I had been contemplating whether I should write this monthly wrap-up or not because August did not really give me a lot of moments that would leave me with anticipation for any more months like this. Though my exams going well and a good festive day of Rakshabandhan did bring some good hours of feeling confident and happy, August still managed to become my worst month of 2024 yet.
But then again, by not writing this post just because I didn’t have an amazing month, I would be taking a step towards turning this blog into a typical social media feed where everyone’s lives seem so perfect. While I love seeing happy faces on my feed, this blog is more than that – ups and downs, and everything in between.
I remember how at the beginning of August all over social media were aesthetic galleries of how beautiful the month of August is. But then in a week, my feed turned into something dark – like a transition from a cozy dream to the harsh reality. For the first time in my life, I had such an Independence day. 15th of august was the day that made me learn the true meaning of independence and the fact that it was a ‘happy’ independence day for only the half population of the country – not for women.
Added to that, the stress of my 4th sem finals and some personal mental breakdowns… the mantra of my life played on repeat in my mind – “why are we here? Just to suffer?”. I’m sure from now on whenever there’s an exam I will be more afraid of falling sick on the exam day than actually failing the exam. The cold and high fever that came in the morning of my first exam was so unexpected and I was thankful for the first time that we got afternoon shift instead of our usual morning shifts, because if it was the other way I don’t know what would have happened.
Then as if all that wasn’t enough, the end of the month came with a finishing blow when someone I considered myself a fan of and respected for their talent, turned out to be a predator lurking under a mask all these years. It’s getting harder for me to trust people day by day.
Despite having most of the month like it was my enemy, I was able to steal a few good moments that gave temporary happiness but it was enough for me. Learning to accept life as it is has been one of the best decisions of my life, somehow it’s more than just a comforting thought and gives hope that there will be better days and we are ones that will make them.
My best moments of August included the day of Rakshabandhan and the after-hours of leaving the exam hall as despite not being in my best state I did a good job in the exams. So I have no regrets about it. Other than those, I watched some good movies and also my playlist was on fire the whole month, so that gave me a great time. I didn’t read many books though because I thought that would stray my mind from studying for my exams but I managed to read two books still. Let’s check them out…
Movies
The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind
For everyone who hasn’t watched this movie yet, go and watch it. Shoutout to my brother for recommending it to me. Based on a true story, The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind is a movie that will inspire and touch your heart.
The Dead Don’t Die
Does it make sense if I say I enjoyed watching this movie but did not like it? As someone who’s been disappointed by zombie apocalypse movies a number of times before, I will say this movie was fine for a casual watch when you want to pass time (plus, the song The Dead Don’t Die was good) but don’t get your hopes up because then you will be left disappointed.
Monte Carlo
I was living under a rock all these years, now this is a comfort movie for me. I had such a big smile on my face watching this movie and the effect lasted for hours after I finished the movie, and then the smile came back again when I picked it up for a rewatch the next day. I loved loved loved it, the characters, the plot, everything.
Princess Protection Program
After Monte Carlo, I HAD to watch another Selena Gomez movie because dude… I’d already been a fan of her as a singer for years, I don’t know what held me back from watching her as an actress before but now I’m a fan of her movies too. I enjoyed watching Selena and Demi together, and the movie no doubt took me back to the Disney world.
Books
Twisted Series
The Twisted Series by Ana Huang had been on my TBR for a long time and I finally picked it out to read last month. In August I could only read the first two books – Twisted Love and Twisted Games. And just two days ago I finished reading Twisted Hate (that stands for my favorite in the series) but we’ll talk about that in our next wrap-up post.
What I liked the best about this series are the characters. Impressive is the word to describe them. Romance used to not make it in my favorite genres before but I’ve grown a greater liking to it since last year. Though dark romance still gives me a bit of trauma each time, I knew I signed up for this while picking up this series. Excited to read the next book soon.
Songs
My playlist was on fire the whole month. I can’t tell you how much I’m enjoying listening to my new findings – specially Day6 songs. I haven’t even heard a quarter of their all songs yet but the ones I have, they are all spectacular. Then of course, there were songs from my last month playlist that never left.
Favorite track of the month – You make me by Day 6
So that’s all for today. Thank you for reading. I hope you are having a good September. Mine has been alright so far. I’m trying to get back into my hobbies like drawing and well, internet surfing. I hope my classes for next semester start asap because it’s getting a bit hectic staying at home all the time as my mind keeps straying to weird thoughts that later lead to overthinking. But I like thinking, so that’s okay, I guess?
How are you doing? Let me know in the comment section below.
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