Monthly Recap: May 2020
Oh hi. The world is still burning. Black lives matter. Keep doing the work and getting uncomfortable fellow white people!
I honestly feel kind of dumb writing this post today, but when I started doing these monthly recaps, they became a sort of journal for me, and I actually like looking back and getting a little snapshot of what was happening each month. Obviously May and June 2020 are going to be months for the history books. Hopefully in a positive way. And I want to continue to have these posts for my own little history book, which is exactly as self-involved as it sounds. But yeah, let’s take a look at some highlights of the hellfire that way May.
On the goals front: I actually went back to review the goals I set for May and holy shit, I achieved them all! Granted, they were basic goals like read books and write blog posts and were set before everything exploded, but nonetheless, I’ll take this small win. Go me.
On the reading front: I read sixteen books in May and none of them were by Black authors so don’t be like me and let’s broaden our reading lists, yeah? I’ve ordered a crap ton of books in the past two weeks and will be making a more concerted effort to read books by Black authors, and you should too. Some of my old favorites include these guys:
On the writing front: So not to toot my own horn or anything, but I have been kicking ass in the writing department. Guys, writing a new book is so much fun! If it could just come from my mind and onto the page and never need revisions, this would be a dream. Alas, that is not the case. But I did make a lot of progress on my first draft, and that’s something to be celebrated.
On the movie front: I finished my Twilight recap series, but more importantly, I watched The Lovebirds which was hilarious, and I put together this list of movies by Black filmmakers that you can watch at home right now. So do that instead of rewatching bad teen movies.
On the self care front: LOL. I will say, the beginning of May was not so terrible. It seemed like Covid things were maybe starting to at least have some hope of leveling out. Not all felt lost and hopeless in the world for about five seconds. Then Memorial Day happened and dumbasses went back to life as usual and then we finally hit our limit with police brutality against Black people and started burning shit to the ground. And now Covid cases are on the rise but shit is still reopening and the officers who murdered Breonna Taylor in her sleep still haven’t been arrested. So yeah. What is this self care you speak of?
I have a feeling June’s recap is going to be even more interesting than May’s. Please don’t lose steam, friends. Keep fighting the good fight. Keep social distancing and staying home when you can and wearing a mask when you go out. The work has just begun!
June 17, 2020 @ 9:10 am
Enjoyed reading about you month. Congratulations on your goals. Simple or complex, it is important to have and achieve goals. Keep it going.