7 Things Sunday

Insecurities and the TikTok Ban

1. My favorite books of 2024! I plan to send out an in depth post including my reviews, but for now, here is the short list! (I’ve linked all of the books through bookshop.org instead of amazon because they donate to independent bookstores ❤️)

• So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan

• Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

• Foster by Claire Keegan

• Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

• I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

• Finding Me by Viola Davis

• A Summer Affair by Elin Hilderbrand

• The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand

• 28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand

• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

• The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

• Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

• One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

• Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance

• Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan

• Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan

• The Women by Kristin Hannah

• The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

• The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

• Normal People by Sally Rooney

2. In 2024 my family really focused on cooking at home more. The food budget was SCARY!!! In order to ensure we would eat at home more, we grocery shopped every Sunday (with some exceptions), and that made certain we had food to cook. As a result we significantly cut down on our eating out budget, had more meals as a family around the table, ate more vegetables, and feel empowered to make other life changing habits. In 2025 I’m focusing on keeping a tidy home year round and not letting everything pile up and become overwhelming. For now, I’m planning on cleaning one room a day and hopefully this works and I can stick with it!

3. I am SO excited because the book club girlies are planning our first in person meet up 🤭 It’s looking like a veryyyy NYC bookish fall 🍁 Here is where you can join if you want be apart of the book club!

4. TikTok may be getting banned in the US, but regardless it’s getting banned from my life. I’m so over the wasted time like actually so over it. How are y’all feeling about the TikTok ban?

5. One of my biggest insecurities is my intellect, which is very interesting because I simultaneously know I’m very smart?!!?!? Insecurities make 0 sense, but it’s something I really need to overcome in 2025, so here are 5 steps/truths I came up with to work on this. It’s a balance of not putting my worth in my actions and also recognizing that God values logic and order and there are things I can do/read to honor Him in my thought life.

   • Read more books that will stretch my brain in areas I care about. (Some people want to be smarter regarding Science, I don’t really care about that so that will not be my focus.) Here are the 3 books I’m going to start with and I’ll be filming a reading vlog including them!

   • Stop playing the comparison game, I am not supposed to think or be like other people. God chose me at my lowest, He is not disappointed in me, He is not wishing I was smarter, He just wants me.

   • Care less about other people’s opinions! How intellectual I am says NOTHING about my worth.

   • Don’t idolize intellect.

   • Proverbs 1:7 - The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Saturate my mind with actual truth ❤️

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   7. For 2025 I’m starting to document the boy’s childhoods differently. I bought these journals and this at home photo printer! This is the vibe I’m going for. I think it will be much easier to keep up with and update.

Thanks for reading, chat soon!

xoxo ❤️

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