Friday light reads - what I'm reading today

“Anyway, if you stop tellin' people it's all sorted out after they're dead, they might try sorting it all out while they're alive.” ― Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

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Getting back into a routine after a bunch of holidays and a surgery is so fun!

(Narrator voice: It was not fun at all.)

I do like to share reading lists - articles, posts from fellow bloggers, poems, and books. I unfortunately got out of the habit. Let's fix that.

This is a little bit of a misnomer - most of the books listed are memoirs, but TCF has noted they help somethng in the inner self - and broken them down into sections depending on what ails you. Burned-out activist? There's books for that. Need to laugh? There's a book for that. Just feeling off and need comfort or encouragement? Yep. I haven't read very much on here - but I'm fixing to change that.
Create an official place for donation items (or items that otherwise need re-homed), and make sure every member of your household knows where it is. It’s amazing how this easy tactic can make editing your belongings a regular part of your family’s routine.
  *glances at my bursting donation bag* Now to actually drop all this crap off.


“End it right now, walk away, this is toxic” etc., etc.
And truth be told, yes, I was emotionally getting drained, it was showing physically in my body, and I had moved far away from my center. Certainly proving it was every bit toxic.

But, and yet, still, I held on. I was aware of my weakness that led me to stay on.
And it is important to identify this- the weaknesses that make us stay stuck in old, damaging patterns.

But there was also something else.

I feel like Sophistique Noir was an absolute gem and wellspring of wisdom for taking ourselves from Hot Topic tweener to fresh, mature, and professional without sacrificing any of our essence. Alas, she isn't blogging anymore. I haven't found any such good resource in her absence - but Allison at Wardrobe Oxygen has been one of my blogger role models for years, and these tips can be adapted for those of us whose go-to neutrals are black more black. Swapping out some of the cheap fishnet layering shirts for diaphanous silk, for example.

Books I'm reading this month:



On the list for 2019:



And I'm sure this list will grow considerably.

What are you reading today?

Comments

  1. SheilaJanuary 7, 2019 at 8:14 PM

    I love Wardrobe Oxygen - she's great. I'm currently reading one of the Harry Dresden novels by Jim Butcher - they were recommended to me by one of my coworkers, and there are so many of them, I've just been picking them up at the thrift stores. I like his colloquial writing - it's funny. I haven't read Good Omens for a while...there are a LOT of books I haven't read for a while! Too many books! Too little time!

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    1. LC BatJanuary 9, 2019 at 1:42 PM

      Very much too many books, too little time. I think I've been reading Wardrobe Oxygen almost as long as I've been reading Shakesville. This week, I actually stumbled upon the time Allison featured you in 2013! So I've definitely seen you around before. It just didn't stick that time. Glad it stuck this time. You're good peeps.

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