Self /respect/ care on a Sunday
Listening to my friend’s “your time and attention is valuable, use it wisely” and turning a bad date into a self care and soothing excursion to start the year. To remember this day and how I handled it, see below proof of how it turned out:
Left: Sakura post its I scored from National Bookstore; Right: This wasn’t my outfit, but I wore these new shoes I bought and honestly felt indulgent (in a good way) about feeling all dolled up for a failed date. Actually felt relieved to eat lunch alone at my favorite bánh mì place surrounded by a bunch of old people too.
Left: I tried so hard not to give into these umbrellas with duck beaks from the department store; Right: Since 2020, I got used to not buying brand new books and just take pictures of titles I like and thrift them on FB Marketplace or Carousell.