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March in Review, April Anew

April 1, 2024

Some amount of time ago I said I would try to give periodic updates throughout the year. Here they are!

First quarter New Year Resolutions check-in:

  • Lose ___ pounds/month: Yes. (mostly because of being sick, unfortunately.)
  • Build skills every month: No. (also because of being sick)
  • Go outside more often: No. (you can guess why :-(. Also, TBH it's kinda cold still)

March Summary:

  • One doll doll09 (I think it came out cute!)
  • I got my one "finished" drawing/month done, not as much sketching as I would like though. I think I've declined in art ability, but I'm not hopeless.
  • Of all things, I started reading again. I haven't read books for fun since I was a child. I think prior to this month I've read ...1.5? books in the last decade. I don't know what I like, and I'm very slow.
  • On my vague abdominal issues: I've gotten medication, a series of reassuring test results, and an ever-growing self-made list of things that affect my body in various ways. I'm not 100%, I kind of feel like I never will be again. But! I've stopped panicking for the most part, and I'm "on the road to wellness."
  • I got a cavity filled. I was looking forward to it because I haven't had any cavities since being a very young child, with a different dentist who did everything in his power to use as little numbing as possible. I had 4 cavities of fake "you won't feel anything!" promises. My current dentist, meanwhile, injected a gallon of whatever numbing agent with a comically large ye olde syringe into my mouth for probably a minute straight. There was a few events that, on top of this, have solidified him as a really good person in my book. He may be committing vigilante dentistry, if that's possible(???)

Ideas for April:

  • I have a tendency to write extremely long "to-do" lists with everything I have ever wanted to do that I can think of before I go to bed in hopes of doing it all magically the next day. For this month, I'm going to try switching to ONE. ONE! achievable thing. I immediately tried to squeeze two tasks on one line, it's so tempting, and routine at this point lol.
  • Sometime in March I made an inventory of all my personal care products, cleaned the bathroom cabinets out, and now this month I want to actually focus on using them up/getting rid of them.
  • It's (hopefully) warming up, so I'd really like to get outside more; maybe do some plein air painting. Also last frost is the end of the month, I can start garden prep!
  • I'm partway through redoing the diary archive (both structurally and aesthetically.) I'm kind of impressed at how ugly I can make this website sometimes LOL.

Conclusion: The last month has shown considerable improvement. This year has been whack but I'm not completely giving up. I'm forcing myself to survive to go to the ren faire again! I still need to buy Baldur's Gate!