#56. 10 random lists of 10 random things

100 things about me :)

it’s my last week living and working in Puerto Escondido.

10 things I love:

1. A really good coffee first thing in the morning

2. When the group chat is going off, and it’s making you laugh out loud

3. Getting myself a little treat after aimlessly strolling a new city

4. Laying on my friends bed while they pack for a trip

5. A successful French exit

6. Women who love to eat

7. The idea of reading poetry

8. Indian food in the UK

9. Getting a good deal

10. Stepping off a plane and instantly feeling warm, tropical air.

    

    Spent a perfect weekend in Oaxaca :)

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10 things I hate:

1. Making the wrong decision at a restaurant

2. Top sheets

3. Forced participation

4. Clogged shower drains

5. Feeling like you have nothing to wear while staring into a full closet

6. When your phone storage is full

7. The word “vibe”

8. People who walk way too close to you

9. When you need to no. 2, can’t, and then the feeling goes away (where does it go?)

10. Airports and flying

    

    Some of the clay pots that were broken in the process of making mezcal at Eduardo's farm in Santa Catarina, Oaxaca.

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10 things I daydream about:

1. Paris

2. Living in a little cottage in the countryside

3. Going back to school for something fun and creative like graphic design or interior design

4. What it would feel like to be pregnant

5. Not having to work

6. Working at a magazine in NYC

7. Waking up super early to bake croissants for a bakery

8. Attending Cordon Bleu

9. Drinking an espresso in a remote seaside town in Italy

10. Being one of those cool, private, totally offline people you have no idea about

on our way to get a morning coffee.

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10 things I do in the AM:

1. Eliminate waste from body

2. Brush teeth

3. Drink coffee

4. Read

5. Pee

6. Check my emails, texts, Instagram (it’s not the sexy answer but it’s true)

7. Check my Oura ring scores

8. Exercise

9. Get sunlight in my eye

10. Do the NYT wordle and/or connections

    

    stumbled upon the most incredible little courtyard patio, located behind the store Marchanta.

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10 things I do in the PM:

1. Scroll

2. Read

3. Wash face

4. Moisturize

5. Wash my feet

6. Check my step count for the day

7. Drink chamomile or nettle tea

8. Check my google calendar for the next day

9. Watch (start) a movie or show

10. Kiss my husband goodnight

Oaxaca is ART.

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10 movies I could watch on repeat:

1. Breakfast at Tiffanys

2. 10 Things I Hate About You

3. Bridget Jones’s Diary

4. The Talented Mr Ripley

5. The Royal Tennenbaums

6. The Griswolds Christmas Vacation

7. Before Sunset

8. The Sweetest Thing

9. Vanilla Sky

10. Fightclub

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10 words or phrases from other languages I love:

1. Dulce far niente 🇮🇹 - the sweetness of doing nothing

2. Crème de la creme 🇫🇷 - the best of the best

3. Wabi sabi 🇯🇵 - the beauty in imperfection

4. L’appel du vide 🇫🇷 - ‘The Call of the Void’. The tendency to entertain self-destructive thoughts, like wanting to jump off a cliff when standing on its face

5. La pièce de résistance 🇫🇷 - the best and most important or exciting thing, often the last in a series of things

6. Irusu 🇯🇵 - pretending you’re not home

7. Mono no aware 🇯🇵 - awareness / bitter sweetness of the fading nature of beauty - cherry blossoms are often used as an example

8. Tsundoku 🇯🇵 - the art of buying and accumulating books without ever reading them

9. Quem acredita sempre alcança 🇵🇹 - those who believe always achieve

10. A nie mowiłam? 🇵🇱 - didn’t I tell you?

    

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10 songs I can sing the lyrics to:

1. One Week by The Bare Naked Ladies

2. Lose Yourself by Eminem

3. Unwritten by Natasha Benningfield

4. Torn by Natalie Imbruglia

5. Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes

6. 1000 Miles by Vanessa Carlton

7. Landslide by Fleetwood Mac

8. Let it Be by The Beatles

9. Lips of an Angel by Hinder (great karaoke song)

10. Harvest Moon by Neil Young

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10 random things about me:

1. My birth name was Caroline, but I got it changed legally when I was 16.

2. I have a very specific obsessive tendency to empty my supplements and count each pill in the bottle.

3. I love Survivor, and watch it every Wednesday night when it’s on.

4. I remember exactly where I was when I first heard the song “Believe” by Cher, and I remember thinking it was the greatest song I had EVER heard. I was 6, and my dad had just pulled off the 401 HWY on Harmony Road.

5. Never have I ever missed a flight, or gotten stung by a bee.

6. I’ve lived in England for a year back in 2016, and I’ve been living in Mexico for the past 5 months.

7. I don’t like Nutella. I’ve never liked Nutella.

8. I’ve had many piercings (second hole, tragus, double cartilage, rook, conch) and the only ones that I’ve kept are my conch and my regular lobe. Also my belly button is pierced and I vow to be a 90 year old rocking a gold hoop.

9. I got my first grey hair in my early twenties, and I have a lot more where that came from now at 30.

10. At my peak training as a competitive swimmer, I could do 15 weighted chin ups.

there was a lot going on in the city this weekend - multiple weddings, celebrations, and traditional dancing!

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10 things I’m loyal to:

1. Gold jewellery

2. Apple products

3. Gwyneth Paltrow

4. Maldon flaky sea salt

5. Armchair expert podcast

6. My eyebrow girl

7. Nike socks

8. Survivor (and Jeff Probst)

9. Caffeine

10. Rio Mare tuna

    

    gorgeous tomato salad from Levadura de Olla.

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This was fun and silly to put together and I hope you enjoyed it and learned something you may not have known about me. Thank you so much for being here and reading this tiny little newsletter.