#apartmentventures

[maggiejulienne]

Goals

I need some space from myself tbh.

I was on an exciting month+ long adventure with my family, and I love that, but I am but a wee fairy changeling who is very introverted and must hide sometime. I feel like ever since I got back, I’ve been trying to play catch-up with everything - my shifts at NEDA, paying bills, cleaning my apartment, writing assignments (SO many writing assignments) etc

Saturday I had a LITERAL 13 HOUR social day with four different groups of people. I expected to have downtime in between but NOPE it was just hopping from one activity to the next with no space. And it’s an amazing feeling to have that many people who I love and to feel so loved in return, but WOW there are some bills that STILL have not been paid and writing assignments STILL not finished and wedding invites STILL not RSVP’d to . . . 

And as much as I want to keep just barreling into my writing and write and do nothing but writing (which is what I kind of have been doing and want to keep doing tbh) I want to make a public declaration that I want to make some time for me and to create an environment that’s even more peaceful and productive in which I can do my Work.

And if I do say so myself, my bedroom in this apartment looks pretty darn Pinterest. I worked very hard making it as pretty as it is. I’d like to keep it looking neat and clean and right and tight so that I can enjoy all the hard work I put (okay, and also Hallie a little [read as: a lot] also put) in to create an environment that looks like as close to my dream room as one can get without a $6k anthropologie tree bed. 

I’m taking steps for the first time in (too many) years to get myself mentally and physically healthy, because when you work at a helpline and spend 8-12 hours a week telling people that they deserve to get better and that no matter how long they’ve been struggling, recovery IS possible, you kiiiiinda start to believe it may apply to you as well. So far I’ve been hustling for it, and it’s going pretty well.

I want to extend that health and cleansing to my physical space as well, which I think will also tie into aforementioned personal health. For multiple reasons. But also because I think I would be more inclined to do things like meditate and do yoga in a space that is clean and peaceful.

So anyway. Here is my public declaration that I’m gonna clean the fuck out of my personal space. And it’s gonna be awesome.

[maggiejulienne]

I’m sorry, but ‘Design On A Dime’ is an ABSURD show (and I still love it)

Here’s the thing. I actually started watching an episode the other day on a whim and then a Buzzfeed quiz told me (and I believe EVERYTHING Buzzfeed tells me) that Design On A Dime is the HGTV show for me because I’m crafty and enjoy making things.

Which is true.

And I’ve been in the middle of really making my apartment my own after moving in like three months ago - I’ve been using some Pinterest suggestions, getting inspired by Etsy, making runs to thrift shops, etc. So I was like “Oh perfect, I vaguely remember DoaD from my childhood [my mom used to trick me and my dad into watching a LOT of HGTV when she was working on redoing the house] as kind of demonstrating things so that you can do them along at home and create and save money and stuff!”

UM

Everything’s inexpensive but requires POWER TOOLS and a MASTER CARPENTER and a WORKSPACE in which to USE those POWER TOOLS and like random equipment that people do not just have lying around their homes it’s ridiculous this is not some DIY shiz unless you happen to be a carpenter in which case why are you watching HGTV in your spare time like go take a break.

[maggiejulienne]

Last year on Christmas, I watched Schindler’s List for the first time.

This year I’m trying to finish up painting my bedroom this really pretty blue while my puppy does everything in his power to make that not happen. Last year I didn’t have a dog or this bedroom and I’m so so so happy that I do :)

Currently I’m taking a break from painting to lounge in bed. Watching Inside Amy Schumer. The Time Warner Cable sketch right now is too too TOO real. Like SO real.

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I’m so phobic of the woman in the apartment adjacent to mine (AKA “the witch from next door”) that I let my lunch get cold as I circled the block for forty minutes waiting until she was no longer standing in front of my building.

I’m not proud of reaction, but I AM proud of my commitment 😝