Weeknotes 01

18 May, 2025

Creative

I've been working on my personal website! Unfortunately, it has also been working me. 🙃
I did all 24 levels of Flexbox Froggy the other day. Ayyyeee~. Maybe that luck will flow over to my attempt at Grid Garden one day, lol.
11ty has really been showing me who's boss. I've been struggling so much that I'm about to try Jekyll & Hugo, & THEN come back around to 11ty. Most ppl in the indie web space appear to like 11ty, but I've seen examples of really cute websites built in Hugo & Jekyll¹. It'll be hilarious (to me) if I end using 11ty in the end.

I've been journaling a lot & I love that for me so bad.
I've genuinely been wanting to blog more, but I haven't had enough ideas that flutter by long enough to substantiate a blog post. Or at least it feels that way to me. Sylvia posted a great entry about forcing yourself to write even when you don't know what to write. I should honestly listen bc I already know when I start writing, the words will flow. Regardless if I've had the idea before or not. I may challenge myself this week to write more even when I'm not inspired.

I'm supposed to make a dopamine menu, but haven't gotten around to it yet. I still need to figure out the courses. I'm excited to play w my markers & colored pencils, though. I need to hurry up. 🤣

Severance; what a cute moment. It's not bad, but I'm eager for the next season. I think I gave it a 7 or an 8 out of 10 on Trackt.
Sinners; I FUCKING LOVED THIS FILM. Movie of the year!! My favorite parts were actually the historical parts. The black vampires were cool asf though.
Final Destination: Bloodlines; another cute moment. The kills were different.

So, I have a great idea. I haven't read many books this year, but I have 8 on my TBR that I'm ready to knock out & I think imma go for it. The dopamine menu should help...

I feel HUGE. The doctors gave me extra fluids bc of how weak the chemo had made me & it has made me gain so much weight. I've never weighed this much in my life. I won't share the number, but I am hoping to fight through the exhaustion & do more yoga & low-impact workouts. I feel uncomfortable in my body & I am noticing how it's affecting my breathing when I sleep. :(

I need new glasses, I hope I remember to make the appointment this week. 😅 (it's been in my reminders so long that my brain is starting to ignore it)
My goal is to knock out no less than 10h of studying this week. LET'S GOOOO.
I wanna keep journaling & working on my personal website.

This week, I wrote in my journal that I am most grateful for my husband encouraging & supporting my creativity.

100 Days to Offload - 4/100

example of a website in Hugo: NENRIKIDO, & two more in Jekyll: Peachmoon & Lost Letters ↩