For Thirty-five weeks, every Tuesday,I will be posting a quote.
Category: Blog
Top 10 I have Learned While Traveling
1) Be hesitant of travel groups. It’s been a big increase in travel groups for females especially black females. It has its pros and cons which I will discuss in another post.
2) I love All-inclusive
3) Boutique hotels suck and are just for an instgram picture
4) Ask questions and research before you click a button to purchase flight, book a hotel or anything. Do your research
5) Pack carefully and wisely.
6) Research
7) Check the temperature of the water during the season you want to go to
8) Don’t be scared to not do touristy things.
9) Make sure it’s safe for women especially LGBTIA friendly.
10) Have fun!
Music Monday: 25 Favorite Usher Songs
In No Particular Order
1) OMG
2) Confessions
3) There goes my baby
4) Hey Daddy
5) That’s what’s it’s made for
6) Superstar
7) My way
8) Nice and Slow
9) My Boo
10) Love in this Club remix
11) Good Kisser
12) Slow Jam Featuring Monica
13) U got it bad
14) Caught up
15) Hey Daddy
16) Trading Places
17) No Limit
18) Moving Mountains
19) Lemme see
20) Risk it all
What is your favorite Usher song?
10 Goals That I Want To Accomplish this year
1) Travel (Should I make a post about dream list?)
2) Take 150 Pilates Classes (I’m currently in the 90s)
3) Save Money
4) See Broadway shows
5) Date
6) Work out consistently
7)Pass classes
8)Take more Full body pictures
9)Go back to writing my book and finish it!
10) Be more consistent posting. I had this blog for 14years and it’s not flourishing like I had.
5 Things I Accomplished This Year 2023
1) After 10-years, of sweat and tears, I finally will receive my Associates Degree. Class 2023! Make some noise (Let me know if y’all wanna know the story behind it)
2) I’m finally a skin-care girly. I have a whole routine that I try to stick to. Lol
3) I went snow tubing for the first time.
4) Reading 23 books.
5) Quit my job and found a career.
10 Things I’ve Learned in 2023
1) Work friends don’t equal real friends.
2) Full-time work doesn’t equal a happy me.
3) My Mental health is important
4) My dreams are important.
5) Health insurance shouldn’t be tied to jobs/careers
6) I can’t multitask well
7) I will always need/want a therapist.
8) My compartmentalization is on point!
9) However, sometimes I’m bad or slow to adapt to new things.
10) I’m ready for whatever the next phase of my life is.
The 23 Books I’ve Read in 2023
Disclaimer: It’s not in a particular order. I also don’t want to bash books, so I will just give a rating and go. Enjoy!
- Somebody’s Daughter by Ashely C. Ford Audiobook Rating: 5/10 Emotional and intense read
- Obviously: Stories from my timeline by Akilah Hughes Audiobook Rating: 5/10 Light-hearted book
- Slay by Brittney Morris Audiobook Rating:10/10 Powerful
- The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw Audiobook Rating: 10/10
- Clap When You land by Elizabeth Acevedo Audiobook Rating: 7/10
- Shuri: A Black Panther Novel #1 by Nic Stone Audiobook Rating: 10/10
- Shuri: The Vanished Novel #2 by Nic Stone Audiobook Rating: 10/10
- The Great Peace by Mena Suvari Audiobook Rating: 10/10 Memoir
- Shuri: Symbiosis Novel #3 by Nic Stone Rating:10/10
- Two lives of Sara by Catherine Adel West Rating: 3/10
- Fast Pitch by Nic Stone Rating: 10/10
- Love Radio by Ebony Ladelle Rating: 10/10
- Walking in my Joy in these streets by Jennifer Lewis Rating: 7/10
- Me (Moth) by Amber Mcbride Rating: 10/10 Poetic
- Carmen and Grace by Melissa Coss Aquino Rating:10/10
- Black Girls Must Die Exhausted Rating:5/10
- Against the Currant by Olivia Matthews Rating: 10/10
- Blackout by Various Authors Rating:10/10
- White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson Rating: 10/10
- A Blade So Black by LL Mckinney Rating: 10/10
- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo Rating:10/10
- The Stars and the Blackness between them by Junauda Petrus Rating:10/10
- A Dream So Dark by LL Mckinney Rating:10/10