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Elizabeth Lovatt
Jan 11, 2023
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In

  • candles - cosy

  • saying hey siri in public - let me be hands-free

  • knitting - every stitch is a step forward and I think that’s beautiful

  • naps - always on trend

  • finishing things - achievement, girl boss, #slay, you go girl, yas queen, werk it etc.

  • not finishing things - still counts, I tried

  • that sudden feeling you get looking out a bus window when you realise you’re just one small person in this vast world and everyone else on the bus and outside the bus has their own complex lives going on with no thought to who you are at all - I think it’s neat

  • turning off the lights when you leave the room - cost of living crisis and I’m turning into my father anyway so I may as well embrace it

  • woodworking skills - I want to be useful in case of the apocalypse

  • jigsaws - not just for Christmas!

  • after eight mints - not just for Christmas or after eight!! unless that eight is eight am

  • having a flask of tea on your desk so you can pour yourself little cuppas throughout the day - cosy AND lazy, my two favourite things

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Out

  • reading goals - it’s not about the number

  • getting ill - who has the time or the ability to get a GP appointment

  • dolphins - they look smug

  • the news - too depressing

  • magicians - they are lying to you

  • tits - honestly over them

  • the way my dog sometimes when we’re alone in the house gets up and stares at the doorway even though nothing is there - idk ghosts or something?

  • making new friends - I have enough, it’s a one-in-one-out policy now

  • guilty pleasures - it’s fine to like stuff

  • that double cup lid thing McDonald’s do when you get a delivery - it always leaks anyway and the layer of trapped liquid freaks me out

  • overusing the word just - I’ve deleted at least five from this newsletter already

  • sharing everything on social media - so weird when you think about it

What’s on your in/out list?

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Claire Blakemore
Writes Claire’s Newsletter
Jan 11Liked by Elizabeth Lovatt

So enjoyed this. Never thought this until now about dolphins but so true

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