As I sit alone in my studio apartment in Brooklyn with a face mask on watching season three of Sex and the City, I couldn’t help but wonder… does life get any better than this?!!!?
Welcome back to Dare I Say.
Yeah, yeah. I took a six plus month sabbatical from the newsletter and I have some life updates. Truly my bad, but I have been so overwhelmed with moving and work and just the busy-ness of life that I finally have a moment to myself where I can sit down and write this. But super happy to be here — let’s get into it.
THINGS I LOVE:
LIVING ALONE
Absolutely no disrespect to those I have lived with for the past few years and I will hold our lovely memories close to my chest forever and have loved having roommates and people to hang out with all the time BUT at the same time I am so happy and blessed to get to experience living alone in my twenties. I feel like a new person in a new era, and being by myself and doing my own thing has really improved my mental health. I feel like it is opening myself up to some good juju and new opportunities. Change can be good sometimes it turns out.
HOLD THE CONE (TJ’s mini ice cream cones)
Mr. Trader Joe has done it again. I cannot get enough of those little guys. I have been buying multiple flavors and eating one every night and they bring me so much joy.
ROUTINE ETC.
Getting into routine is a fab feeling. I’ve been dabbling in drinking coffee more and have a cold brew every morning in a cute ass glass and I am obsessed with doing that. Sometimes I don’t even want the coffee but it’s the principle of making it and sipping on it while I start work and make breakfast. It makes me feel cool and adult and I am loving my routine.
RUNNING FOR FUN
I’m always back and forth on how I feel about running but right now I am very much into the idea of running solely for the vibes. No watch, just free, running til I feel done with it. Not tracking workouts might be a game-changer. I’m only saying this because I don’t have a watch. More to come on that.
BLOWOUTS
I recently purchased the Shark FlexStyle as a treat. My HotTools brush was at the end of the road. Every time I used it, my bathroom would steam (smoke?) up in a way that seemed like my hair was on fire. This may involve washing my hair more than once a week, which I am willing to do for the price of being beautiful. Also there are only a few more weeks until I am sweaty 24/7 and it’s slick season. So gotta blowout while I can.
THINGS THAT DON’T BRING ME JOY:
BURGER BLINDNESS
Every restaurant claims to have an incredible burger. The best burger in town. “Oh you have to get the burger.” But after trying dozens and dozens of burgers in the city I have to just say… they are all pretty good? No one is out here making a bad burger, so how are you supposed to know if it’s even that good, ya know. We’re all blind to good burgers.
LOSING THINGS
Very few things I have ever lost in this life. But I lost my Garmin in my big move and I will not and can not get over it. As punishment I have decided to not buy a new one and am just working out for the sake of working out and not tracking every waking step and movement. Which is actually really freeing once you get used to it. Again am only saying this because I am watch-less. Did I DM every smart-watch/ring IG account trying to collab with Slow Girl? Absolutely.
AVOIDANT ATTACHMENT STYLE
Coming to terms with the fact that I am avoidant is…….. a hard pill to swallow. As someone who has been on a secure (I legit swear)—> anxious —> avoidant path through my dating history in New York and life and realizing I am someone who makes up reasons to not like people and pushes people away immediately is... unfathomable. To me. Not to my friends. But absolutely shocking to me.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Have I even watched anything since we last spoke? I am in such a rut with watching new things. I keep re-watching shows and watching my fav comfort movies. Can’t get myself to pick up a book either but as the weather gets nicer hoping to sit outside with a book in the near future. Will do my very very best to keep up with this monthly and add more movies and shows and books and music. Did you miss me!!!?!!
Thank you all for reading and hopefully talk to you next month <3
xoxo,
Isabel