I haven’t really felt much inspiration to blog lately - life here has kind of fallen into a nice rhythm, and not too many new things have happened. But, since I realize that even though I know everything that is currently going on in my own life, those of you back in the States or that live far away don’t have the opportunity to spend daily life with me! So despite my aversion to

A couple weeks ago, I gave myself a mental health day and skipped school. I was really feeling the weight of the growing stress around language learning and feeling like I need to performing at a certain level by certain points on a timeline that I was creating for myself. So instead of going to school and cramming more language into my already full and overtired
I’m really not a huge New Years Resolution maker. I’ve never really felt like you have to wait until the beginning of each new year to resolve to change something about your life or the way you’re living. Why wait until January if you want to get fit, or eat healthy, or try new things? With the beginning of this new year though, I have been asked what my resolutions for this next year
Sometimes, complete sentences are just too hard to formulate. So here enters: lists + photos! That will have to do for today.

Thankful for:
- My apartment (especially when I have candles burning and a good book to curl up with)
- Chilly weather
- Mugs from home (always give me a warm fuzzy feeling that’s the opposite of homesickness)
- David (<3)


Hey!
I’m Abby Chamness: a graphic designer, illustrator, sometimes writer, dog-lover, mug-collector, and serial cookbook-reader from Seattle, Washington, but currently based in Stuttgart, Germany!