📰 weekly reporter 09.21-09.27

[zoomieyo]

📰 weekly reporter

vol 29 week of 09/21-09/27

reflecting — enjoying — playing — obsessing — recommending — treating — encountering — restoring — stats report — editors recap— on writing — media recap — current musings — cultivation, curation, creation —

📊 stats report

— 3 goals for the upcoming week
☐ draft workout splits
☐ write every day
☐ do laundry

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stats report transformation?

I always tried to include goals in 3 areas: health, productivity, and creativity. I had some fleeting thought about this earlier and how I should maybe expand on this more on page two... basically restructure the 3 boxes to focus on each and talk about the progress made. as I'm writing this out the idea is really taking shape: greenhouse dispatch on page 2 with a focus on the weekly goals where I talk about them a little bit more at length.... hmmm... pondering.

📥 editors recap

so editors recap is structured first but tonight I wrote it last. this doc is sitting at about 2,590 words (not sure how much of that is structural though). anyway. I want to get back into this! so here we are before I started, I had a warm up brain dump of about 400 words and some change. in it, I talked about how I feel like I keep repeating the same thing over and over with no action. I've been musing on this idea a while, and really I should have included it in reflecting too. later on in this post, I talk about revamping reporter too. there's also the idea of transmuting thoughts into essays... so I will attempt that now.

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I'm kind of struggling with who I am and what I'm doing. I have a good job, I'm in grad school, I have a good social network and I'm close with my family... but I always feel like something is missing. theres a weird emptiness I feel in the hobby, personal development, creativity spheres that I know is creating my own personal brand, and developing my dream of zoomieyo studio into something more than just a collection of ideas. weekly reporter was my first attempt at grasping it. I'm finding myself becoming increasingly more frustrated that I haven't created a name for myself, in terms of art making/personal business. I want zoomieyo studio to be an embodiment of the collection of hobbies and interests I have. I want to explore freely all of the different ideas that bubble up. I want it to be both physical and digital- an impact that I make on world, no matter how small. sometimes I feel like, at the end of the day, I just want to be able to go to a place and create something just for me. if it inspires others, thats wonderful... but I want to use zoomieyo studio as the vehicle for following my passions. I don't know how to help other people- so it feels like a selfish wish. I want to continue to create and do things, and share things with others, so that I may fill that hole in regards to my own identity.
I felt possessed writing that. but well. thats the current dream. I hadn't really taken the time to write it out and address it but here we are. I hope I can have your support :) welcome to the weekly reporter, the creative dispatch from zoomieyo studio.

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in a completely different train of thought, there's so many things I want to do. I found a cool newsletter template on pinterest and promptly followed the patreon. I really enjoyed reading these two newsletters earlier today too. I want to get back into reading and read more books. I'd like to take myself out to the theatre and see a movie on a big screen again soon. I wanna do some album deep dives, when I finally get over my current fixation. I like that I saved this for last, its like a link dump of all the things I forgot to include and a preview of the stuff to come for those of you reading.
I don't know how not to write for an imaginary audience, but how I do I break out of the looping thoughts.. well. I guess I just write and write until it works itself out. it feels like the turning over of a new leaf.

💬 ☾⋆˚࿔ thinking a lot about manifestation and law of attraction but then saw this tweet what a message.....

— reflecting

well well well look whats back :party emoji: the only way out is through so I'm pushing myself to get back into this habit! it also helps I have minimal homework this weekend!
I talked about this in my rambling post, but I challenged myself to do 10 one-mile runs for the month of september. I completed my last one today! I kinda wanna do a "what I learned about running" post including my stats for the 10 runs, and some general thoughts. I have a weird quad pain on my left leg (I think its actually a knee stability issue) but it only shows up after I run. I usually nurse it with a hot bath.

