Monthly Wrap-Up | January 2019 | A New Begginning

Well, I didn't expect this month to be so full of surprises. Talk about a new beginning, I am so excited with what has been going on and where my feet are taking me this year.

This years Goodreads reading challenge theme is some sort of dark purple color and I decided to have a lower goal that I can adjust if needed within the year. I am so proud to say that I am already 9 books ahead of schedule this time around.

TV Shows and Movies

The Darkest Minds. I kept waiting for Ruby to give Zu the pink gloves. It did not happen. That was such an important detail in the book and it gets left out in the movie? I also remember the book being a lot more dark. I guess they had to tone it down for the younger audiences. I was disappointed though.

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. Please don't ask my why i only saw this now. LOL. It was a cute movie though, perfect for kids. If this was a book I'd say I wanted a back story for Clara's mom and maybe a book 2 that show Clara going back and becoming queen to the realms. 

Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. This show intrigued me because of the "slight" over reaction from the book community of only keeping 30 books in the house. So I saw it and I am now a believer. Oh, I don't believe in throwing away books but in making sure that the things you have "Spark Joy" in you. If you think all your books do that then by all means keep them all. This led me to do some cleaning. Haha.

Insatiable. I've been passing up on this series for a while but then I saw like a short clip of it in Insta and I wanted to watch just the 1st episode. Well that did not end up as planned. I blinked and I was already at the last episode and I want to see season 2 now.

Titans. The last series I finished this month and I had the Cartoon Network Teen Titans in my head as reference. I knew they were not going to be teens so that was fine but dang did they make Starfire smoking hot. A lot of people were asking where Cyborg was. I googled it and some people said this series took on the comic book so in this timeline Cyborg was with a different team. 🤷‍♀️

Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesia One Show Fits All. Been a fan of Fluffy since my Boo introduced his shows to me a few years ago and this show is hilarious. I love how he uses his reality for humor. His jokes and stories feel so genuine and relatable he incites laughter from a different level.

I wanted to watch Legacies and The Gifted but those aren't available in Netflix so might have to buy the DVD version to watch. Have you seen any of these shows? What did you think about them?

OMG I can't wait to tell you guys what I've been up to this month. It feels like I'm finally stepping up and owning where I want to take my life.

• I quit my job. I've been so down for the past 6 months after I was promised a spot as a Team Lead Intern at work but it was all empty promises. I talked to my boo and he said I should not sell myself short. If they were not people of their word then I did not have to stay and waste my talent there. My team didn't want me to go but they understood that nothing was ever going to happen to any of us and wished me luck in my next adventure. 




• I am now employed by Amazon. 🤪 But if someone better calls, I'm taking it.
• I did a Marie Kondo on the stuff I had accumulated over the past 5ish years. I asked myself whether these things still sparked joy in me or if I wanted them to be with me moving forward. I ended up with 2 piles of things, one for the trash collector and one for a garage sale or donation. I have a mountain of books I'll be selling and donating and I don't feel bad about it. It's funny how I am so excited to clean.

• I have also decided to a do a new year - new me self care project on myself. Now those you will have to see soon. 😉 I am at the planning stage now but I am planning on implementing it in the next few weeks, right in time for my PH blog tour.