WHAT'S CHEERING ME UP RIGHT NOW, OR, APRIL FAVORITES | Hannah Louise Poston | MY YEAR OF LESS STUFF
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- What's cheering YOU up right now? Let us all know in the comments below!
WORK MUSIC
ambient space music - • 3 HOURS of Ambient Spa...
chillhop cafe - • Chillhop Yearmix 2019 ...
chill study beats - • 📚 Chill Study Beats 6 ...
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PAPER BOOKS
The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman - amzn.to/3cGcvdZ
Thus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell - amzn.to/2VQsjnl
Still Life by Louise Penny - amzn.to/2VS4CLs
UNNHHHH
(it's really not possible to choose "favorite" episodes, I'm just...linking some)
Women in 2020 - • UNHhhh Ep. 112: Women ...
I'm in my 30's - • UNHhhh Ep. 114: I'm in...
Shame - • UNHhhh 97: "Shame Part...
TEA
my Zebra hot water kettle - amzn.to/3eI4cQs
Bengal Spice tea - amzn.to/3btdEW1
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I'm a junior dr on the frontline in ED and what's cheering me up right now is being post a 16hr shift, in my bathrobe, eating ramen noodles and watching this video. Clutching at the gentle, quiet moments is keeping me and my colleagues afloat in these heavy times!
Natasha Trilokekar thank you for your services !!
As a nurses, still taking care of our community I cannot agree more! Thank you Hannah for your videos and sharing your experience! Your work is important and is definitely sharing me up today! 🙌🏽✨💕 and thank you Doctor!!
sending a huge hug and all the love to you. We're cheering for you like banshees every night at 8!
Thank you for all the care you and your colleagues are giving. ❤️
@@patriciacarrete6585 you are the backbone and heart of our health system xx
What's cheering me up right now is that Ramadan is almost here!! My fiance and his family are Muslim so I really have enjoyed fasting with them in years past and being a part of something so important to them. My fiance and I are pretty introverted so we haven't done many zoom calls, but I think we're going to set up a zoom call within the next few days with his parents and sister so we can all break fast together in the evening. Im excited about it :)
yay! Ramadan mubarak to you and your fiance!
What cheers me up is that my husband works in an assisted living retirement home and NONE of the residents or employees have gotten coronavirus!!!!
Wow, that’s awesome. I heard that literally every nursing home in my city has cases 😢
cornflower blue 🤗I hope it stays that way for everyone’s sake! Love your profile picture btw 💙
YAY!
@@tinamvin5359 aww thank you 🥰
@@mysticfox1563 we are a small town of 60,000, so I think that helps. 🥰
what cheers me up right now is makeup playtime! i've "officially" started dedicating about 45 minutes in the evening just to doll myself up, do a couple looks outside my comfort zone and then have my own little photoshoot! that, the sims, and one hundred years of solitude; i've finally started reading it because i feel like i'll never have this much free time again. so far so good!
Things that are making me happy:
- Long walks on my property in the sun (yes... winter is finally gone)
- Salt n Vinegar Almonds (these things make me happier than heck)
- Day after concert eye makeup & hair (I’ve been really into grungy - I woke up like this after partying - makeup with super messy insane hair)
- Audiobooks because I can’t seem to sit down to read
- HLP videos (duh!!)
- Wearing my favorite perfumes daily because scent memory is a serious thing
Wonderful!
best list ever!
The applauding started in Italy then Spain and then I think it has reached all countries. Here in Spain began on 13th March at 22 pm but the next day it changed to 20 pm for the children. It's my 41st day at home and we never miss a day. 😊
I live in Denver and every night at 8 we howl like wolves, and I can't tell you how therapeutic it is to make weird animal noises at the top of my lungs with all my neighbors
yay, SO glad it's happening there, too!
Crafting and quilting has been cheering me up! I can’t wait to see your quilt! Also Studio Ghibli films have been cheering me up 😊
:)
What's cheering me up: My friend is going through her over abundant tea collection and trying a new one each day and giving us reviews through snapchat. She even made a little jingle and title card art and I immediately smile when I hear it now.
I've been desperately missing having our libraries open, and trying to substitute audiobooks instead of the physical. The narrator for 'Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America' is so amazing and kept me so engaged. One of the first things I want to do after all of this is head to my local secondhand bookstore and wander in it for hours. ❤
oh my gosh, that is amazing. I so agree about going to the bookstore, I can't wait to get back to the library, too
Whats cheering me up now: as you say paperbooks (especially george eliot novels), replaying my old nintendo ds from when I was a kid Harvest Moon and Princess Peach, baking cakes and cheesecake and watching the 100 on netflix!
awesome!
First, how you feel about your audio book reader and Trixie and Kataya... That.Is.Totally.You. for the rest of us. In case you didn't realize. :-) Second, have you seen Some Good News on TH-cam, yet? And third, we're cheering here every night, too. I'm just outside New York City, firmly inside the hotspot. A few nights ago, somebody actually marched up and down the street playing the bagpipes. It's a welcome and life affirming break. Thank you for sharing your good cheer, it definitely helps to cheer me up!
I’ve been rereading all my favorite books. I can’t seem to be able to read new books, but the comfort of already knowing a story and delving back into those worlds has been cheering me up.
that makes total sense to me
What are some of your faves?
Omg I miss the library so much during quarantine. 📚 😔 and then I made the random pandemic purchase of all six Dune books. Like maybe I need 3600 pages of reading for lockdown? Meh. Could be worse.
:)
Download Libby!! You can borrow ebooks & audiobooks from your library :)
I think that audible has some gratis audiobook or podcast and you even don't need to create an account for them
@@schiacciasassi You can get audio books for free from your library.
@@uglygreen Don't know if I can do that here in Italy, but thanks I'll definitely try to find out if I can ❤️👍
I *love* the cheering on everyone together. I love seeing people come together positively. Starting dabble in gardening has been cheering me up.
I swear to my morning cup of coffee, you are the only individual on TH-cam that can describe uuunnnhhh and truly inspire me to check it out. I’m PIQUED.
For the longest time I’ve hated reading. Maybe hate is too strong of a word, but I think I just always associated it with school and the pressure to read in a certain way. But this year, and especially now, I’ve been trying to read - for fun, for me! I also discovered I really like post-modern fiction and it’s fun to explore my taste in this way.
For ambient music, I really love the Quadrophonic album by Suzanne Ciani. It’s really calming, wavy-watery and spacey but also kinda funky and weird? haha, for me it’s the perfect thing to kill the quiet and get me to focus on whatever I’m reading.
Another instrumental group I like is Monster Rally, and I listen to them even when I’m not trying to focus!
I've been listening to the channel "Nomadic Ambiance" - they post a variety of video and audio recordings - cafe sounds, walking around various cities, hiking... It's the perfect WFH soundtrack for me. I'm used to the office noise so I can't work in silence now.
definitely going to check them out!
I am a hardcore mystery aficionado so I could recommend so many authors, but if you are feeling cozy mysteries right now I would definitely recommend the Bryant and May series by Christopher Fowler. I'm a student so I need to put my energy toward finishing the semester for the next few weeks, but I plan to reward myself when the semester if over with a new Bryant and May book 😁
thank you!
Thank you for the recommendation! I hope I can get it on my library app. Good luck with your studies 😊
I’ve been obsessed with Uuuuhhhhhnnnn for months now. Katya and Bianca are my favorite queens! You are the first person I “know” who is equally obsessed with it! Lol now you’ve made my day! 🤩
Diana Carolina García Gómez UUUUNHHHH IS THE BEST!!! it made me SO happy that Hannah mentioned them 😭 very few people in my life understand this love for Katya and Trixxie
Unnhhh is just...beyond. They're geniuses
I'm having a hard time with being cheered up to be honest. I work in a grocery store and while I am grateful to still have a job, it's kind of terrifying. People say they're staying home, but I see the same customers several times a week. It's busy all the time and my hands are raw from washing and sanitizer.
Reading is the main thing I do that helps. I try to throw myself into really engaging and entertaining fiction that distracts me and takes me out of my life for a few hours. I'm with you with the ambient music though. I always have some lofi or classical music playing while I'm reading or trying to write. I also like to put on long videos of things like a meadow in spring or the ocean -I play them on my TV which helps when I'm stuck at home on my days off and the weather is bad, which is a lot lately (damn Massachusetts spring)
If you're looking for other places to buy books, I recommend thriftbooks and betterworldbooks. That's where I buy most of mine. The prices are usually good and the shipping is free a lot of the time.
EDIT: I also feel the same way about my computer and phone haha. I think it's an age thing, I'm almost 30 and I didn't grow up with a cell phone and I hate trying to do things like write emails/look things up/etc on my phone when I can just use my laptop.