— enjoying

the weather has been nice enough in the morning that I can roll into work with my music blasting through the open windows, and leave work blasting my music through the open windows. the only downside is driving with the windows down is making my hair super greasy, but I've been remedying it with a leave in conditioner added to my usual haircare routine. I like this time of year, when you need a jacket in the morning, but not in the afternoon. so on that styling note, I've really been loving plain ass tshirts and jeans combo, with a light little jacket over it and sneakers. its a touch too casual to wear every day to work though, so I usually save it for fridays. I also have this little heart shaped choker/necklace that I've been pairing with some simple silver hoops.

— playing

surprise surprise I actually have been playing nothing. I've been bare minimuming LADS, but I need to get back into it especially with that delicious myth zayne has going on. an old friend of mine got into it, so maybe it will reinfect me.
on my wishlist to play though is the two new atelier games (yumia and relserina?) and hades 2. I've seen one review that relserina looks a little weird on switch but I still want to play it. I didn't play the beta for hades 2 and i think I'm pretty unspoiled for it surprisingly. this also looks cool.

— obsessing

JOEY VALENCE AND BRAE ON REPEATTTTTT. I really want to go to their fort worth concert but it's in the middle of the week. I technically have the time off approved... but I need to buy my tickets and hotel room woof. this will be baby's first solo concert, and little overnight trip (much to my parents dismay) so I think that's why I'm hesitating. jvb has been on repeat all month and most of august since their new album HYPERYOUTH came out. its such fun and upbeat music it has me OBSESSED!!!!!!
I got my hobonichi order too!! I missed a set of pens I wanted (jan-jun set) and they restocked but they wont be shipped till december so I'm dancing around another order... I got almost everything I wanted in the first go... so now I'm like do I really need this stuff? but with shipping and tariffs... I might as well splurge..... this is a horrible mindset.

— recommending

my best friend j. and I decided to do a penpal project and while I need to write a reply back... I recommend it!! (I'll penpal with you if you want!!) I go a little overboard and do the instagram style crazy art spreads but its fun to have to wait in the mail, and make little crafts.
can I recommend running... or at least sticking through on a self set challenge!!

— treating

went out to lunch with intern a. on friday and then I was dressed in my jeans and tshirt outfit and jewelry so I did a little shopping after work. we had this awesome argentinian restaurant for lunch and walked over there while enjoying the weather. for my shopping trip, i wandered around barnes and noble for a bit, bought an oreo cheesecake at their cafe and then went to anthropology where they had an additional 50% off of their clearance stuff. I've been wanting to try styling my hair more (and putting more effort into my day to day look) so I got some cheap clips to help part my hair (which is a nightmare experience, because its long and thick), got a cute little cami and underwear set (this was actually not on sale but its so cute and comfy), and some super discounted sunscreen by supergoop.

— encountering

Its time to lock in and really clean my room. it gets dirty (lots of clothes and clutter around) super fast, and I think it's wearing me down. I saw this tweet and it kinda clicked that the mess in my room is running in the background of my brain. I haven't had a dedicated space to write either, so I don't want to. I dont have a dedicated space to craft, so I dont. so I really need to get into gear and get this room cleaned up, if at least for the peace of mind of not always having to do this. I think I need to get some organizers and I probably need to go through all my things.. but I won't overcomplicate it too much. first things first is to just get everything a home, and not have so much visual clutter.
there's something else tickling the back of my mind- I pushed it away to finish my thoughts on the above, but now I dunno what it is.

— restoring

I still havent written up a work out split that works for me.. but I've been doing more leg days by following routines on instagram. this is very fulfilling in that I focused super hard on upper body because I had no upper body strength.
some days are good and some days are bad in that I've been trying to eat more. I started tracking a little bit and found that I wasn't actually eating enough. so I've just been trying to eat more but man its So Hard. I probably need to do more shakes honestly.

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"reminder that you genuinely have to take this attitude to have any success- If you actually desire you will take action. No action, no desire." x
something I've been thinking about a lot. sigh.... I need to transmute thoughts into more essays I think.

on writing

I include on writing like there's something to report. LOL. I guess I can talk about the scribbles piece and reporter. looking at my obsidian sidebar... I wrote 5 times on obsidian, 6 times in the hobonichi, and 7 times in the journal. not actually bad stats now that I look at it. a little over half of the month. I want to get back into daily journaling... but I also want to go back to writing in general... gyah. I'm currently inspired by this 90 day writing challenge and the related notion page. maybe I'll try to do bite sized again, and journal as much as I can?

current musings: money

shopping addiction and related wishlists since all I do is think about the shit I wanna buy. another wishlist blurb:
custom built pc, nice hair dryer set, gym duffle bag, ninja creami swirl, pepper shopping cart, hobonichi shopping cart, pompompurin cooking rement gacha boxes, a couple pairs of sexier jeans, a fancy strawberry perfume... GOD!!! CANT I NOT THINK ABOUT SHOPPING !!!!!!!

current musings: revamping reporter page 2

so continuing off of stats report... I'm thinking of swapping stats report to the second page with media recap on page 1. then revamping these boxes and the quote box... and maybe even the three c's down below. those go up here and the random columns move down there? or I cut the boxes entirely and give on writing a bigger box? I can't look at the html easily on obsidian if I want to revamp it. I do think it's probably the touch I need to fix up this second page. I don't think the quote is working in my favor. and now that I'm writing all this I wanted to talk about dating somewhere in this weeks reporter. oh. there's also something something greenhouse dispatch too. page 3 in the works....? it could be fun to make a modified cover page, with page 2 being the regular reporter, then page 3 being whatever I turn this into/greenhouse dispatch... considerations considerations.
coming back to this I think the appeal of the current layout is enough. I don't need to make a cover page. the two page click is already cute enough.

media recap

📚 reading: went to the bookstore and stopped myself from buying book one of lout of the counts family. no more buying until I finish the books I have!!! (looking at stars of chaos, coins of destiny, husky and white cat, etc.....)
📺 watching: watched dracula untold (2014) last night. part of caddyshack (1980) and part of ferris buellers day off (1986) today
🎵 listening: JVB!!!!!!!!!!!!! its pretty much either HYPERYOUTH album or this playlist. honorable mention goes to "if lyrics were confidential" by waterparks
🎮 playing: LAME!!!!! ad games on my ipad like IM AN IPAD BABY!!!!!! theres this stupid tower defense one that I like and another puzzle one where you flip hexagons... LADs in the weakest way possible...

curation
I miiiiiiight want to make one of those little curriculums that are popular on tiktok right now. and I've been wanting to get into commonplacing in the back of my hobonichi. both of these feel vaguely creative though... so I'm having hard time placing them here or next door. anyway. I've been watching a bunch of different videos. I'm also really inspired by filo fax setups and this newsletter on having an analog fall. so planner and a better media diet for fall and some kind of curated learning... yes please!

creation
there's a big gaping hole in my chest where I haven't been creating... but I feel like I've pretty much complained about this already so. idk. committing to writing again. having fun making stuff again. I think I wanna make videos more too.

cultivation
ok ok i will talk about dating here. dating makes me feel like a crazy person. I know I wanna have a husband and a family but like. I hate the dating apps. I wanna meet some serendipitously. I just wanna have fun. and I think I'm going back to not worrying about it. just letting it happen when it will. I need to breadcrumb and put myself out there so I can actually serendipitously find someone. plus im too busy anyway to date someone.

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Comments

[zavodilaterrarium]

To the success of Zoomieyo Studio! :clink:

I like the newletters too ^-^

I talk to the imaginary audience a lot. The doors of my closet are covered in these big mirrors, perpendicular to my desk, so I end up looking over to it, as if I'm my own audience member in the reflection. Similarly, I also chat a lot to the mirror in the bathroom.

I gravitate towards skirts and dresses when I leave the house, but I love the cool vibe of tight pants and a loose/poofy top! Would wear chokers if I didn't feel too constricted :( I'd rock the fuck out of earrings, but I don't think my ears would appreciate them enough. Keep forgetting to invest in clip-ons...

Messenger looks cute! I'm actually surprised at how little I know about the first Hades. Maybe I should continue playing... I have to be careful about my wrists though.

Penpals sounds fun, but I feel like I'd lose the groove quickly. I don't like leaving people hanging, so most of my activities are solo-focused ^^;

Ever since I started thinking about Sonic the Hedgehog, I've been wanting to get back into roller-blading/ice-skating, but running is probably more realistic to start with lmao

Since I started uni, I've been having fun Dutch-braiding my hair more often, or even putting it up into buns (which I used to dislike). Honestly, I really should buy more bow-clips, they're so pretty! My hair is decently long and thick, which only really annoys me when it comes to drying my hair.

Not sure about generally, but the main change I've had with cleaning up my desk is that I am more willing to jump into a textile's project at a moment's notice. Now that I think about it... usually only my desk ever gets particularly messy. Guess I'm not as disorganised as I thought. I should get another box/tray/container thing though, got quite a few loose bits right now.

I think so little about shopping, that you made me realise I need to write a list of things that I do want at some point. People keep asking me "you want anything?" and I have no answer because I simply don't remember lmaooo

I love the two pages, gives me a hit of dopamine every time XD

Ahhh I need to finish the books my friend lent me >-<;

That video about curriculums, I just wanna say I love the insane amount of bits and bobs the creator owns aha. Anyway, I don't think I have the energy to set up a curriculum and actually follow through, but it does remind me that I need to get back on track with my database of FFXIV experiences that I thought were worth documenting. I've got like... up to 500 more entries to make :dead:

I don't tend to rewatch things... though I do have the habit of rereading fanfiction. At some point recently, I've managed to accidentally turn my YouTube homepage into almost purely long-form analysis, when you don't look at the Shorts XD I carry around a notebook to uni since that's when I use a big bag, but I don't tend to do anything but work and reading on uni trips. The only digital diet I can remember doing was when my parents enforced total cold-turkey once a week. That... was not good. I was fine with the idea, but my misophonia would stop me from being able to eat without access to headphones and a good song/video, so I'd cry whenever I had to eat, only shoving a handful of food down before anyone else could get to the table, and try to sleep the rest of the day away since I obviously had no energy.

I want to date, but I'm also 0% ready for it. At least I have someone in mind, I guess. Didn't think I was the kind of person to have a crush on someone since primary school, but retrospective analysis shows a lot of things you wouldn't guess, aha.

I feel like I write way too much on your posts, but they give me a lot of thinking material!

[zoomieyo]

firstly!!! I love how much you write on my posts!! I'm so so glad it gives you thinking material, and I really appreciate reading your comments! I'm so slow getting back to them, only because I want to give them a lot of attention and really engage and digest what you're saying. I truly love reading your comments, and my apologies on always being so slow to respond. I usually rush reporter until bedtime (typically staying up past it on sunday night to get reporter posted) so I have to catch up.

mirror chatting my beloved <3 maybe what I need to do is set up a plushie or two at my desk to help with the imaginary audience.. my mirrors are unfortunately behind me and facing the wrong direction to be any help...

I love wearing skirts and dresses too!! reminder to invest in clip-ons!!
somehow though, everytime I wear a skirt or dress or dress up nice, I get pulled into some task that requires random labor or risking being unladylike. I think that's why I've been so attracted to jeans and tshirts.

Haven't had any time for gaming... homework decided to hit like a freight train after that weekend where I had none T_T

Penpals is very fun!! I have one I need to write back.. and its looming over me!! luckily I also... talk to my penpal pretty frequently so I just try to communicate that I'm running behind on sending out the letter. I'm definitely super guilty of leaving people hanging in the past. But I'm working on being better.
A lot of my hobbies are solo-focused too! I really love being able to spend time with myself working on something fun ^^;

Any movement is better than no movement; plus, it's better to do something you're attracted to rather than what you think might be more realistic.

:handshake emoji: drying long thick hair is the worst. I usually leave my hair in ponytails, but I've been trying to leave it down more. I need to practice some low heat styles to give it more volume on my non-wash days.

I am unfortunately a clothes pile at my desk kind of messy. I also need to clean up a sticker project... but that stuff just needs to go back to its home...

I am a shopaholic!!! It's so bad!! and its not just for one thing either!! its an insane variety: clothing, hobby stuff, kitchen machine (ninja creami swirl..... my longing....), collector habits (pins.. merch.... plushies....). AND SHOES ESPECIALLY!!! I'm such a sucker for a cute pair of shoes!!!! when you do shop... what do you like to get?

As much as I want to set up a curriculum.... why did my October get so busy T_T good luck on your FFXIV database! that sounds like a serious undertaking- you've got this!!!!

I love love love rereading fanfics!! my youtube is such a hot mess but I don't hardly watch anything anyway T_T
re: digital diet. thats terrible, I'm so sorry you had to struggle with that. I think that I honestly just need to delete the social media apps off my phone for a bit and get into a good groove... and then maybe come back.....

dating is soooooo sjdkdjflsdjfsdkjldskjflsd; I actually deleted the dating apps!!! and I'm accepting that I am better off being single and crazy and working on all the stuff I want to work on!!!!!!! is dating something you really want to do? what do you think you could do to get ready, IF that is important to you?

[zavodilaterrarium]

Aw, don't worry about responding quickly, I'm just happy you like my comments!

All my plushies are on my bed, maybe I should save one from the plushie pile...

RIP to your dressing up and gaming :sulk:

True on movement! Lately, most of my exercise has been related to uni, or when I get a random burst of energy to dance or use weights aha

Most of my shopping is for something that's at least mostly functional, like clothes or fabric for sewing. Which does theoretically cover a LOT of bases, depending on what seems useful... I'm not much a merch person, though I can imagine that could change if there was more good merch in physical stores near me! The stuff here's nice and all, but a lot of it doesn't fulfil a particular category of item that I'd actually use, like a bag with lots of compartments. So many merch bags have either no sections, or the bare minimum needed to be better than a plastic bag :sob:

Thank you for the luck ^-^ I wish you luck with your work!

Congrats for being happy being single!!!

Hmm, I'm kinda 50/50 on how strongly I want to date. I think I'm mostly interested in the idea of being very close with someone, of someone who I could have a few less boundaries with. So, it doesn't necessarily have to be a dating situation, but that's definitely the most conventional and 'simple' way of getting that. It just happens that I have a crush, which makes dating sound that bit more attractive.

If I became more convicted in this idea of dating, I think my first step would be to go to therapy, and probably get medicated ^^; I'd like to say that generally I'm nice to interact with, but a proper romantic relationship would go a lot better if I wasn't a ticking timebomb lol

Penpal Projects

[tuesdayritual]

I tripped across your blog looking for penpal communities, and I just have to ask...what do these “Instagram style crazy art spreads” look like?! Do you have one you could share publicly? It sounds intense, but ultimately lovely.

Re: Penpal Projects

[zoomieyo]

hey there! looking back “instagram style crazy art spreads” is maybe a tadddd over doing it, but they are just really detailed & well thought out letters/journal spreads. the best example is wishetes specifically for letters. I follow a TON of art journaling accounts and some of my other faves are spreads like by.luvia, piggichu.zip who also makes super cute stickers as tuzi studio, another shop (frogsanddaisies) and journaler(bonnehui), sukimekii. my letters & toploader sub-boards on my journals pinterest board and even generally the style i like on stationery & journals board on my
inspiration account… basically these very detailed, very bright, sticker/image focused kind of art!! theres also some influence of papercraft (which i also love). idealied as a last minute add too.

Re: Penpal Projects

[tuesdayritual]

Ahh, thank you so much for all these inspirational resources!