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I'm going to accidentally summon a demon or curse myself because I like the Aesthetic™️

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The Horseman’s Word

So’ wi’ loaf an’ whisky bottle an’ a cannle to gie licht, Fae the bothie to the to barn I gaed at mirkest hoor o’ nicht, A cloot was wuppit roon my een, an’ mony a question speirt: “Fat are ye needin’ maist?” By luck I wasna sair misleart; Wi’ duntin’ hert, I managed to habber oot, “Mair licht.” “Haud up yer haun . . . say efter me . . .” I fairly did that richt, Syne shook the Aul’ Chiel’s hairy haun, the Wird was whispered laich Intill ma lug, the cloot taen aff; I watched the lave a’ pech An’ hoast an’ habber throu. So noo, wi’ hert as licht’s a bird, I kent I’d skeel wi’ ony horse ⁠— I kent the Horseman’s Wird.

(by William Christie. Excerpt)

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Cute wall tiles from Target that I finally hung up! 💕

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Super ready to journal! Now all I need is to figure out wtf I want to do with ALL THESE BLANK PAGES.

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I got a planner back in August and these are some of my best weeks.

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Last week I bought a planner. As much as I love bullet journals, I haven’t developed the habits to use them well. Plus I clearly need to work on the whole aesthetic thing. But so far this whole traditional planner thing has been fun even if I can’t write Y’s and it looks like a mess.

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I was feeling nostalgic yesterday so I did my day based on the old classic LJ layout.

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Final phase at Dev Bootcamp. Using art from @thelatestkate for my wallpaper to keep me from flipping out.

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Did my February calendar and habit tracker today, still not sure about the bottom box on the left in the habit tracker, hopefully I'll come up with something good.

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My favorite pens to use in my bullet journal, with the journal making a cameo on the left.

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Two daily spreads without my usual todo and so on because I took a mental health day and then it was my birthday!

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Got some bad news regarding a job I was interviewing for (there was a hiring freeze) so I was mopey for a few days and made this inspirational page to get me back into daily bullet journaling.

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The entirety of my Trader Joe’s purchase today! 🎃

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Resolutions

I know it's already the end of January, but I figured I'd put these here anyway.

2018 is the year of doing things I hate but that are good for me. Every day I:

Exercise

Clean for 20 minutes

Meditate

Only eat sugar on special occasions

Sleep "on time" (right now that's before 11pm on week nights and midnight on weekends)

I haven't been perfect at it so far, but I've been objectively better than I was in 2017 when I didn't have any of these resolutions, just the vague idea I want to do things that make me "be better".

Hopefully as the year progresses my habits will solidify. It's also worth noting that even though I feel like I have a lot less time (probably because I'm sleeping more) I've been doing some other things that I consider impressive for me like reading books that aren't exclusively YA genre fiction and being a lot more sociable.

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It smells like fall, my apartment is clean, and everything is just so nice right now. I feel great and relaxed and very happy.