I don’t know about you, but the inherent voyeuristic pleasure in observing others’ bookshelves is one of life’s gentlest joys. You can find common ground in shared reads, new titles for your TBR, question their taste, and so much more. Plus, in the years since social media has pushed the ‘reader aesthetic’, the organization… Continue reading Shelfie Update 2022
While we may live in an era of streaming and digital downloads, some patrons of physical media still buy and compile large collections of movies. This has various merits: if one month Netflix has the film you love and the next it doesn’t, owning a physical copy can guarantee the ability to watch whenever… Continue reading How I Organize My Giant Movie Collection
After the premier of Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, an image circulated around the internet showing the creator and host of the KonMari method saying, “Ideally, keep fewer than 30 books.” Of course, the internet does what it does and got all up in a huff—especially book-lovers—and said not my books! The quote, taken… Continue reading Marie Kondo, Books, & Me
Wherever I’ve been I’ve always had bookshelves. The only things that have ever changed have been the number, shelves, organization, and quality. For most of 2018, I lived off of one micromanaged BILLY bookcase and the rest of my books were in a storage unit. When I moved into an apartment, all the books… Continue reading Building a Better Bookshelf: A Winter Adventure
I’ll be honest—until recently I was terrible at using planners. I loved to have them and maybe I’d be diligent for the first week or two, but then I’d forget or it’d get lost or I’d just lose the willpower to care about tracking every single day. About a year ago, I started following the… Continue reading Getting My Sh*t Together with The Happy Planner
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