Continuing to question 'Nice': the 2023 'Nice Life-y Things' Post

[tetsab]

So the thing I really noticed about doing the 2022 is that I'm not so sure how much of all of what was there was truly nice. There were a couple of months that hardly seemed to have anything 'nice' at all and somehow I started drifting these from 'nice life-y' to just 'things I do outside of work'. I'm going to keep that pattern up for the for the next 3 of these (i.e. until I'm actually caught up) for ease of comparison :

January

• 01st: Mum and sister over for NYD dinner
• 07th: Glasgoths livevstream (stream)
• 10th: Civic hacknight 1 (remote)
• 11th: Toronto East Cyclists pre-planning meeting (remote)
• 12th: Yoga
• 15th: Toronto East Cyclists in person for 1st time in an age
• 17th: Civic hacknight 2 (remote)
• 18th: Queer Trivia (remote)
• 19th: Yoga
• 20th: NFP user group planning chat (remote)
• 24th: Bells on Kingston (remote)
• 31st: Civic hacknight 3 (remote)

February

• 02nd: Golden Mile stakeholders (remote)
• 04th: Bells on Danforth
• 09th: Yoga
• 10th: Friends of Oakridge Park
• 14th: Civic hacknight 4 (remote)
• 15th: Safer streets Scarborough 1 (remote)
• 16th: Yoga
• 18th: Dundas museum visit
• 21st: Eglinton consultation (remote)
• 22nd: Safer streets Scarborough 2 (remote)
• 23rd: Yoga
• 24th: Friends of Oakridge Park
• 25th: Danforth-Kingston for All 1 (remote)
• 26th: Danforth-Kingston for All 2 (remote)
• 28th: Civic hacknight 5 (remote)

March

• 01st: Safer streets Scarborough 3 (remote)
• 02nd: Yoga
• 04th: Bach Elgar choir does Duruflé's Requiem
• 10th: Evening with aunt and sister
• 11th: TSO does Murdoch Mysteries (Xmas gift for my Mum)
• 14th: Civic hacknight 6 (remote)
• 15th: Danforth-Kingston for All 3 (remote)
• 16th: Yoga
• 21st: Civic hacknight 7 (remote)
• 22nd: Seedy Saturday coordination (remote)
• 23rd: Yoga / Queer Trivia
• 24th: Neighbourhood social
• 29th: Danforth-Kingston for All 4 (remote)

April

• 01st: Dinner with Mum and sister
• 03rd: Yoga
• 08th: Algiers and Party Dozen at the Garrison
• 16th: NFP user group prep 1 (remote) / Yoga / Toronto East Cyclists (remote)
• 17th: Yoga
• 18th: Office warming party
• 19th: NFP user group prep 2 (remote)
• 22nd: Hammer Baroque
• 24th: Yoga
• 26th: NFP user group
• 27th: Virtual town hall (remote)
• 29th: Toronto Comic Arts Festival / Memorial dinner

May

• 04th: Catchup with ex from highschool (remote)
• 06th: Door's Open Dundas / Bach Elgar choir presents Space Journey
• 11th: Neighbourhood slow roll
• 15th: 4 days in Niagara Falls for work
• 27th: 50th bday party in Dundas

June

• 01st: Bike to work day
• 03rd: Toronto Area Boardgaming Society
• 09th: Neighbourhood social
• 10th: Kingston Road Spring Fest
• 14th: Danforth-Kingston for All 5 (remote)
• 16th: Sound of Music Festival
• 17th: Hike around Bronte
• 19th: Toronto East Cyclists (remote)
• 26th: Week off from work doing sweet FA again
• 27th: Electoral community meeting 1 (remote)
• 28th: Nonprofit data (remote)
• 29th: Carmina Burana

July

• 05th: Electoral community meeting 2 (remote)
• 10th: Electoral community meeting 3 (remote)
• 11th: Civic hacknight 7 (remote)
• 12th: Danforth-Kingston for All 6 (remote)
• 13th: a.g. folks catch-up (remote)
• 17th: Toronto East Cyclists (remote)
• 22nd: Xmas in July / 8thfest - Small Gauge Film Festival
• 24th: Electoral community meeting 4 (remote)
• 25th: Civic hacknight 8 (remote)
• 27th: Yoga

August

• 03rd: Yoga
• 04th: Weekend at Rondeau Provincial Park
• 10th: Yoga
• 20th: The National for sister's bday [the band, not the news program]
• 21st: Electoral community meeting 5 (remote)
• 23rd: NFP user group prep (remote)
• 24th: Yoga

September

• 03rd: Electoral community meeting 6 (remote)
• 07th: Yoga
• 09th: Toronto Area Boardgaming Society / BBQ in Oakville with old university friend
• 14th: Yoga
• 20th: Grace Petrie with pretty much all of Team Does Stuff
• 21st: DivinaDali exhibit with old highschool friend
• 22nd: Catch-up with former co-worker
• 23rd: Yard sale from a.g. connected local
• 30th: Tree for me pickup and mini-hike around Morningside Park

October

• 14th: Thai food / Nick Cave
• 20th: Coffee with local organizer
• 21st: Boardgame cafe / karaoke
• 22nd: Bach Elgar: Choir & 2 Organs

November

• 01st: Pumpkin Parade
• 04th: NaDruWriNi [which has been a suspicious omission from previous lifey-lists!]
• 05th: 65th bday party for highschool best friend's Mum
• 25th: Hammer Baroque

December

• 02nd: Toronto Area Boardgaming Society
• 09th: Hammer Baroque
• 16th: Cranes vs Cocteau Twins (stream) [was supposed to go in person and could not muster the cope]
• 21st: Kensington Festival of Lights
• 23rd: Lazarus' 30th (stream)
• 29th: Nonprofit Cloud Consultant exam (remote)
• 31st: Boardgames at home of highschool best friend

Alright, that was absolutely Not As Bad as 2022 -- much better balance of the 'remote' not-work-work and actual Nice Things To Do.