EDIT 2: (This comment is so long, I'm sorry) I just started crying that you yell out the windows and cheer for workers, so that's where I'm at mentally
Manda May thank you for your services !
*cheering for Manda May* wooooo! yay!!!!!
I know it sounds odd but a 100% lanolin nipple cream, for breastfeeding, on your hands may help. I'm always a frequent hand washer and they get du and cracked all the time. It's really thick and waxy so I only use it and wear a pair of gloves over it. It's quite possibly the advice my mama has ever given me.
Also of you run out of books I would recommend Gregory Macguire. He's known for Wicked but all of his adult books are reimaginings of fairy tales that are a bit off kilter. I've loved him since I was in middle school because I'm a nerd like that. Alternatively, the chet and Bernie mysteries by Spencer Quinn are hysterical. Bernie is a detective and Chet is his dog and also the narrator.
no worries, I love a long comment! I'm so sorry that not everyone in your area is doing the right thing and staying home. We are 100% cheering for YOU when we cheer out the windows, even though you can't hear us from over there in Massachusetts! It's happening every night at 8pm our time 11pm yours :)
Hannah Louise Poston 😭❤️
You are definitely on my list! Thank you Xxxx
I’ve also been sewing! I sew now and then, clothes for myself and sometimes friends/fam, but right when you mentioned your quilt, I’m pausing the video to quickly grab a snack and continue my sewing projects!
(Did anyone watch Zoom as a kid? Turn off the tv and do it? That’s me right now!)
WHAT? I didn't know Philip Pullman was adding to His Dark Materials! That was my favorite YA series of all time. I can't wait for the semester to be over so I can get to some binge reading!
I feel the same way about computer vs phone, and the inability to DM on Instagram from my computer was so irritating to me. I didn't realize that we can finally DM from our computers. Yay! Thanks for sharing the happy news.
I'm so glad they finally did it!
What’s cheering me up is videos like yours where I can listen to your calming voice, crocheting all the things, doing puzzles and games with my husband and kids, and sitting by myself reading a book and drinking a glass of wine when I can get the chance😂
What’s cheering me up right now is my morning coffee and shopping my closet to make all kinds of different outfits! Getting dressed for the day shifts my mentality into one that’s much more productive, so I’ve been having fun with it.
And Lisa Eldridge just uploaded! :D
I love putting your videos on and cleaning or just playing with my makeup/perfume. You make some of my favorite content! Definitely one of the things that cheers me up 😊❤️ I hope you and Joe are staying safe!
Things that make me happy during quarantine:
-Spending time with my family
-Hearing from one of my students
-Taking a nap
-Playing with my puppy
-Cooking
-Reading my Bible and Praying 🙏🏻
22:40 I just cried ! That's so heart warming to hear 💛💛 god bless you everyone 💚💚 that's cheered me up right now 💖
The main things that are cheering me up right now are pushing myself to establish some normalcy (mainly in the form of getting dressed every day), building the habit of making my bed every day, and journaling. It's been really freeing to cry to my journal about all my selfish feelings with no judgement or pressure to clarify that "yes of course I care more about people's health than all the amazing plans I had."
I love this! I also love that you shared about the cheering out the windows! I am a cashier at a grocery store and we are working hard to keep the store safe and efficient.
What’s cheering me up is making sourdough bread and cooking in general, taking care of my house plants, wearing sweatpants like nonstop, dnice’s dance parties on Instagram, watching your videos, crafting, talking with friends and family, and doing my nails on occasion.
I love your cheerful list because it reminds me to pay attention to things to feel grateful for. Lately I’ve been sneaking away from my kids and husband to play with my single eye shadows in hopes of curating a smaller bunch. It’s been so fun to play with each eye shadow, try it on and mix it with other shades.
My saving grace during corona-geddon (as my family has nicknamed it) is my dog. She's a chihuahua-papillon mix and we get to go out for walks. I've been taking her to different parks and trails in my area that previously I've avoided... I have an anxiety disorder and I was afraid of the interactions that I would've experienced in a time before social distancing. Now, I can put a mask over my face, sunglasses over my eyes, and I don't have to put her service gear on. We get to just wander without anyone expecting me to let them pet or play with her. She's really pretty so we normally get more attention than I can handle and more attention than her training should be tested by. She's been so perfect lately and we get to practice tricks now instead of just her normal tasks. I can see her enjoying it too and that makes me cheery 😊
Quilting is also cheering me up. Im piecing together a quilt now that ill be hand quilting. Itll take me years to finish, but it feels amazing when the project is completed.
