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I’m moving

Hello! So I missed my deadline last time (going more than three weeks without a post), and now I’m missing it AGAIN. Ahh.

I have a good reason, though: I *had to* get out of my previous living situation, so over the past six weeks I have been very scattered and unable to concentrate on anything other than finding somewhere to live.

And now I’ve found somewhere! Yay! I moved into my own apartment three days ago. It presently contains almost zero furniture. (I’m sleeping on a yoga mat on the floor—which isn’t that bad, really. I may never buy a mattress again.)

I hope to be properly settled and able to return to semi-regular blogging in a few weeks. Until then, please enjoy these Pinterest design inspiration photos.

This is my dream decor: some sort of Japanese-Balinese-Thai-inspired, zen-French fusion, wabi-sabi (Japanese shabby-chic), industrial/modern twist on minimalist classics. Not sure what to call that, but let me know if you have any suggestions 😛

Likes: couch, throw, carpet, drapes. Dislikes: ugly lamp, chairs look uncomfy.
Likes: Couch, coffee tables. Dislikes: Random statues cluttering up the place.
I would add watertight glass doors instead of these ineffective-looking ones.
Add screens to keep the bugs out (and curtains, and arms on the sofa and chairs).
Put this room somewhere with a better view.
Sofa needs arms; swap this coffee table for an ottoman (these edges are too harsh for putting your feet up).
Likes: Couch, rug, color palette. Dislikes: Coffee tables looking like concrete toothpaste lids.
Likes: Couch, fabrics and textures. Dislikes: Odd TV placement (or is that just a dusty painting?).
Likes: everything! Minus the candles and miscellaneous baskets—I’d probably trip over them.
Likes: muted colors, cool textures. Dislikes: creepy sculptures, slip-covered chair.
Likes: combination of glamorous and undone. Dislikes: coffee table is too pointy, and surfaces look cluttered.
Likes: everything, but I would change the gold trim to rose-gold.
Likes: abstract rug, symmetry. Dislikes: pops of orange, dark heavy drapes.
This was an Airbnb I stayed at in Bangkok. This desk chair was sooo comfy! I wish I knew where to buy one.

My room at Astaloka Hotel in Ubud, Bali.
A surprisingly comfy (wicker? rattan? bamboo?) desk chair.
My glorious Bali balcony.

A fun journaling activity: Stuff of the Month

I started keeping these Stuff of the Month lists around age 12. (Credit to my sister Gemma for coming up with the idea, which I copied.)

You know how there’s an Employee of the Month? The Stuff of the Month list is a form of bullet-journaling where you name the Food of the Month (as in your favorite food you ate recently or a food that featured prominently in your month), Movie of the Month, etc.

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Don’t dream, it’s over

I really like this song. I heard it several times in Bali in November, so at first I was listening to it because it reminded me of that part of my trip. Lately, however, it has become a sad song, because it has been swirling around my head during all this bad news, the background music to my dawning realization that my dream is over.

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Can’t tidy up? Try changing your life first

I’ve recently taken up the KonMari tidying method. This is my third attempt at following Marie Kondo’s system, and this time I’m finally getting it!

Step 1: Clothes. Gather all your clothes and put them on the floor.

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A question about randomness

Weather is caused by a bunch of molecules. Since we don’t know exactly how the molecules will behave, weather forecasters make lots of models and then look at the average. That’s why they say things like “There’s a 70% chance of rain”—perhaps they’ve made 100 models, and it rained in 70 of them. (As described by Nate Silver in The Signal and the Noise.)

If we knew exactly what each molecule was, though, we could predict the weather with perfect accuracy.

Now, consider the extent to which the course of your life is determined by prior causes.

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Good TV

We live in a golden age of TV. This thought is not original to me—I think I first read it in one of those Slate- or Atlantic-type thinkpieces—but I’m putting it here anyway, in case it’s one that hasn’t occurred to you yet.

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