february was...

an intro to my monthly lists - and hello to march!

Since May 2022, I have been making monthly lists in my notes app of things that mean a lot to me, or little moments scattered throughout my month, condensed into one extremely long sentence. I then screenshot these lists and share them once a month, usually on the 1st, on Instagram.

Well actually, April 2022 was when it all started.

I had one of the weirdest months of my life that April, and decided to write a note about it, even though I knew no one was going to read it or care, I wanted to get it off my chest what had happened. I felt this invisible force keeping me from moving forward without writing it out.

April 2022 I was broken up with. My mom and her best friend visited me in Paris (where I was living at the time). W ate at le Jules Verne. One of my only friends in the city told me she was going to move home. I cried a lot. I visited Auvers-sur-Oise (Vincent Van Gogh’s resting place). My mom and I went to Disneyland Paris and I went on my first upside down rollercoaster (at 24 years old). I flew home to LA for a quick visit. I saw Omar Apollo live for the first time. I saw my family and swam in the ocean among countless other things.

This is what the first post looked like:

I don’t know why I felt so good after posting this first story post. Then all of a sudden it was the first of June 2022 and I was so excited to post about what happened in May:

I collected my moments throughout the month as they happened: quotes from movies, a song that had been stuck in my head, inside jokes. I had friends who were excited to be included in the list. Memories became little phrases that only we understood. People would send me messages wondering what it all meant. I felt like I had a secret stash of memories that couldn’t be deciphered even when on full display.

Some of my friends have told me they themselves have been inspired to make the lists and this warms my heart.

I know this idea isn’t anything crazy or different but it’s special to me and I look forward to posting them every month.

All this really is to say, document your life! Take more pictures! Leave more voice notes! Write down all your thoughts even if you have absolutely zero intention of sharing it. Build your personal archive so you can have something to look back on and reflect on.

I felt the strange invisible force telling me to explain these lists before I could start posting them every month. I don’t know why I feel it but maybe it’s a way of documenting my thought process.

So here’s my February 2025 list!

Thank you for reading and I look forward to posting these segments monthly!

February’s Spotify playlist can be found here.