january ins and outs

not included in the list but still importantly in, glee season 5 but only when all the kids make it to new york (for now)

Hello Tamia Talkers, Happy Sunday! I hope you’re doing alright!

I contemplated writing an essay about my love of TikTok for this week’s post, but somewhere in my heart, I knew my feelings would change by the end of the week.

Today, I find myself deeply disinclined to even go on the app post-ban survival.

To think I underwent the grueling and exhausting task of posting and saving my most embarrassing drafts for nothing!

In my first morning hours without The Tok, I journaled, went to yoga, and attended a Zentangle class hosted by the mother of one of my dearest college friends. (It was so wholesome!)

I can’t help but claim the productivity with excitement and pleasure.

I’m sure I will continue to make journalismtoks and the like, but who knows!

For now, all I have to offer are my ins and outs <3

in

• dionne warwick songs on repeat

• pad thai after a night in the fridge

• using every last drop of the beauty and/or skincare products you own before buying something new

• asking questions when you don’t know the answer

• graham crackers, as a little treat

• eva noblezada (in a major way)

• finishing two books and chasing that reading goal early

• subscribing to your local newspaper

• imogen heap and magazine subscriptions

• sweatpants under dresses when it’s cold

• silent discos and water aerobics

• aerial silks and getting invited to literary salons

• washing your hands every time you enter a new space

• spinach and artichoke dip

• learning to make a new dessert

Out

• playing videos aloud or taking calls on speaker in public

• tiktok (if it wasn’t clear, i do not feel like returning)

• misplacing your lip balm

• fear and insecurity

• being without a single hobby that brings you peace

• forgetting to call your loved ones

• not knowing the date of your next local election

• uncomfortable shoes

• reckless abandon and online shopping

• using ai to solve your dating problems (we must touch grass and bring back the meet cute!)

• workaholics and self-sabotage

• the fact that I am still watching glee