December 2023
December is a month of mourning. As I’m writing this it’s nearing the end of the month, the 21st to be specific. I say that with intent to illustrate how poorly I’ve been on top of things this month. Towards the end of last month I lost my father and my grandfather. In the wake of that, I’ve been finding it difficult to stay motivated and hopeful. We’re turning the corner into the new year and I do feel a great sense of pride in what I’ve been able to accomplish throughout 2023. This month has been about keeping my family close cause “a true king builds bridges.”
Daily Goals:
- Wake Up by 10AM
- Brush Teeth (AM)
- Eat Fruits & Veggies
- Take Vitamins
- Drink 2L of Water
- Don’t Spend Unplanned $$$
- Plan Out Tomorrow
- Brush Teeth (PM)
- Log 2 Meals in Diet App
- Check Off Day in Planner (Perfect, Good or Bad)
- Get 8 Hours of Sleep
Weekly Goals:
- Monday
- Visit Grandma & Nikki
- Wednesday
- Read a Chapter of a Book
- Go Grocery Shopping
- Thursday
- Flexibility Exercises
- Go to the Gym
- See a Movie
- Update “The Playlist” & “Workout Playlist”
- Friday & Saturday
- Work on My Mixtape for 2 Hours
- Sunday
- Morning Pages
- Self-Care
- Clip Nails
- Shave Face & Body
- Do Eyebrows
- Clean the Apartment
- Plan
- To-Do Lists
- Day Planner
- Phone Calendar
- Dinners w/ Ally
Monthly Goals:
- Create New E-Mail & Transfer Important Accounts
- Schedule Oscar’s Vet Appointment
- Put in a Claim w/ Eckbond.com for Car Windshield
- Get a Haircut
- Make 1 Social Media Post
- Rewrite Values & Rules Affirmations
- Fill in Book for Anniversary
Purpose of the Day:
Friday, December 1st – Pay Rent
Saturday, December 2nd – N/A
Sunday, December 3rd – Create E-Mail, Transfer Important Accounts
Monday, December 4th – Visit Grandma & Nikki
Tuesday, December 5th – Schedule Oscar’s Vet Appt., Look Into Getting Windshield Fixed Thru Hughes
Wednesday, December 6th – Go Grocery Shopping
Thursday, December 7th – Finish Christmas Shopping, Dinner w/ Aunt Nikeya & Nikki
Friday, December 8th – Work on Music for 2 Hours
Saturday, December 9th – Take Grandma & Nikki to the River of Lights, Make 1 Post on Social Media
Sunday, December 10th – Go to the Holiday Market
Monday, December 11th – Wash Sandy & Oscar
Tuesday, December 12th – Put in a Claim w/ Eckbond.com for Car Windshield
Wednesday, December 13th – Go Grocery Shopping, Work on Music, Read a Chapter of a Book
Thursday, December 14th – Get a Haircut, Dad’s Funeral @ 2PM, Dinner w/ Pat
Friday, December 15th – Grandpa’s Funeral 11AM, Grandpa’s Reception (1PM-5PM)
Saturday, December 16th – Go to the Gym, Family Christmas @ 3PM
Sunday, December 17th – See ‘The Polar Express’ (2004), Clean the Apartment
Monday, December 18th – Visit Grandma & Nikki
Tuesday, December 19th – Make Pasta & Watch ‘The Sopranos’ w/ Ally
Wednesday, December 20th – Go Grocery Shopping
Thursday, December 21st – Renew Driver’s License, Go to Trader Joe’s, Update “The Playlist” & “Workout Playlist”
Friday, December 22nd – Work on Music for 1 Hour
Saturday, December 23rd – Molly Night
Sunday, December 24th – Watch ‘Jingle All the Way (1996)’
Monday, December 25th – Go to Ally’s Mom’s, Go to My Grandma’s
Tuesday, December 26th – Make Pasta & Watch ‘The Sopranos’
Wednesday, December 27th – Go Grocery Shopping, Clean the Apartment
Thursday, December 28th – Go to the Gym, Read a Chapter of ‘MONEY: Master the Game’, See ‘Poor Things’, Update “The Playlist” & “Workout Playlist”
Friday, December 29th – Life Planning
Saturday, December 30th – See ‘The Boys in the Boat’, Write in Book for Anniversary, Plan the Week
Sunday, December 31st – Gift Exchange w/ Vivian & Tiffany @ 12PM, See ‘The Color Purple’ w/ Grandma, Nikki & Ally for New Year’s
New Movies:
‘Silent Night’
Release Date: December 1st, 2023
Directed By: John Woo
Written By: Robert Archer Lynn
Starring: Joel Kinnaman, Scott Mescudi, Harold Torres, Catalina Sandino Moreno
MPAA Rating: R (for strong bloody violence, drug use and some language)
Runtime: 1h 44m
‘Wonka’
Release Date: December 15th, 2023
Directed By: Paul King
Screenplay By: Simon Farnaby, Paul King
Story By: Paul King
Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Calah Lane, Keegan-Michael Key, Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas, Matthew Baynton, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carter, Tom Davis, Olivia Colman, Hugh Grant
MPAA Rating: PG (for some violence, mild language and thematic elements)
Runtime: 1h 52m
‘American Fiction’
Release Date: December 15th, 2023
Directed By: Cord Jefferson
Screenplay By: Cord Jefferson
Based On: ‘Erasure’ by Percival Everett
Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown
MPAA Rating: R (for language throughout, some drug use, sexual references and brief violence)
Runtime: 1h 57m
‘Maestro’
Release Date: December 20th, 2023
Directed By: Bradley Cooper
Written By: Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper
MPAA Rating: R (for some language and drug use)
Runtime: 2h 9m
‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’
Release Date: December 22nd, 2023
Directed By: James Wan
Screenplay By: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick
Story By: James Wan, David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, Jason Momoa, Thomas Pa’a Sibbett
Starring: Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Kidman
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sci-fi violence and some language)
Runtime: 1h 55m
‘Anyone But You’
Release Date: December 22nd, 2023
Directed By: Will Gluck
Screenplay By: Ilana Wolpert, Will Gluck
Story By: Ilana Wolpert
Starring: Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell, Alexandra Shipp, GaTa, Hadley Robinson, Michelle Hurd, Dermot Mulroney, Darren Barnet, Rachel Griffiths
MPAA Rating: R
Runtime: 1h 40m
‘Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire’
Release Date: December 22nd, 2023
Directed By: Zack Snyder
Screenplay By: Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, Shay Hatten
Story By: Zack Snyder
Starring: Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Michiel Huisman, Djimon Hounsou, Doona Bae, Ray Fisher, Cleopatra Coleman, Jena Malone, Ed Skrein, Fra Fee, Anthony Hopkins
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sequences of strong violence, sexual assault, bloody images, language, sexual material and partial nudity)
Runtime: 2h 13m
‘The Iron Claw’
Release Date: December 22nd, 2023
Directed By: Sean Durkin
Written By: Sean Durkin
Starring: Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Maura Tierney, