Saturday, November 29, 2025

Phoenix Rising

Day 29:  What activity, place, or experience makes you feel most like yourself?

Hard for me to answer this one.  To be honest, I adore my house.  I designed and built it, and the rooms and decor feel more and more like a good reflection of me!  For the great most part, it's just me here, and as an introvert who is rarely bored and tends to enjoy my own company and/or listening to podcasts and audiobooks, that works out pretty well for me! 

In sharp contrast to that (and probably as a way of balancing it out)... I wasn't fully aware of this before COVID made me crave it, but I really love to be in a crowd of people having a shared fun or awe-inspiring experience.  It's why I prefer theater movies to watching at home, why I so enjoy being at sporting events even when I don't care much for the sports, and why I feel oddly at home in the bright lights and big city vibes of Las Vegas or NYC.  So while I love outdoor walks, home, and a good brunch... I would say I "feel most like myself" when I'm with people who value me!

Shifting gears, my favorite Black Friday purchase of 2025 = this official Peloton bike (from my neighbor and LG friend, Katie)!! #getexcited


Katie helped me bring it inside... I bought the bike for $300 and restarted my $13/month digital membership, so huzzah... this will be the Peloton Era 2.0 as I start my work-from-home routine next year!

I'm super jazzed about it! lol

This = me being excited to try the real bike for the first time at my Dallas Doubletree hotel in August! =)

I've been a fan since 2020.  I thought it had fully burned out, but it's rising back up, along with a few other things.  I'm thinking phoenix will be my word for 2026 - with the hopeful theme of rising from the ashes, beauty for ashes, resurrection of things I thought were done.


That's all for this post!
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