Thanks for the lovely video ❤️
Thanks for watching!
i am sooooo with you on the white noise love for work. i miss my coffee shops SO BAD. Things which are cheering me up - your videos (of course), and getting back into my creative practice - i've been making lino cut prints, it is soooo fun!
Yes just sound music it is so relaxing and focusing work for me too. When I get so distracted with other stuff/situation this is the only think that helps me to stay focused. I can relate to that.
Love this video & love hearing you talk about books & lifestyle things -thank you for sharing all of this. Definitely going to check out these authors!
+1 for UNHhhh. There is no mood so low or fug so bleak that Katya and Trixie can't lift me out of it with their ridiculously brilliant, unexpectedly profound silliness.
Thank you so much for sharing your work music, I'm listening to it today while I work. I am an artist and I also like to work in coffee shops, it helps me detach from myself and deeply focus on the work. I am struggling to stay focused for several hours a day while working from home… Lately I’ve been feeling down because I am not as productive as I know I could be. I’m still busy all day and I can’t deal with the idea of stopping and not doing anything for half an hour. When I try to force myself to take a break I feel guilty for it and I know that’s not right.
What’s cheering me up right now:
Your videos
These last few weeks of your content have been extremely raw and vulnerable and joyful. Thank you!
I was hoping that you'd do another video like this! I also LOVE "paper" books. I rarely take the time to sit down and read anymore but when I do I absolutely love it. I love listening to lyric-less music while working as well. I normally listen to something a little "peppier" while working but low-fi is so nice to unwind to. Lately, I find myself listening to pop from the 1990s - 2010s while I do things. I guess it gives me a nostalgic feeling for simpler times pre-virus.
Also cheering me up: TEA, flowers blooming outside, spending more time with my cats, baking, audio books, podcasts, sewing, cleaning (yes, I like to clean), and makeup! Makeup is more enjoyable than ever now because I feel like it's one of the only things left I can control and I've had so much fun playing with my collection.
I feel the EXACT same way about the phone. It makes me feel so old 😂 (I'm in my 30's btw)
Hannah, I love the idea of a monthly "What's Cheering Me Up", not just during this unusual time, but each month! I've kept "Gratitude Journals" for more years than I can remember, each day listing at least 5-10 things I was grateful for each day. Sometimes it was hard to find even 5 things to list & sometimes filling a page or more of things to list. Even during my most trying times, things that brought me Joy were easier than I thought & helped me through some of my most trying times! I loved this Video & even when things get back to "Normal" or "Our New Normal" I hope you continue to continue this content!!! XX
I loved that video in the cabin! Xxx
That last part about the cheering totally made me tear up! People here in Mexico are being horrible to us!! (Healthcare workers, I am head of an ER) insulting us on the streets, and blocking us from using public transportation, and many other awful and ignorant things, and I cannot tell you how discouraging it is... 💔
Oh! I am so sorry to hear this! We appreciate your work and care for others. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Besitos.
Hi Hannah, I discovered your channel sometime in 2023, it was your "I BEG OF YOU...PLZ LET ME CONVINCE YOU" fashion video, actually, and am entranced with the way in which you think and how you apply it to the world of beautiful things (and consumerism). I'm currently watching your journey through the extraordinary times that began in 2020 and not for the first time you have made my think of one of the English romantic poets. This time it is Coleridge and his Frost at Midnight poem.
In talking about the kind of music which was helping you write you reminded me of "that solitude, which suites abstruser musings... tis calm indeed! so calm, that it disturbs and vexes meditation with its strange and extreme silentness..."
I'm still trying to draft a comment about the other time you reminded me of English romanticism.
Your videos are wonderful, thanks for sharing parts of your life with us all!
I feel you with the ambient music. (Thank god for Brian Eno!) I have so many unread books on my shelves; Lonesome Dove got me through the first week of this madness! Watching lots of my favorite booktubers! For TV, my DVR is full of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Daily walks with my husband and dog are helping clear my head which feels too muddled most of the time! And I am loving my old Cathe Friedrich exercise DVDs and some great on-line workout channels.
