Hello September!
Be Good.
Be Gentle.
Be Kind.
Seriously, we could all do a with a good month!
Honestly, I can't quite believe we are in September and the end of the year seems like a foot away. This year is excruciatingly slow and long all at once. But we are in the same boat and these feelings of helplessness and anxiety is something we are all grappling with.
SEPTEMBER GOALS:
1.I hope this month brings moments of joy, calm and some serenity in all this madness. I am hoping to do more things that make me happy and keep me from spiralling into a state of worry and anxiety. So lots more colouring and being present is on the cards.
2. I am looking forward to a month full of reading from around the world. After a month of reading from only the Indian subcontinent, its nice to broaden my reading. I have already started by picking up a book from Nigeria and I am loving it so far in.
3. A little bit of shopping...nothing major, just a few treats here and there. I have gone wayyyyy to long without shopping and it's making me a little mad/sad.
I may have bought some bowls and mugs to kick start this month on a happy note.
:)
4. A little bit of travel may be on the cards too. We maybe heading to my parents by the end of this month. Maybe... I am still very unsure about being on a flight and the sheer idea of wearing a mask for close to 3-4 hours and a face shield makes me feel breathless and claustrophobic. But it makes sense to head to my parents and spend a few months with them and have more freedom to take walks and be out in the open. I haven't left my home at all, not even once since end of March. So it will be nice to have access to open spaces once again, go for a walk by the river or just even have a terrace to sit on and see the world go by. We haven't decided anything yet, but we are trying to figure what is a good time to head to West Bengal.
5. Make my house pretty and cozy and super duper cute. I've been binging all kinds of home tours on Youtube and I want to re-jig some corners of my home.
6. Go back to journaling.I haven't journaled since June...or even May. I just haven't felt entered enough to be alone with my thoughts and write about them in a calm way. I've missed it though and this month one of my goals is to get back to my journals.
CURRENT READ: I am currently, near half way through The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi and I am really, really enjoying this book. I love reading books set in Nigeria, and I know a little about their culture through the books I've read from there. So this feels like revising a familiar place.
Plot Summary: One afternoon, a mother opens her front door to find the length of her son's body stretched out on the veranda, swaddled in akwete material, his head on her welcome mat. The Death of Vivek Oji transports us to the day of Vivek's birth, the day his grandmother Ahunna died. It is the story of an over protective mother and a distant father, and the heart-wrenching tale of one family's struggle to understand their child, just as Vivek learns to recognize himself.
Teeming with unforgettable characters whose lives have been shaped by Vivek's gentle and enigmatic spirit, it shares with us a Nigerian childhood that challenges expectations. This novel, and its celebration of the innocence and optimism of youth will touch all those who embrace it.
I am hoping to finish this book by today, its only 184 pages and then sort out the rest of my monthly reading.
I hope this month is good for you and me.
:)
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