July 13, 2015



13 is my favorite number. I don't know why but I do know it's sort of cliche.

There are three types of people when dealing with the number 13:

1st type: It's their favorite number or "lucky" number.

2nd type: They hate the number because it brings "bad luck".

3rd type: They don't give a care in the world about numbers. 

I just love the number 3 and odd numbers but I don't like 5. I like 1, 3, 7, and 9. I'm not sure what it is about 5, it just seems more even to me. Maybe because we count in 5's, it caused my rebellious soul to hate the number. 

I have no real reason for any of these thoughts, it's just part of me like my leg is. Well not exactly because it's not physically attached to me. I guess it's more similar to wishes, dreams, or fears? 

Maybe.

Okay the random number rant is over and I'll start talking about my days now...

Well to begin, I got a Netflix account. And it's probably the best and worst thing I've ever done. Since I can find shows and movies I love or have wanted to watch, it's great but for the same reason it's awful because I end up slumping on the couch all day watching Netflix. 

Next (this sort of has to do with begin but...) I AM OBSESSED WITH GILMORE GIRLS. 

Also, I've been reading a lot. As in I'm currently reading 4 books: All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (Young Adult), A History of Scotland by Neil Oliver (Non-fiction), The Golem and The Jinni by Helene Wecker (Adult Fiction), and The Story of Britain by Rebecca Fraser (Non-fiction). 

I actually used to HATE reading several books at the same time but recently I've learned to love it as long as I'm reading different genres or drastically different stories. For example, The YA book is a very stereotypical boy-meets-girl, both have issues, but they fall for each other book (granted, this is an EXTREMELY simplified run down) and I'm really enjoying it. Although I'm reading two history, non-fiction books, they are written in two COMPLETELY different manners. The Story of Britain is a very textbook-like book while A History of Scotland is written more as a story-type book. And lastly, the adult fiction book is not at all resembling the young adult fiction book. So basically it all ends up working out. 

I set myself a goal of reading at least one hour each book that I'm currently reading. So right now I have to at least read 4 hours a day, but I definitely do more than that because I like to read a book in quarters. So I divide total of pages by 4 to make sure I read at least that many pages in that sitting. 

For example, All The Bright Places has 388 total pages so half way is 194 and a quarter way is 97. And I try to stick to that count. 
Yeah, I'm very OCD about my reading habits. 

Another thing I started doing is writing lots and lots of lists. In fact, I dedicated an entire blank notebook to just lists I needed to write. I currently have my all things bookish list, back to school shopping list, senior year goals list, college interests list, last month of summer to-do's list, Alexander's school shopping list, and daily summer must do's list. 

Yeah I'm a list person...

I also have a tiny pocket notebook that holds my day-to-day to do lists. I write the date and number off the things I have to get done by the end of the day, cross it off when it's done or add it to the next day's list if I didn't get to it. 

I've been kind of obsessing. 

So yeah that's what I've been up to, what about you? Comment down below :) 


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