Rewatching comforting TV shows (like one tree Hill, glee, new girl). doing my makeup in the morning- initially I had stopped doing this because working from home seemed like a break. Now that it's keeping up over a month doing my makeup makes me feel a little bit like normal. Cooking has brought me a lot of joy, so has playing the new animal crossing game. And lastly I've been doing a yoga video almost every day and usually based on my mood and needs of the day. That I think has been the most helpful!
That’s so wonderful to find joy is all those things. I hope you keep finding other things that bring you joy.
Love from the Pine Barrens in NJ
Physical books cheer me as well. Uhhhhhhhhhh yes !!!!! I’m reading the Nancy Mitford series, it’s delightful
Chillhop is doing the best :) I've listened to it for work for years and years :)
I"m a teacher and doing remote work is a little disheartening. I work with transient immigrant students, so knowing I won't see them again in person again is really depressing. However, I've just been throwing myself into my hobbies. I've gotten back into watercolors, I also sew, and have been playing animal crossing all hours that I don't teach. Also, steamed Japanese green tea, good gel pens, and cuddling with my preivously-feral cat who really enjoys having us home all day are good mood boosters too!!!
I love UNHhhh!!! One of my favorite youtube show! Usually I watch it with my friends, it's so much good when you watch it with someone!
Hi Hannah. Yes we have been doing it in the UK too for the past 5 weeks. It’s every Thursday here and it’s so emotional when it happens. I’ve been trying to convince my daughter to play her flute one evening but she too embarrassed.
I’m doing a art/craft project each week with family who don’t live with us, a new theme every week. Something to focus on. That’s definitely helping me during the lockdown. Stay safe. Amanda
lovely! so glad it's happening around the world!
I’ve been on paid leave for about a month now while my husband is working from home, and something that’s really been nourishing me is taking pleasure in the small things as I can do throughout the day to care for him and our home. He tends to do the heavy lifting in terms of day-to-day chores (I’m more of the “overhaul the pantry storage system over a weekend” partner), but I know that one of the things that really makes him feel cared for is acts of service and right now I’m leaning hard into that!
I’ve been re-reading Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive books, which I can say with the full weight of my nerd credentials behind me are some of the best fantasy books out there today, and they’ve just been keeping my mind engaged and giving me something to be enthusiastic about which is so necessary right now. And they’re LONG, which is ideal for these times 😂
I love this video idea. Thank you for your constant, soothing content throughout these turbulent times.
Your videos are doing a lot to cheer me up
totally agree about wanting to do everything on my laptop! I dislike texting over messaging through apps like FB or WeChat because it's easier to use them on the computer (I am also biased because most of my friends live in different countries than I do, so texting is difficult)! I'm more efficient at typing on my laptop, so when I have more than a few words to say, or I'm engaged in a back and forth, I always switch to communicating through my laptop if possible.
I ve dyed my hair orange red with manic panic dye and i enjoy looking like a punk version of ariel!
I actually JUST finished the audiobook of Still Life, based on you mentioning it in a previous video, and I loved it! Thanks for the rec :)
Another good source for used books that I enjoy is Thriftbooks (as long as you are not in a rush to receive the books, their shipping speeds can vary wildly). I always ask for a gift certificate for Christmas, so that I can enjoy buying "new" (for me) books from not-Amazon.
Jason Stephenson has a lot of sort of ambient music that i find helpful to concentrate. Great video Hannah!! Also peach oolong tea, my puppy, plantain chips AND your videos...self isolation apart from my partner so i need all the cheer i can get, thx💚
aw, sorry to hear you are separate from your partner right now. I'm glad you're finding lots to comfort you
I love following the evolution of your apartment! Can you do an updated tour?
I know we cant go to the library right now but if you already have a library card you can download the Overdrive app to check out kindle and audiobooks. It's been so helpful the last couple weeks.
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I miss the library so much too. I just purchased The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse. It's the first book I've bought in years because I love the library so much. But this book has brought me so much joy. The pictures the format. Just everything about that book and this timing has been perfect
cool!
Ambient music is so soothing to block out the world around us. I try to take time every afternoon to mediate using this method and it is so therapeutic. I find my content on TH-cam 😁
I love real books too. It is the experience of turning the pages and counting how many more until the next chapter. I love literature. I'm a Janite so I like her books as well as her contemporaries. When I lived in Norfolk Va, I used to go "booking". I would go to the second hand book stores and look for books I wanted to read. I used to consume them but with the buying of my first computer, that changed. I as well, do not like writing on that little phone. Most of it is slow going and the dratted auto correct frustrates me. Keep on writing. I like to write, even if it is for mostly myself. I write about my experiences as a child growing up in the mountains of NC. What is cheering me up right now is watching your videos. We are all lifelines for each other. We want to see more of the quilt. And after this time, we will all have something to write about.
