How to get rid of tension headaches (temporarily)
First, drink a tall glass of water. (You’re probably dehydrated.)
Then, concentrate on your headache. Ask yourself these four questions:
How to roast chicken thighs: two ingredients, no cleanup
The Tokyo blues
Paul Graham says every city tells you something. In New York it’s Make more money. In Paris, it’s Enjoy life.[1]
I think Tokyo’s message is “Conform” with quotation marks, or a wink 😉 Tokyo wants you to follow the rules—or at least appear to follow them—but it tacitly makes room for digressions.
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 😛
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.
29 YouTube videos for when you have nothing else to watch
Funny and informative
CGP Grey
High signal-to-noise ratio, and insane dedication to research.
If you only watch one video from this whole list, I recommend this one:
Bangkok: Part I
I went to Bangkok twice during my six-month Asia trip, and had two totally different experiences. This is part one: the week of being a tacky backpacker (July 2019).
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.
Blueberry scones
My mom’s English scone recipe: flaky, crumbly, buttery, and bursting with berries.
(By the way, it’s pronounced “scon”—rhymes with on, not cone.)