Through the open door
Jan. 1st, 2022 02:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dolorosa_12This hinge-point is a strange time of year, and I have to admit it's not always a happy one. I tend to feel melancholy on New Year's Eve, and energised and hopeful on New Year's Day, and that was certainly the case this time around. However, Matthias and I saw off 2021 in a comfortable and cozy fashion: sparkling wine, snacks, and watching all three Thor films back-to-back. My opinion of all three hasn't shifted: the first one is cheesy but charming, the second is close to unwatchable, and the third one is glorious, and the best MCU film by some distance.
I've spent today doing what I love most: writing lists, and crossing things off them. I've set up my new bullet journal, I've tidied my workspace in advance of my return to work on Tuesday, and I've been working my way through my to-read list in Goodreads. The latter is something I hate: digital clutter. I prefer to use it as a way to track upcoming publication dates of books by authors whose authorship makes their books an insta-buy for me. What I don't like is having the same (already published) books linger on the to-read list for several years, and so I opened the library catalogue in one tab and worked through the list to see if any of the lingering items were in the public library system. Likewise, I checked if any of the long-term to-read books were available cheaply secondhand. I've dealt with six of the books on the list in this way so far, and I know that several others are in the public library system and I can request them later.
Other than that, Matthias and I have been for a walk, I've been replying to comments on my Yuletide assignment fic, pottering around Dreamwidth, and making a start on this year's![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
snowflake_challenge. If you're interested in participating, it's not too late to do so.
For several years running, I hosted a 1st January post-reveals friending meme for Yuletide participants (and Dreamwidth people in general). I stopped doing this last year after another person who was more widely known in the Yuletide community started hosting their own friending memes. This year, they don't seem to have done so, so if there is interest, please let me know and I'll stick up a friending meme on my journal.
I hope 2022 is treating you all well so far. The daffodil bulbs in our garden are sprouting, and that promise of growth and spring is enough for me today.
I've spent today doing what I love most: writing lists, and crossing things off them. I've set up my new bullet journal, I've tidied my workspace in advance of my return to work on Tuesday, and I've been working my way through my to-read list in Goodreads. The latter is something I hate: digital clutter. I prefer to use it as a way to track upcoming publication dates of books by authors whose authorship makes their books an insta-buy for me. What I don't like is having the same (already published) books linger on the to-read list for several years, and so I opened the library catalogue in one tab and worked through the list to see if any of the lingering items were in the public library system. Likewise, I checked if any of the long-term to-read books were available cheaply secondhand. I've dealt with six of the books on the list in this way so far, and I know that several others are in the public library system and I can request them later.
Other than that, Matthias and I have been for a walk, I've been replying to comments on my Yuletide assignment fic, pottering around Dreamwidth, and making a start on this year's
snowflake_challenge. If you're interested in participating, it's not too late to do so.For several years running, I hosted a 1st January post-reveals friending meme for Yuletide participants (and Dreamwidth people in general). I stopped doing this last year after another person who was more widely known in the Yuletide community started hosting their own friending memes. This year, they don't seem to have done so, so if there is interest, please let me know and I'll stick up a friending meme on my journal.
I hope 2022 is treating you all well so far. The daffodil bulbs in our garden are sprouting, and that promise of growth and spring is enough for me today.
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Date: 2022-01-01 06:33 pm (UTC)