#littlewitchbee's diary

[littlewitchbee]

Adventures with Alphonse ✨ he came with me to the Huntington Library

#littlewitchbee's diary #matcha creme brulee was really yummy #a much needed trip 💕

[littlewitchbee]

10 good things/things I'm proud of this year

thank you so much for the tag @roseofbattles 💕 You're right that it's a good way to wrap up the year. And good luck with your novel! I hope you have fun writing it ☺️

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1. I finished 2 sketchbooks this year! It used to take me years to finish one but I did two(!!) this year, so that's really something. I'm hoping to take that energy with me into next year

2. Baking! After discovering that one of my coworkers has a huge sweet tooth, I decided to get back into baking and rediscovered my love for it! These two cakes are the winners for this year but I owe my life to these cookies, too.

3. I hit a 500 day duolingo streak in Japanese 🔥 It's not the best way to learn, so I've enrolled in beginner classes this upcoming spring. I can't wait to learn more and hopefully be able to carry a conversation someday lol

4. I went on a really fun road trip to Bryce Canyon with my bestie. This year has been really hard for both of us, so it was really great to get away from everything and just be in the moment for a bit.

5. I started writing again! It'll probably never see the light of day but it feels nice to do it. Thank you to all the wonderful writers on here who inspire me daily 💕

6. I've been a lot more social online and that's honestly done a lot to lift my mood. I'm very thankful for all of the kind people I've met on here. Even if we've only talked once or twice you hold a special little place in my heart.

7. I was able to help a friend move out of a bad living situation. She's a great roommate and I'm happy she's living with me and my partner. (I'm also really happy she brought Onion with her because I would die for that cat)

8. Speaking of finishing things, I actually finished a few games this year. I'm notoriously bad at starting and then never completing games. Books too 😅 I did read a lot this year but not as many books as I'd like.

9. I've set and maintained some pretty hard boundaries with some family members and I'm proud of that. Some very bad things have happened this year and I still don't know how things are going to end up but I'm at least proud of myself for setting boundaries around it at all. Honestly, I wouldn't have been able to handle it a year ago, so I'm glad I can now.

10. I've had soooo much fun just going places and doing things I enjoy on my own. It's great doing things with my partner or with friends but idk it just feels nice going alone sometimes. I never would've felt that way before but that really changed for me this year (Highly recommend getting cheap last minute seats to whatever concert/play/ballet you want to see and just going by yourself. You'll have a fun time, I promise)

Bonus: I'm hoping 2024 brings more time with my friends and family but also more creative time. (I wouldn't say no to a raise, either.) I'd love to get back into more traditional art. Having birds means I can't use oils anymore but I'm thinking gouache might do it for me.

Happy New Year to everyone! I hope it treats us all with kindness ♥️

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no pressure tagging @wingsofescape @rizayaoi @aicasey @kazsama @tsaritsa @terminalberserker @rowanisawriter @fanimalcreations and anyone else who'd like to do this 💕

#tag games #long post #littlewitchbee's diary

[littlewitchbee]

💀 pics of baby me under the cut and I'm just buzzed enough to post them

lmaooo okay I'm at my mom's so of course she brings out my prom (maybe winter formal?) pics. this is 2011 I think?? I censored my date because we're still good friends and he's getting married in June lol I don't remember much but it was a super mario themed dance which is pretty cool tbh (hence the star on my clutch in the third pic)

#surprised the curls lasted for pics tbh my hair refuses to hold any kind of styling #moms love digging out photos #and i love my mom so it all works out 💕 #littlewitchbee's diary

[littlewitchbee]

this year has been so wild honestly like in terms of my own mental health I don't think I've ever been better (and I'm so thankful for that!!) but everything else has been so insane. A lot of that is stuff that's outside of my control so I can only roll with the punches 🤷‍♀️ But I really do feel like I've been the "this is fine" dog for most of the year

#littlewitchbee's diary #you wake up one day and realize that there's beauty in the world and life's worth living #and then life throws things at you like lol are you sure about that #but yeah it turns out you were right actually life is beautiful and worth living

[littlewitchbee]

ehhh

coming up on an important date for all this family stuff I'm currently dealing with (if it doesn't get pushed back again. I'm assuming it will. These things usually take a lot of time) I'm still a few months out from a therapy appointment and I'm providing emotional support to the hurt party in this. I'm happy to do it. I would do anything for them but at the same time it is very taxing and idk... it's just sad. This whole thing is just sad. I hope it does happen soon and then I can actually deal with whatever comes next - I suspect cutting off a large portion of my family will be part of it and it's something I'm kind of preemptively grieving (if that makes sense? idk)

what I need is a good cry but I've been so burnt out that I can't really do that rn?? emotional constipation lol

big shout out to my roommate's cat and also my birdies of course because I know I'd be in an even darker place if I didn't have them

#littlewitchbee diary #any suggestions on tearjerkers are greatly appreciated i think that might help pop the cork lol #my usuals aren't working 😅