You talking about how proud you are of your quilt really cheered me up.
Also, I intimately related to your entire old lady rant, right down to using Flume and all its bugs. It IS offensive 🤣. And you best believe I've been DMming looked a madwoman since they made it available on desktop lol. Maybe I'll drop you a line. 🤣😉
I’m a fellow writer who cannot wait to return to coffee shops to do the words. My greatest joy at the moment comes from watching the livestream safaris on WildEarth’s YT channel. It feels like a form of travel, and seeing nature carrying on as usual brings me comfort.
Yes queen, this is a great new series. Things that are cheering me up: also unhhhh and drag race, studio ghibli on netflix, tulips, getting back in to cooking, reading lots and online communities. I would highly recommend you watch moving parts, trixie's documentary, it's on netflix now, it is much more emotional than her usual work but it's so interesting and a great look behind the scenes.
A paper book, as we sit and read it, here in the land of lock down, of uncertainty for our loved ones and our future is a touchstone of comfort. There in our hands, heavy and real, not ephemeral at all. Not speculative, but endearingly solid, and fragile at the same time. I take great comfort in them, I like to imagine 1,000 other women throughout time. Their faces tired and worried over the future, their parents, children, grandchildren, and friends far away. I imagine them taking this same small comforting moment to forget for a while the bombs falling, the fields untilled, the question of where tomorrow's meals will come from, and for a little safe while falling into another, safer world where the good guys win, justice is done, and the questions are answered by the final page. Sorry that was a bit longer than expected..Yay books!
That "tinny little video" from the cabin in the woods is one of my absolute favourites :D Isn't that funny? I treasure that kind of hermitty space that is a retreat from daily life life, both geographically and psychically, so I think I was really living my own version of it vicariously through your video.
I went through a phase, years ago, of listening to ambient rainforest sounds whilst working and ocean sounds when trying to get to sleep, and I did find it to help focus or relax as needed. Jean Michel Jarre's Oxygene, Equinoxe and Sessions 2000 occupy a similar space for me now, when I want something to both occupy and soothe my brain. More stimulating than ocean sounds, but it does the trick for me :)
loving the video... can you a hair routine? I think we have similar hair texture and I'm curious about how you do your hair, it looks very nice and healthy!
I have found that mhgz tones set to music help when this craziness gets the better of me. Love your videos by the way.
Hi Hannah, it is nice to know of someone else who is not into their phone! I struggle to explain or make excuses why it does not work for me. Your quilt is beautiful and I was so happy to see it!! I have made a couple quilts and have been inspired to reimagine a quilt I am in the middle of and do more hand sewing which I enjoy so much more than machine quilting. What is the embroidery/quilting thread you have been using? Thanks for your posts! Much love to you and everyone going through this troubling time.
Hi!! I've also loved UNNHHH for years! After I watched Katya's season she was my stand out! She's raw, honest and so charming. She and Trixie are so funny and dynamic. I know what you mean about not really having a favorite episode because they're all hilarious!
FYI, by using Bookshop or Indiebound, you can support your local independent book stores! And most can also make recommendations and find stuff for you!
There's this playlist on Spotify called Serotonin, and it's so weird, but it's music that actually does make me feel good. I feel like I don't even hear it when I work, but at the same time I'm extra focused. You might like it!
I stumbled across the concept of cosies really recently (literary fiction is my one true love, and for some reason I've read very little "genre" fiction) and was fascinated to discover that cat cosies are a whole thing. *cat cosies* you guys :D I think they sound amazing.
anotherlemontree have you read Shirley Rousseau Murphy? She has my favorite of the cat cost mysteries.
I'm finishing my M.A thesis right now (in the midst of a global pandemic, ughhh...) and lo-fi has been extremely helpful in making it a little more enjoyable
yay! I'm sure it's going to be great. I feel like there are downsides and upsides to having a big project right now.
If you’re ever searching for a book and can’t remember the title, there is a subreddit called whatsthatbook that is amazing
sour cream is cheering me up!
