All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven, recommended on Hello Giggles. Got a copy for my birthday, and raced through it. Easy read - YA fiction about teenagers who fall in love and quote Virginia Woolf, romanticizing suicide and yanking on the feels.

I cried for about 30 minutes after finishing it (not a hyperbole). I guess it was meant to be inspirational, but death is death. It was like meeting a dementor & getting the happiness sucked out of me. Ugh, where’s the chocolate?

Nothing’s ever what we expect

But they keep asking where we’re going next

My left eye has been twitching for at least 5 days. I Googled it. Here are the reasons:

1. I may have a brain or nervous system disorder.

2. Too much caffeine, alcohol, tobacco.

3. Dry eyes, light sensitivity.

4. Stress & fatigue

5. It’s a sign that good fortune is on its way. Or bad fortune.

Probably too much Tsum Tsum.

The clutter that is my desk, Andrew Rayel’s Yearmix 2014 playing in the background (the best), and Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (a BC writer, represent!). The story is told in flashbacks, jumping between the time before & after civilization was wiped out. TBH, This book has thrown me into some sort of depression, and the weather ain’t helping. Feels like the world is going to end, what with the diseases, wars, protests going on everywhere… Still a good read.

The first few seconds of this year was spent at work. Last year was so hectic, doing so much to try to get this job. And now… Everything’s gone quiet. The past 2 days, I’ve been reading, eating, drinking, hanging out with people… How do I learn to take it easy and stop stressing out when I’m not busy? I’m stressed enough at work. Maybe I should do take on more OT to get my mind off things… Maybe just not enough nature, only been to Whistler ONCE this season.