Welcome, Summer Solstice! 😎

Happy #Friyay, everyone! Surprise! I actually came through and made another blog entry since my last one two weeks ago. I'm fully determined to continue letting my thoughts out on here for as long as possible. Or, for as long as I don't get tired of doing so, that is. 😝 Moving on! How was everyone's week?

My week was more of the usual: work. However, these past few weeks have been pretty rough and emotionally challenging, but this week was actually a bit of the opposite, which is always welcomed! I will absolutely not complain when a work week decides to go swimmingly well for a change. I know the following week will then be back to the craziness I've come to expect and endure, though, but that's the cycle of life we must tread, I suppose. So over this past week, I've been watching something new on Netflix, titled 'Jewish Matchmaking'. It's apparently a spin-off of it's 'sister' show, titled 'Indian Matchmaking'. Now since I'm Jewish, I've naturally gravitated more towards the Jewish version, which is what I started to watch. I'm only two episodes in, however. Coming from an environment of being in private Jewish day schools for most of my life, I know how these things and the religion goes, but I've personally never had a match-maker set me up with anyone. I don't even think I'd want one, to be absolutely honest. I've had to go search for dates myself on dating sites! Which is quite the story in itself...but that'll be for a different time. Maybe. 🤫 Anywho, my stance on things is that only YOU, as in yourself, would know who you want and are looking for in a potential partner. A match-maker isn't the one going out with the person when it's all said and done. And you won't find said-partner if your criteria to be met is that of the "perfect body" and, dare I say, the one with those "great eyebrows". 🤨 No, I'm not kidding! This was actually someone's prerequisite. You also cannot expect fireworks to shoot from the sky on the first or very first few dates. I mean, I watch these shows and think to myself, "am I the only one who's not looking for any of this stuff?!" Sure, I thought certain aspects such as looks were pretty important, for example, at one point. To a certain extent. I never once judged anyone by them, though. Instead, I've just got ghosted a few times on a bunch of one-time dates and to this day, don't really know why. I then started to realize that appearances are not everything or even one major aspect of a relationship. These people are so eager to find their 'bashert' as we say in Hebrew...or was it Yiddish? 🤷‍♀️ Basically, your "soulmate", but they aren't searching in the most realistic or reasonable ways. Realize you, yourself, are not perfect and don't expect your partner to be either! Just be with someone with a warm and loving soul. A genuine, kind person. Someone who'll ride through life's ups & downs with you. Who doesn't expect nothing more of you than your complete, total, and unfiltered self! Sure, it may sound corny to some, but that's what it is. It's who that special person in your life is. I'm going to continue watching more episodes and see where things go with this series, but to 'mr. superficial' on it (and you know who you are!) all I can say is...go outside and 'touch some grass' as they say. OK! 😄😜

Oh goodness, that was long. I don't think I've written, or typed, anything this lengthy in a really long time. Relationships is a subject, I suppose, that is very dear and personal to me due to my unique experiences! But it's those experiences that will get you to where you're supposed to be in your life. So I've got zero regrets! I've also got this gorgeous image of miss Kwon Eunbi on the top of this post because she's all dolled up in pink and she's absolutely beautiful in this pictorial of hers for 'The Neighbor' magazine. I love it. 💞

Did I forget to mention that this past Wednesday marked the official start to summer with the summer solstice?! Because I meant to, earlier, but I guess I went off tangent just a bit. 😅 We're experiencing some gloom and rain in NYC, at the moment, but hopefully the heat & sunshine will start kicking in real soon! I'll be looking forward to it and to posting my next entry. Until then...happy weekend and have a very good Friyay night. ☺ Thank you to whoever's reading or listening to this as well!

xoxo, Lisa