cheyenne barton
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working on things, and also, myself
🕑 Added 2018-01-17 20:09:38 +0000 UTC hey y'all !! just wanted to drop in and say hi. how are y'all? are you good? please let me know !!the weather here in seattle has been so clear and warm (by warm i mean 55 degrees F) but today is Classic Seattle weather, so it's gray and chilly and the threat of rain hangs in the air. It's a very very cozy day which is the whole reason I moved here, so I'm hoping to get some good work done.
opening my own business has 1) made me realize that it entails so much more work than i could have ever anticipated and 2) made me confront the fact that both my work ethic and my self-discipline need a lot of work !! and that's okay, cause we're all just a work in progress anywho, right?
i've been listening to lots of The Life Coach School with Brooke Castillo (her recent ep on taking action despite negative emotion has this long amazing rant re: work ethic in the beginning and it's dope as all hell) and I've finally started reading The Working Women's Handbook. Also starting in on Charles Duhigg's The Power of Habit which every productive person I look up swears by, so. I'm excited to dig into that. I have also, of course, been listening to My Brother, My Brother And Me nonstop while working so if you're not already on the McElroy train, ya better HOP ON PAL.
I also have a couple fiction books on my immediate to-read list that I wanna start reading before bedtime, cause reading self-dev books before bed is not good for calming my brain. The two at the top of my list are Donna Tartt's The Secret History and Murakami's Kafka on the Shore. Norwegian Wood is my fave book of all time, but I feel like I can't say Murakami is my fave author when I've only read one of his books.
also, sidebar: if you're a US citizen over the age of 18, make sure you register to vote!!! the 2018 midterm elections this fall are SO IMPORTANT so you gotta make sure you're able to vote and make a real difference in your future. it's the only way we're gonna kick that egotistical tangerine to the curb.
i love you lots! hope the new year has been kind to you thus far. talk soon (newsletter coming on friday~)
love, chey
Comments
cheyenne 🌠
I'm SO EXCITED TO READ IT i'm not very far in at all but i'm excited. it's already so different from norwegian wood and i can't wait eee
Emily Hanlon
Kafka on the Shore by Murakami is one of my favorites, especially if you do a little bit of research on Franz Kafka myself. I've recommended it to every bookworm I know! I read it in one of my english classes and I think group discussion made me appreciate the book so much more, even though there were some things that I never thought I would discuss with an english teacher...
olivia nievera
YES YES YES
Patricia
I just finished listening to The Secret History in Audible a couple of weeks ago and I loved it! I hope, you'll enjoy it, too. Greetings from Switzerland
cheyenne 🌠
oooh make sure you take care of yourself, dear! burnout is Not Fun. and ahh please stay safe omg ;; and I"M EXCITED FOR TSH I CAN'T WAIT and he IS the most. terrible man and i can't believe he's still here !!
cheyenne 🌠
yesss i know he's incredible, i wanna do the wind-up bird chronicle after kafka !!
cheyenne 🌠
it's whAT HE IS! AMONG A PLETHORA OF FAR MORE INSULTING ADJECTIVES
Falak Ahmed
Hey! The new year has brought me so many things and I’m kinda on the edge of burning out, but!! I’m mad happy w the progress I’ve made and I’m trying to focus on that. It’s about to storm in the Netherlands so that. Great. READ SECRET HISTORY, it’s so good!! It’s the book that personally helped me out of a reading slump. ALSO I’m only using “egotistical tangerine” from now on when referring to him JFC I’m dying 😂😂. I think that about covered everything lmao, good luck!
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Oh girl, read more Murakami! Norwegian Wood will always be my favourite for nostalgic reasons, but I've read a lot of his work now. One of my goals for this year is to read all of his novels that I own but haven't read, and then work on the rest!
olivia nievera
IM CACKLING @ “that egotistical tangerine” AHAHA I LOVE YOU
