Life lessons from this week

omg friends the vibes have been ABSYMAL chez Kime this week. Absolutely no idea why (I thought that it was maybe post Euros misery on Monday, but then as someone who doesn’t even really care for football the sport, I don’t think it should have lasted the entire week!) Stickergate hit the small business world, Yesterday’s heat obviously didn’t help — my brains were, to quote Letters of Note yesterday, hanging out like a dog’s tongue — and I got literally nothing done. Today, I even noticed a new habit I seem to have adopted, which is saying “oop!” when someone gets in my way, which seems like it should be innocent in a “ooh sorry!” kind of way, but is in fact delivered in such a passive-aggressive tone that it comes across as “watch yourself you little shit”. I am not thrilled by this development, it is safe to say!!!

All of this to say, the post I originally had planned was a grumpy post of all the things that are pissing me off on TikTok right now, but I decided that was boring and would definitely contribute to said vibes, so instead, I thought I’d braindump some of the things that I have LOVED this week.

In no particular order:

1. I had one of the nicest sandwiches of my LIFE courtesy of FINKS — it was roast beef, aioli and rocket I think???

2. Made “baba spagoush” for dinner and I really love portmanteaus¹

3. Found earrings that perfectly match the headpiece I have for weddings, just in time for 2 b2b in August:

   

   Kime points for you if you recognise where that E and that R are from

   

4. Read Babel by R F Kuang in its entirety, and basked in the genius of her and it

5. Presented some good client work on a project I thought I’d done badly²

6. Went to the coffee shop in something other than my schlubby clothes and got a compliment!!!!!

7. Saw Sam Campbell live, which was exactly as mad as you’d think and even more brilliant than you’d think

8. Got some film back that I thought was a goner, which actually came out pretty damn beautifully

   

   Flour & Feast in Hull you will forever have my heart!!!!

9. Learnt the trick for converting those fckin HEIC files to JPG BEFORE airdropping them to my laptop, which I estimate has saved me maybe 6-7 working hours a week

10. Spent a Friday night 3 glasses of wine in replying to everyone’s stories on my personal instagram telling them they looked great (and they did!)

And what did I learn from this? Well, I was reminded of many things. Namely, that gratitude journals might be onto something, because there’s a pretty concurrent theme here of food. Secondly, something cliché about backing yourself and your abilities, and thirdly something even more cliché about how mistakes and margins can be beautiful, vis a vis the light leaks in my photos. Finally, that complimenting people feels great, even when you wake up the next morning and are semi-afraid to check your instagram inbox because you KNOW you were like the “you get a car and you get a car” Oprah meme with your love.

So! Hope the vibes are less abysmal where you are!!!

1. I even wrote an assignment on them for my masters lol

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