What time is it? Winter time! Any “High School Musical” fans around? Yeah? High five! Anywho, it’s finally time for my winter 2020/2021 favorite post. As always, I share what I’ve been listening to, watching, reading and working on these past months. I hope you enjoy these recommendations. If you do, let me know!

WHAT I’M LISTENING TO

Hey, I know what you’re going to say. “Not Taylor Swift AGAIN!”. Well, first off: How dare you?! Taylor Swift will ALWAYS be an important part of my life and this blog. Secondly, it’s not my fault that Taylor Swift put out 3 albums in the span of 15 months, coinciding with my -insert season here- favorites post. So yeah, of course I have been listening to “evermore” ever since it came out on December. “No body, no crime”, “champagne problems”, “long story short”, “marjorie” and “evermore” are my top 5 songs in the album. I also love the two bonus tracks in the album. “it’s time to go” in particular really speaks to me. Additionally, Miss Swift released “Love Story” (Taylor’s Version). Make sure you listen to her version if you want to revisit this BEAUTY OF A SONG.

But I have been listening to other music, I promise. I love Lana del Rey’s “Chemtrails Over The Country Club”. It’s so comforting to me. I’m also obsessed with the crazy music video that goes with it:

Additionally, I loved listening to “Lo vas a olvidar”, Rosalía and Billie Eilish’s collaboration. It’s so beautifully haunting, I immediately fell in love. Finally, I’ve also been revisiting Halsey’s album “Manic” and been loving the hell of it. It has been keeping me company during the long work hours for sure.

WHAT I’M WATCHING

The “Euphoria” (Sam Levinson, 2019-?) special episodes. Oh my God, the writing, ladies and gentlemen. I really think these have to be the best episodes of the show. Is it just me? I mean, I do have a soft spot for scripts that have two people alone in a room just talking, so I might be slightly biased.

I also decided to watch “Freaks and Geeks” (1999), an oldie but a goodie. I’m still half-way through but I’m really loving it so far.

“Servant” (Tony Basgallop, 2019-?) is back and I love this really creepy show. Quite simply, it’s like a horror story about maternity, as it plays to all the fears and anxieties new mothers might have about welcoming a child.

Finally, I was also looking forward to the premiere of “WandaVision” (Jac Shaeffer, 2021) and let me tell you it didn’t disappoint. Love the aesthetic, love the concept, and really looking forward to seeing where it takes us. Episode 5?! Oh. My. God. Episode 5.

WHAT I’M READING

In December I started reading “A Discovery of Witches” (Deborah Harkness), because honestly, I hadn’t read a fiction book in a long time. Actually, I think the last piece of fiction I read was “Little Women” (Louisa May Alcott), back in August. So I picked this book because I wanted a fun, easy read. Also, it includes vampires, witches and demons and I love anything that includes those creatures.

So flash-forward to early February when I’m almost done with the second book in the saga “Shadow of Night”. These books are so much fun! They’re greatly entertaining and I love the attention to detail. Highly recommend this saga if you are looking for a romantic yet gripping, witchy/vampiry read. There’s also a TV Series adaptation if you are interested. I’ll get to it when I’m done with the books.

Anyway, I’m alternating this with Jen Sincero’s “You Are a Badass” and honestly, I’m loving it. I know this book has been out for a while. I’ve had it home for years. I actually remember purchasing it at the Newark airport a few years back. I was supposed to start reading it on the plane, but I fell asleep and never did. So I arrived home, put it on a shelf and forgot about it. Anyway, I’d heard so many great things about it, I wanted to read it. So here I am. Let me tell you, I’m not disappointed. I’m loving Jen Sincero’s almost “tough-love” approach to self-love.

WHAT I’M WORKING ON

Honestly, still working on my journaling, finding what best works for me. Using Lavendaire’s “Artist of Life” workbook, I have decided that my word for the year will be “Discovery”. My goal this year will be to sit down, listen to my gut and find my intuition. This year for me is all about self-discovery, so the Lavendaire “Artist of Life” workbook will be helping me with just that. If you want to know more about this workbook, here’s a flip-through video!