Monthly Review: August 2015

August was an alright month – Nick and I kicked it off by going to a 70s/80s disco, which wasn’t as awesome as I thought it was, but was still pretty cool. I got a new top retainer/plate earlier this month which I have been wearing at night, while still wearing my old bottom one as much as I can to fix my crooked teeth.

Nick and I saw John Oliver live on the 31st. He was purely hilarious. I love the guy. We were hoping to bump into him but a girl leaving work at the theatre said that he was staying at the hotel next door so doubted he would come out. Ah well.

I had a couple of emotional trips in August but I think things are looking up from here.

The three things I’m most proud of from August are:

  • Wearing my new retainer/plate every night since I got it on the 6th August. :D
  • Approaching Fiona about giving a talk at a future meetup. She gave me a lot of encouragement and convinced me that my ideas were very good ones. I look forward to speaking at SydCSS one day!
  • I deployed my updated blog design, which got some good feedback. I am just very proud with the changes I made and how I have improved the look of my blog.

The three things I’m most grateful for from August are:

  • The support of people around me. You know who you are! I didn’t have the best month, and I struggled and stressed a lot, but couldn’t have gotten by without the help of my friends.
  • Fiona’s support regarding my plans to jump into the world of public speaking. I appreciate that she took the time to listen to my ideas and help me prod them out. As soon as I find the time, I am going to sit down and knock out a plan.
  • Nick’s parents got me a cake to congratulate me on landing a new job (I know I started at my current workplace not long ago, but this was a really fantastic opportunity and I look forward to writing more about it later on). ^_^

The lesson I learned and am carrying forward with me from August is:

Few things are worth stressing over, crying about, or losing sleep over. Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet, get over it, or let things fix themselves because there is only so much you can do.

My intention for September is:

To show everyone what I am capable of and that I am strong and willing.

Because I am brave, here are two things I have been avoiding that I will do in September:

  1. Try getting rid of some of my band shirts. D:
  2. I will try oil pulling again since I didn’t get a chance to try that last month.

Just for fun, I will:

Try a new salad at a restaurant. I am also trying Jem’s ‘Septemblog’ – which I only found out yesterday (the 2nd) but I will attempt to blog thirty days in a row. I won’t try too hard, though, because pressure sucks.

As an act of intentional kindness, I will:

I feel like I did a lot of nice things in August – reached out to a couple of people who I knew needed someone to talk to; gave Michael a pineapple decoration I no longer wanted because I knew he would love it; and though technically on the last day of July, I bought Nick a dozen cookies and cream cupcakes as a surprise.

This month I will try to help anyone wherever I can, and offer to pay for someone’s drink or lunch if there is the opportunity. :)

Monthly review template from Nicole.

Comments on this post

Super looking forward to seeing you present some time soon :)

You went to a 70s/80s disco? That sounds awesome!

You really are so inspiring, Georgie! It really is great to reflect on the month and carry on lessons from it. I hope you achieve everything you wish to in this new month! Also, be brave! I know getting rid of those shirts will be really daunting but you’ll see the positives of doing so ;)

Have a lovely day!

I had been looking for such a thing for ages since I am really into that kind of music, and most clubs play modern EDM kinda stuff. I think I still prefer my selected favourite disco tracks – the songs played at that disco were just chart hits from the 70s and 80s, rather than actual sparkly ‘disco’ music.

Thanks Pauline! :) I was just about to buy another artist/band shirt but I thought maybe I should get rid of some of my old ones first… ;)

Love your lesson learned, Georgie – this is one particularly close to my own heart to. I lost someone very close to me earlier this year, so learning to let the small things pass by without causing myself stress or upset has been one of my own biggest lessons this year. You’re right, there is only so much you can do.

Also — I do oil pulling for my teeth, love it!

You and Nick saw John Oliver? I’m jelly. Love that guy so much! ^^ I somehow can’t do oil pulling. It’s too weird for me. I don’t even like to swish around mouth wash, let alone do oil pulling. Good luck on the new job! ^^ That was sweet of Nick’s parents to do that. Yay! What kind of cake was it?

I’m so glad that you do these reviews of the month, keep going on, regardless! ^^

Yes we did! I only knew about him this year from Nick. He is hilarious!

I have never tried oil pulling but I guess it must surely feel weird. I heard that the oil gets ‘bigger’ the more you swish it around because it starts to collect the bacteria. D:

Thanks Michelle! They got me a Crunchie ice cream cake. It was sooooo good. One piece was enough for me though haha!