Notebook Therapy "Tsuki" 2022 Lucky Bag

 

Hello friends! I am SO excited to share this perfect gift that Astrid bought me for Christmas with you. ❤️ First, though, a little reminder: spoilers. 

Notebook Therapy had their 2022 Tsuki Lucky Bag (filled with never before seen items) for sale and Astrid got me one right before they sold out! I was so excited waiting for my package and it's seriously so, so amazing. There was over $200 worth of Notebook Therapy items inside from the Tsuki collection!

It's "inspired by the magical Fukubukuro new year boxes of Japan - the most unique gift of the year!" What does that mean? Read until the end to find out! 

Anyway, I love Japan. Like, I LOVE Japan and have since I was fourteen (that was back in 2004!) and I also love bullet journaling, so I am super grateful. 😊

Alright,  let's get on to what was inside!

First...

Everything came in this precious tote bag that's full of Japanese imagery, from the maneki-neko to the gourd sake bottle! Plus of course, the tsuki (Moon.)

I am definitely using this as my new bag everywhere I go. Inside was a little pouch full of tape, which I'll show you soon! I love the little pouch and plan on keeping either my tape tucked safely inside or just use this for something else. Maybe a little lucky pouch for my tote bag? 🤔😮

Next...

My brand new bullet journal! It's a beautiful red wine color and has silver gilded edge pages with little moons, stars and flowers on them. The front of the journal has the same design and it's just so so beautiful. I cannot wait to write down my thoughts, plans, wishes, goals and more in this journal.

Packaged with the journal were these Japanese themed transfer stickers from various FABULOUS artists! There're so many maneki-neko plus mochi, torii gates, moons, ramen, little lanterns and so much more! Ahhhh, I have wanted transfer stickers for SO long. These are my first and I'm so happy that they are!

There was also this beautiful Tsuki stand-up pencil holder in the same red wine color as my journal and also these lovely Japanese themed washi tapes. The chunky one looks like kawaii little stamps and the others are more like origami paper patterns (in my opinion!)

Wrapping up this perfect lucky bag was an elegant golden ruler with Tsuki stencils, a Japanese themed stamp set (I love them all and I can't wait to use them on EVERYTHING) and a maneki-neko keychain! I'm actually a HUGE collector of keychains, or well... Was in the past, until my old bag broke and I haven't had one sturdy enough to restart my collection! Now I do AND I have my first keychain for my bag too!

I was incredibly touched that Astrid bought me this lucky bag, filled with so many goodies that are so perfect for me. She's the bestest wife ever! Thank you, foxie! I love you!

"Made up of two words, Fukubukuro translates literally to Lucky Bag! It comes from the Japanese deity- Daikokuten- who holds a bag filled with happiness + good luck. Every year, companies across Japan use this bag as inspiration for Fukubukuro, filling mystery bags with luxury goods to thank their customers for their support over the year. We'd like to share this tradition with you in time for 2022! Can you guess what's inside?" - Notebook Therapy

Catching Up With a Currently Post

 

Hello, friends! It's been... a while! My blog is constantly on my mind, though, and so are all of you. How have you been? What're you doing and loving currently? I hope you share with me in the comments or do your own currently post and let me know!

I've been SUPER busy with work. One is report moderation but that's all I can say as I'm under NDA and the other is being a Discord Moderator for Healthy Gamer! It's a lot of fun and the community is really interesting. Both are work from home, as is my third upcoming (hopefully!) job. I'm so excited and I'll share when / if I can!

I've been consuming loads of iced coffee to get me through both my hours and this dreadful heat. When it's dawn and night, I love the temperature. It's warm yet there's that slight chill in the air that is just... Comfortable. But in the day? It's sweltering. Thank Gods for AC!

July is also my birthday month, woo woo! I'm turning 32!

Oh and... I updated my blog header! I used a favorite physical washi tape of mine that is Japanese themed and turned it into a PNG and did this pretty header style. I LOVE IT and I'm so proud of myself! I can't wait to upload more washi tape PNGs to use for blogging.

