Weekly Wrap-Up (v. 2)

Highs & Lows

The high of my week was hard to choose! There were so many great moments from this past week:

• Attending the Florida Strawberry Festival with Briana. We had such a great time!
• The first official game night of 2021 with my mom, my brother, and my older nephew. So many laughs!
• Celebrating Chip’s third birthday on Tuesday. He got soooo very spoiled!

The low of my week was experiencing a really difficult mental health day on Monday. I don’t really know what was up, but I was on the struggle bus all day. I found it hard to focus on work, hard to shut off my depressive thoughts, and hard to summon the energy to do much. And then, of course, that night, I couldn’t sleep at all and was tossing and turning until 2 a.m. Ugh. Thankfully, my moodiness didn’t last all week, but man, those low days are brutal, aren’t they?

What I Read

I only finished one book this week—is this a record for me? Maybe. I’m oh-so-nearly finished with the romance I’m reading and halfway through my audiobook, but those reviews will have to wait until next week.

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper (★★★☆☆)

This was an interesting read, although the author sometimes talked in circles and it inhibited the point she was trying to make. I really liked the emphasis on Black feminism and there were quite a few times I felt convicted by her words; it made me recognize all the ways white feminism is so limiting and excluding. Also, her chapter on dating gutted me because, as someone who has been single for a very long time (and not always by choice), I could feel the sadness and loneliness in her words. All in all, worth a read but not a standout for me.

What I Spent

Friday, March 12

• Dominos: $28

Saturday, March 13

• Strawberry Festival (parking, admission, lunch, and treats): $47
• Publix (Pub sub and drinks): $15

Sunday, March 14

• Groceries: $55
• Toiletries (3 bottles of body wash): $15

Monday, March 15

• Lunch from Chick-Fil-A: $9
• Dinner from Ubereats: $29

*This was my low mental health day, and you can see how I self-soothe: fast food and takeout.

Tuesday, March 16

• No-spend day!

Wednesday, March 17

• No-spend day!

Thursday, March 18

• Publix (mostly groceries + a Pub sub): $32

Final Tallies:

• Food – $113
• Entertainment – $47
• And $10 added to my no-spend fund (I add $5 every time I have a no-spend day.)

A very low spending week for me! Hooray!

Monthly Goals Progress

• Log 10 Peloton workouts. I’ve logged 5 workouts so far this month. I’m certain I’ll get this goal done, yay!
• Dust off my FitBit and log 3,000 steps every day. I’ve met this goal every day this month! Some days have been very easy and other days have been very hard. So it goes!
• Become Google Analytics certified. I’ve currently finished all of the lessons in the first unit (there are 4 units) and passed the first assessment so hooray! I don’t know if I’ll complete this by the end of the month, but I’m working on it.
• Spend less than $100 on personal purchases. I didn’t buy anything “personal” last week (I nearly spent $30 on handmade candles at a booth at the Strawberry Festival, but held strong!) so I’m still sitting at $25 left for the month.
• Play with the cats every day. Ugh, I’m still not doing this daily! I’ve only done this 4 or 5 times this month. My poor cats.

What I’m Recommending

• This long read from Rebecca Traister about Andrew Cuomo and his toxic workplace. It’s quite horrifying, a train wreck I can’t look away from. (Will this man step down already?!)
• Office Ladies broke down my favorite episode from The Office: Dinner Party! It was so fun to hear the actors talk about their experiences filming this episode, and how hard it was to get through some of the scenes (like when Michael showed Jim and Pam his tiny “plasma” TV). It’s such an iconic episode of The Office, and I loved the thought and planning that Jenna and Angela put into making this podcast episode.

Tell me something good that happened to you this week!