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That is so cool you want to work on calligraphy @SportyGirly125 ! It's also on my list but I'm feeling a bit intimidated! I'm not big on goals but a few things I'm trying to start the year with (and hopefully carry through the year) are: Air drying my hair more often and learning to embrace my waves while babying my bleached hair so I can grow it back out (product tips or groups you recommend here absolutely welcome),Looking into volunteering for our local free fridges and food pantries around the city,Spending more time visiting my grandfather and getting to know some younger relatives on a consistent basis,Learning more about financial planning and saving for the second half of life (yay midlife bucket lists and planning),Starting physical therapy for my P.O.T.S. so I can hopefully work towards being able to "really" exercise come summer. And, generally coming up with activities to help me feel productive and positive when my P.O.T.S. flares (AKA up the gratitude for what I can do and not go down the spiral of feeling like I'll "never" get better again),Sketching or arting it up every day as part of that! I'm starting with some books on how to do botanical drawings. The first week was all about daisies which I loved. Now I've started the tulip section and it's so hard but I'm determined, lol. It's been really fun to play with different mediums and I hope to make cards just for friends and family: Hope your New Years are all off to a good start!

Hi, I sorta lurked on here last year and played along some at home but thought I’d try it this year this month. Healthy meal and hydrate - we eat healthy most of the time but are trying some meal subscriptions to see if they work better for us time and money wise. Breakfast we do at home ourselves, toast, a peanut butter yogurt berry bowl for me, and toast, eggs and proteins for my SO. My SO has Factor for 4 meals and we got Home Chef for a couple of nights for dinner. I’m not good with drinking plain water. We got a sparkling water maker and I’ve been trying to drink two glasses with my lunches and dinners. It’s been working but it could be because it’s a new thing. It would be a lot easier if it were coffee or iced tea or wine. Brain teasers hurt my brain. My SO does the nytimes crossword puzzle every single day. I try to do it with him on the weekend sometimes but I’m bad at it. Like really really bad. Digi detox and check ins - the digital detox time has turned out to be really good for my SO and I to check in with each other. Our work schedules can get crazy when it comes to having time together during the week so we’ve been trying a digital detox together a few nights a week. Body care - I spent part of the long weekend decluttering and omg the number of forgotten about tubes of body creams in half or over half used bottles I found is crazy. I won’t need any body care products for a century. I recruited my SO to help me and moved most of the unscented ones to his side of the counter.

Today I started the Shop Your Stash Challenge: Winter 2026 ❄️ by revisiting my barely touched NATASHA DENONA I Need a Warm Eyeshadow Palette and throwing on some Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Soft Pinch Matte Bouncy Blush Worth & Lanolips Baby Rose Gold Lip Ointment 101. I don't usually do a wing and wanted to try: fun to do something new!

Ooh, exciting, @Sunnysmom!

Thanks for the tag and your feedback, @Sunnysmom! I watched a lot of reviews (Lexi, AbbyBlissWhite, Allfiesty, Michelle Kwan). I was really interested at first but a lot of the colors in the play reminded me of my Tom Ford Cherry Smoke palette. I love my Tom Ford, I just don’t wear reds and magenta that often on my eyes. I did get some items for Christmas and with gift cards (not Chanel but other brands) that I’ll post in the haul thread as soon as the last item comes in, so I didn’t feel too bad passing on this collection even though it looked lovely.

@eelsaaa , #YaKnow 😂 I Mosey On Down To #TheLocalDrugstore & Pick Up A Fresh Bottle Of #Cetaphil 😊 #WorksLikeADream ☁️🌜

@Shosh85 it looks even better in person. Very large.