Hannah, if you are getting into tea you should start exploring loose leaf tea! It’s so much more full flavored than the kind you get at the grocery store, and you can also support small businesses. We have one in MN called Tea Source that has teas sourced directly by the owner from the people growing the tea. You could order from them online, or there are probably tea shops in LA that are similar. I really enjoy a fancy tea that you can resteep all day long as you work.
THANK YOU for turning me on to UNHhhh!! My life is better because of it!
I’ve been saving your videos for the evening when I get to relax and then I saw Katya in your thumbnail! I discovered Uhhhhh recently and it’s been wonderful except I’m afraid I’m going to hurt myself laughing. I’ve also been watching the Golden Girls and those ladies we’re fabulous.
I'd love to hear some of your book recommendations! What's cheering me up right now: cooking, baking, fermentation projects, online pictionary with friends (scribbl.io), drag race, makeup, youtube, making cocktails, reading, typing letters on my old skool typewriter, home repair/DIY, making playlists, singing, roller skating, running... :)
Specifically! Bon Appetit youtube channel. It's like the Office meets cooking. With fantastic people. I LOVE IT! And if you don't know ContraPoints' youtube essays, they are fabulous and SO SMART and just... everything.
@@sophiebuchel As SOON as you mentioned fermentation, I wondered if you watched Bon Appetit! I've been watching BA for years, & I love that they're continuing to film from their homes. Do you have your own fermentation station in the works😋? If so, have you really liked anything you've made? I've been cooking/baking forever, but I've never tried fermentation (beyond making sourdough bread w/my mom). I love "It's Alive", but I haven't tried any of Brad's recipes yet...
I WANT A (big pot of) SAWEEE-TEA!! 🍵
If you want cheap physical books, bookoutlet is very cheap and I think you can choose between used and new books😉 I only know this because I follow booktube, I haven’t actually bought from there since I don’t live in America😅
If you ever need more atmospheric music to add to the rotation, I highly recommend video game soundtracks! They're designed to help you focus and to melt into the background so the music doesn't compete with your actions in the game. That's the only thing that works for me when I need to focus. Child of Light (soundtrack by Coeur de Pirate) and Ori and the Blind Forest (soundtrack by Gareth Coker) are both go-tos for me.
Oh Hannah. Have you read Patrick Rothfuss? Name of the wind is wonderful. When you said Philip Pullman, I gasped because that's one of my favorite series. So if you like a fantastical element, I think you'd like Rothfuss. He writes beautifully.
thank you!
Wow instagram is finally up to date. I hate the desktop website so much that I gave up. It’s good to know that they’ve made some updates.
My houseplants are cheering me up!
Girl. I am just getting into your channel and I've sensed that you are my kind of woman and now I see that you love Unhhhh so I know I was right. I'm also deep into the Sibling Rivalry podcast with Bob and Monet right now. So hilarious. 💖💖
Thriftbooks is another great resource for used books. It's not the best if you want a specific edition, but they're really cheap.
If you don’t already know about Thriftbooks it will change your life and how you (occasionally) buy books. Highly recommend!
We're doin' the thing in Venice
I love Sara Caudwell and Phillip Pullman! I have a feeling you and I have similar tastes. Have you read the Dr Siri Paiboun series set in Laos by Colin Cotterill? They are some of my favorite books in any genre and I am always recommending them. Cozy mysteries in a fascinating place with a magical drag queen as one of the primary side characters. I think you would love them.
I love this! Thank you for posting 💛
Ooh Hannah! Have you heard of Thrift Books? It’s a website for used books and they’re ridiculously cheap. A used, but good condition book can be 3 of 4 dollars, and you only spend $10 to get free shipping. It’s my favorite website!
Reading is one of my favorite things to do, and I refuse to read on a device. I tried it one time years ago & hated it. There is just something about an actual "paper book." Lol I love the way they smell & feel. I know that probably sounds strange, but it's the only way I can explain it 🤷🏻♀️.
I get it!
I am new to UNHhhh and I have to tell you that it has had me laughing to the point of tears all day. This month has been an absolute garbage piece of shit: the virus, feeling like a total WFH failure, my partner being laid off, a very young and much beloved former coworker passing away, and tornadoes in my city, my and neighboring states’ governors being Trump toadie assholes endangering their constituents’ lives... don’t get me wrong, I have SO MUCH to be grateful for, but so much to mourn and so much to be angry about, too. It’s welcome news to learn that I am perfectly capable of setting it all aside and laughing out loud til I think I might vomit. We truly contain multitudes 😂 this has been your best recommendation to date