I love an Instagram picture or video challenge - it allows us to be creative and express things differently! This challenge is called the comfort challenge to share what brings us comfort in our world of chaos. It can be anything that is your personal escape from an overwhelming reality. Have you ever had the feeling of just going back to your favorite moments of childhood or watching that familiar movie or tv show to put yourself at ease? The same applies to books!
I don't actually re-read books but if I ever needed or wanted to go back to one for comfort, it would be these books as pictured.
Comfort Book:
- Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren, is a comfortable romance read about two childhood best friends that become lovers. Nothing quite comforting like a friends-to-lovers trope!
- The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune, is a comfortable fantasy read that actually does not read like a fantasy. It's a reassuring and calm story with a gentle reminder to be true to yourself and to always be yourself.
- All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven, is my favorite young adult novel. This book does include triggering topics of suicide and mental health, but the overall message is to understand that you are not alone and there are resources to receive the help that is needed. The comfortable part of this book is to always treat people with kindness because it is difficult to truly know what is going through their minds as they are fighting a silent battle. Be kind, always.
Comfort Movies:
- Anything Disney but specifically Beauty and the Beast, and Toy Story
- Clueless is my favorite 90s movie
- The Princess Diaries
Comfort TV:
- Gilmore Girls
- Friends, they'll always be there for you
- The Circle on Netflix
Comfort Music:
- Ariana Grande is my music wife, haha!
- Pontiac Puma for lofi music
- Taylor Swift
- Harry Styles, his new album has been on repeat ever since it came out, haha!
Things that make me happy:
-Coffee, the taste and delicious smell of it
- Sitting in a cafe
- Reading, of course
- Good company
- Warm weather
- Music
- Fam(ily)
- Laughing until my stomach hurts
- A new day, always blessed to wake up every morning
- Buying books, of course
- So much more!
I hope the things you find comfort in every day make you happy, blessed, calm, and relaxed. There really is beauty in the little things <3