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A Day In The Life, And Mind, Of Me

Mariah Loves Earth,  What a Day, What a Life , 2025 So I press the up button on the stove timer and set it to nine minutes. It will be nine minutes until my fiorelli will be done and then I will mix it all up with my homemade sun dried tomato pesto where I accidentally initially grated the Pecorino Romano instead of the Parmigiano Reggiano, so it was a bit saltier than expected, but I balanced it out with more Parmigiano Reggiano. I have about a dozen halved cherry tomatoes baking in the oven at a randomly chosen temperature—something like 375 degrees Fahrenheit because that makes the most sense—and I don't have a time set because I figure they will be perfect once I remove my pasta from the pot in nine minutes.  As I am waiting, I am sipping on my Greenhouse Canada  " Gatsby" organic cold-pressed juice. It is a combination of kale, ginger, and gala apple. It is self-described as "zingy and delicious" and I need this zinginess in my day because it's already...
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The Unexpected Results of One Year of Books in Data

Every year, when I get started on my reading goal, I never know what books I will end up choosing to read. Sure, I can have a general sense of my interests at the time and maybe there are a select few books that I have a strong intention of reading, but every year I end up being surprised by my choices. As a result, I decided to collect data about the 31 books that I completed in 2024. Let's see what patterns we can find! 


After creating this infographic, I have more insight into what books I tend to reach for off of my shelf. For 2025, I plan on being more intentional when selecting books to make sure that I have a wide diversity when it comes to authors and perspectives. Maybe I will read a book written by a Gen Z. 😜 But in all seriousness, the media that we consume shapes our worldview and influences our values. It's important to reflect upon whose biases and ideas may be shaping your own. 

My Top 10 Recommended Reads of 2024

  1. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (2016) by Trevor Noah
  2. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1964) by Philip K. Dick
  3. Convenience Store Woman (2018) by Sayaka Murata
  4. War and Peace (1867) by Leo Tolstoy 
  5. JPod (2007) by Douglas Coupland
  6. How to Make a Spaceship: A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race, and the Birth of Private Spaceflight (2016) by Julian Guthrie
  7. Bright Lights, Big City (1984) by Jay McInerney
  8. Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers (2004) by Robert M. Sapolsky 
  9. No Price for Freedom (1955) by Sir Philip Gibbs 
  10. How to Murder Your Life (2017) by Cat Marnell



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