#Hello2017 January

I’ve been meaning to write this post since the first week of January, but if you’ve read my first post Finally, you’ll know it’s hard for me to get down to it and write!

I have to be in the perfect moment – laptop or iPad easily accessible, thoughts flowing profusely, images available to accompany post, feeling witty…and the list goes on. I’ve realized one thing (I realized this last year but I’m putting it into action this year) there is no perfect moment. Life is a bunch of meh moments that we have decided to make dope.

I’m rarely going to feel witty after a 12-hour day. I can’t always have curated images ready to accompany my posts. But the one thing I do have is a waterfall of feelings I wanting to write, once I begin. So all I have to do is begin. This post along with my previous post do not have images to accompany them. Their thumbnail is a boring teal tile, but who cares, I’ve promised myself to write first and then worry about the accessories. I’ll update the images later. (Note from the future: I’m going to stop caring about images for everything; they can come later or not at all; let the text tell the story)

So #Hello2017, I can’t believe it’s already the end of January. It’s been quite the interesting month so far and I want to put a post together at the end of every month to highlight what’s happened personally thus far. Maybe I’ll sort it into the angered moments and the cooler moments. If you need an explanation on madder and shade, I’m working on it.

January 2017 thus far:

Madder

Lost a brand in a corporate sale

Mind boggled by the negative sentiments close to home – understood the fear of expression

Shade

Completed my first product shoot – from strategy to execution

Climbed a rung in the ladder of upward mobility at work

Began a twice a week yoga challenge #zen

Went to the gym three to four times a week #gainz

Took my first dancehall class at The Underground Dance Centre – had to perform while being recorded [insert emoji of monkey with eyes closed]

Held the tiniest feet ever – as a godmother #blessed

Signed up to a be a long-awaited FGI Toronto member #slay

Witnessed the historical Women’s March #yasss

First written by on madderandshade/wordpress on January 30, 2017: https://madderandshade.wordpress.com/2017/01/30/hello2017-january/

Reposted to this final madder and shade site in 2018