Alright, let's get this Currently post started!

🎮 Playing: Swords of Legends Online! I have a feeling this will become my second favorite or even favorite MMORPG. It's already so popular, but that's not the point, the point is that it's SO much fun and I love my character already and all I've played is the beta! Though I did get to max level. The game's full release is on July 9th and the three of us, Astrid, Koji and I, have already reserved our names. 

ChunYue

I have also been playing loads of Shinobi Striker. OMG, this game is SO much fun! I'm a huge Naruto fan and I also love fighting games, so when I saw that this game was on sale on Steam for $4.99, I HAD TO GRAB IT! I've already hit level 10 and I chose my first VR trainer as Madara. 

Otsukihime

📺 Watching: Nurarihyon no Mago, which Koji recommended to me because I LOVE yokai and the Yakuza. It's really good and when Rikuo is in his yokai form, he's a total badass AND he has white hair.

Rikuo

I'm also watching Naruto (wow, what a surprise) and am starting Dragon Ball Z! I've actually never watched DBZ (shame) but I really want to, especially after Koji bought the Dragon Balls for the apartment! They're in the bedroom and they look so cool. I love the meaning behind them! I have a loooot of episodes to watch of both Naruto and DBZ.

I've also been watching a TON of bullet journal inspiration vids on YouTube. I'm not going to list them here, because I'm actually going to highlight some of my favorite bujo vloggers in a separate post. Just know that that is coming!  

Something I love is that bujo vloggers often have other vids that are inspirational too, like Claudia Joseph's "Morning Routine To Help You Less Anxious During The Day"! I've started following her advice and waking up early and it's made such a HUGE difference in how I feel. 

Finally, I made a friend from work named Savannah and she is SO cool and a lover of true crime, so she's gotten me hooked on listening to true crime stories on YouTube while I work. I especially love any that come out of Japan.

🎧 Listening: I've really been into Japanese, Korean and Chinese pop while working and also all female Japanese rock bands! Some of my favorites from each country are LiSA (Japan), FINLANDS (Japan), Red Velvet (Korea), BLACKPINK (Korea) and SING (China)! 

LiSA

BLACKPINK

SING

I'm really only into Korean girl groups, so that's what I focus on and I've actually found two new groups that I really enjoy and they're Everglow and Aespa! Give them a listen!

📚 Reading: Nothing right now. Boring, I know! I'm planning on reading a novel about a man who's a dragon and has been asleep for 500 years... But I need either Koji or I to remember the name! In the meantime, I might read some other dragon cultivation novels just to sate my thirst for dragon-y goodness. 

💪 Working on: My bullet journal! I am working on this so hard. I've been collecting washi tape, stickers, markers and so much more for my bujo. In fact, for my birthday, Astrid bought me my first actual A5 journal from Notebook Therapy! I'm so excited. This is the one I picked:

Tsuki 'Sakura' in Petal Pink Limited Edition Bullet Journal 

from Notebook Therapy

I'm also working on being more zen. Having a morning routine, especially because of my narcolepsy. I have a certain number of reports I need to do for work per hour and narcolepsy can really really bring down my number. So I'm trying to wake up earlier, so that I can be fully awake while I work instead of waking up right as I start. I also just want more time to do my journaling, gaming and exercising!

Obviously, I am also working on my little blog! I love this space. I miss this space. I constantly think about and plan posts for this space. ♥ So I'll put more effort into being present here, especially now that I love my theme.

😊 Loving: Astrid, Koji and our babies • good friends • nice managers and co-workers • inspirational vloggers • Slime ASMR • ASMR in general, especially if it's about being in the spa or getting ready for a Victorian ball • ambient music vids on YouTube • Dragon Blood incense • planning on buying Yerba Mate tea so I can have the traditional Southern Brazilian drink • iced coffee • icey Coca-Cola • 7-11 taquitos • feeling more like myself • and so much more!