Wow, it really is a horrible pressure to write the BEST first blog post. It’s like New Year’s Eve, where everyone wants it to be the best night of the year! It’s always disappointing because it can never live up to expectations.

Coincidently, due to many delays, I am writing this shortly into 2020 after spending New Year’s Eve, and the next few days, with a horrible flu as my friends “rang in the new year” together while I was sick in bed.

So yup, I’m starting with a pessimistic attitude, but I’m only setting realistic expectations for my readers.

So, where to start, you have the section about me, and why I’m writing this, so what’s next?

I mostly want to share my many loves in life, ones that I have already experienced, and the many experiences that are to come. I hope to bring you along this journey with me. The blog today is about light-hearted TV-viewing, and what I’m reading. Keeping it simple!

So to start, I enjoyed finishing the last season of “Once Upon a Time” on Netflix, because fairy tales and lightness are all I could handle while being sick. Also, a bit about me, I live down the street from “Storybrooke” so how could I not watch the show! It was a great show for anyone wanting a light-hearted, fluffy program (which is sadly now finished).

I also binged the 3-part “Dracula” series on Netflix. I am a massive vampire fan, for movies, books, or anything about vampires. The show was a bold rendition to do. Some parts are right out of the Bram Stoker book, others are based on ideas from the book, and then they added a whole new modern take on it. I liked some of the homages to the book, like the flies. But to me, only wolves can be referred to as the “children of the night” (trying to not do a spoiler).

I’ve also “officially” returned to work full-time. If you are interested, on my About page I have mentioned that I have been off work for 2.5 years due to a terrible car accident. Since last summer, I officially started a gradual return to work that has been a very slow and painful process. I can’t believe how hard it’s been, on my body and brain. It has been exhausting. But I have also had lots of support around me, to remind me to be gentle on myself. So, of course, I had to launch a blog for my first time, during this challenging timeframe! I am a sucker for punishment. The time just felt right. Although, this also explains my need for watching more fluffy shows!

So to prep for my new goals for the year, this blog, along with some submissions to a storytelling podcast (more on that in a future post), I have enjoyed reading the book “Talk Like Ted” by Carmine Gallo. It’s fantastic and invigorating while at the same time causing me inner anxiety as I ponder if I could ever speak like these people. I’m a writer, but saying things out loud, memorizing things to say out loud, I’m not so sure! But, at least I’m doing my research!

Well, I’m going to stop here. I hope you are willing to continue to come along on my journey! I’ll write to you on my next wine night of inspiration!