Lexi's 2023 Good List

Here is my compilation of Good Things for the year. From the things that kept me entertained, the places I travelled to, the finds that were game-changers, the food that frequented my table, and the best things to happen this year.

2023 will forever be marked as a sad year for me after losing my dearest pup Cooper after 9 short years, but it's also one full of progress and exploration.

Good Distractions:

• 🎥 Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3
• 📺 So Help me Todd (CBS)
• 📺 Ghosts (US version, CBS)
• 📺 Ted Lasso (Apple)
• 🎵Flowers (Miley Cyrus)
• 🎵 Nobody Gets Me (SZA)
• 🎵 Jet Plane (Hayden Everett)
•  📖 Lessons in Chemistry (Bonnie Garmus)
•  📖 Remarkably Bright Creatures (Shelby Van Pelt)
•  💻 ChatGPT - so helpful with generating copy and proofing emails
•  🎮 Pikmin 4 (Switch)

 Good Places:

• Netherlands
• Belgium
• Argentina
• Antarctica
• US: Arizona, Georgia, Oregon, Hawaii

Good Finds:

• Fleece-lined leggings
• Portable monitor (I got this one, but I don't necessarily endorse this product. For me, it gets the job done.)
• Zebra Sarasa Mark-on Pen
• Woobles (learn to crochet)

Good Food:

• TikTok spaghetti
• Lasagna Soup
• Trader Joe’s Bread Cheese
• Trader Joe’s Mini Croissants
• Lay’s Ketchup Chips
• Furikake Chex Mix

Good Times:

• Learning new crafts (crochet & ceramics)
• Seeing my girls & manta rays (Kona)
• Seeing the windmills (Kinderdijk)
• Feeling like I travelled back in time (Bruges)
• Getting complimented on my Coopie sweater by so many people
• Plantin-Moretus museum and its printing press room! (Antwerp)
• Seeing the family and spending time with my cousins
• Cut and colored hair (shortest it’s been in over a decade or maybe two!)
• Picking up a basketball again and shooting around on Saturdays
• Getting into baseball and becoming a Arizona Diamondbacks fan
• Seeing all the penguins and icebergs! (Antarctica)

Good Job:

• Moving forward from loss (💕 Coopie)
• Letting Ollie stay at day care/boarding and feeling great about it
• Promoted at work, new title, and received an award (Team Player of the Year)
• Making smarter financial decisions
• Getting past paranoia about COVID since 2020 and going out more
• Launched hellogoodthings.co (this website) & restarted IG social @hellogoodthings