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
