, but before every rainbow, there will always be a rain. Right now I'm not going through the most pleasant time of my life, but as always, things will get better. We just have to wait for the storm to pass.

For now, I will continue to practice mindfulness on a daily basis while waiting out the storm.

Thanks for reading,

mel

Hey everyone,

Right now I'm going through a rather dark time in my life, so I've decided to add another daily practice into my life—mindfulness.

I've been very stressed out the past few hours and really needed to recharge myself. So, naturally, I searched up what I should do on Google.

This website was very helpful for me to learn more about mindfulness, and I'm going to implement it into all parts of my life starting today, right now. I listened to the 5 minute meditation just now, and I'm feeling much more at ease.

I still have a long way to go, but this is a start. We all have to start from somewhere, so don't expect to start meditating for hours on end!

I'll keep you all updated as I continue my practice—let me know how you are faring as well.

mel

Hello everyone!

A summary of my day:

a. Started off the morning pretty early; I went to the animals shelter and hung out with the cats.

b. Went grocery shopping with my dad and bought a bunch of overpriced vegan food... I might do a haul in the future. :)

c. Came back home, took a shower, and then set off for lunch.

d. Went to a Buddhist temple to celebrate Chinese New Year (which was yesterday actually, yet there was still a lot of people).

e. Came back home, finished Fangirl (review coming soon!), and worked on some homework.

f. Had a lovely dinner with my family and went on a walk.

Now I have to finish the rest of my homework; I'll probably be sleeping late today! Goodnight everyone!

mel

Hello everyone!

It has been over a month since I've last blogged—is it just me or has this sentence been my go to introduction to every one of my posts these days?

I'm finally back, and it's 2017! I hope you all had a great holiday season and have been having a fantastic new year. To be honest, my new year so far has been extremely tiring—every day is so repetitive and long and dreary and depressing....

Anyways, something I've been considering lately is daily blogging. I know that sounds comical coming from me, considering how this blog post started off. However, I was thinking of posting quick snippets of my life on this blog, so each blog post would be short and sweet. I'm going to try giving it a go and see how long it takes to wear me out.

Even though the weekdays seem to drift by slower than ever, I can't believe the end of January is near. I mean, what?! Where did the time go? The end of this year is going to signify a huge change in my life, and I want to document it right here, on this blog.

Anyways, that's all from me today. I wouldn't blame you if you don't believe me, but I'll be here tomorrow. In fact, I'm probably going to work on some blog posts right now.

Thank you so much for reading!

mel