January 2026 Review
Hi, it's the last day of January so I'll do a little check in. Warning: boring (This warning stands for all my posts, but you know.)
What I did
Played: I bought The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth in the last hour or two of the steam winter sale. I'm only a decade late! It's a lot of poop and blood, to the point I was having blood poop dream/nightmares for the next ~3 days. It's not my favorite game ever but I've been having fun and respect it's place in game/roguelike history.
Drank: A lot of La Croix. I have a tierlist in progress now.
- Coconut (definitely the strongest flavor so far)
- Mojito
- Blackberry & Cucumber
- Sunshine
- Lemon
- Cherry Blossom (hate it)
Attempted to buy an ikea desk but its ALWAYS out of stock: I have learned about the FRÖVÄXT vase, however. It's very cute and I want one (but don't need it 😬)
Felt: Really depressed, actually. I had a week where my plans for the day were to literally lay in bed all day every day I could and I would get mad when things woke me up, even if it was like 1PM. Both personal misery (this is always a tough season for me) and wider range. I have nothing intelligent or useful to add to the conversation about what's going on in America right now; it's just a fucking nightmare trainwreck. I have nothing interesting to say about what's going on with me either, I'm just a disaster. :(
Birthday Haul
Something positive, at least :')
- The Flower Knows palette (Strawberry Cupid eyeshadow palette in "Honey Canele") I mentioned previously. Haven't used every color yet but am enjoying it!
- A pack of 6 claw clips, 3 of them have butterfly wings! 2 brown, 2 frosted clear, 2 olive green.
- A pair of hoop earrings with roses painted on them. It's these, but the back is a much brighter/neutral white IRL.
- A new pair of jeans: my first adult attempt with straight leg. We'll see how I like it. I wore skinny jeans to survive highschool but my heart is with bootcut.
- A Burt's Bees "Tips and Toes" kit. I do not like that name but I do like the brand so it gets a pass. It contains: Softening Foot Cream, Almond & Milk Hand Cream (I've been wanting to try this!), Hand Salve, Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream, Pomegranate Lip Balm, and Nourishing Hand Cream.
- A lip balm in a cute cupcake-shaped container.
- A strawberry flavored squeezy lip balm
- A Cupcake shaped bath bomb
- 5 camis; white, grey, black, brown, and amuted not-quite-olive green.
- Aveeno Skin Relief moisturizing Lotion; I directly asked for this one because my current body lotion is not cutting it lol. But I still have to use up the old one first aaaaaa!!!!!
- Some canvases!
New Year Resolutions Check In
Quit Drinking Coke Zero: BAD. I went 3 days randomly in the middle of the month. That was all. I just ended up adding La Croix to what I do drink, which actually made it worse because the La Croix filled the slot that would normally be water.... I'm going to reframe it as "drink X amount of water no matter what, then La Croix, then Coke Zero if I really want."
Get into Calisthenics: BAD. I planned out a routine (this video and the others that go along with it helped) and then proceeded to actually do it for one or two days. I have found myself casually doing wrist warmups/stretches every so often though, since it does help with all of my other hobbies. I don't think this is something I could "trick" myself into finding immediately fun; I just have to focus on the fact that I will never regret getting some exercise, while I will probably always regret every time I DON'T.
Really Pare Down my Belongings: Alright. I have a pile of clothes to donate, I've thrown away a fair amount of stuff. I find myself stuck on really specific odds and ends. Command Hooks. Extra Lightbulbs (but they're not the color temperature I like.) Craft supplies I have used before and enjoyed, but I enjoy other things more. My two remaining beetles have died, so now I have their tank that I don't know what to do with :-(. Stuff like that. Now since the holidays and my birthday are over, I won't be getting anything new really for practically a year; so it's only... down...up from here?
Be More Thoughtful & Dedicated: Meh? I'm (over)thinking but obviously I'm not doing much else. I've been avoiding social situations in every capacity. I've gotten good at picking myself apart, but now I need to shift to change. I was going to say that this is a vague goal, but I think the problem is more the things I want to achieve are vague. "Be able to do 10 clean pushups" is a very clear, logical goal. "Be Perfect" uh.
This is not a very good update overall but I'm kind of crawling out of my hole so I think things will improve. Also for the Americas, February is a cool shape this year, so I'm looking forward to that :')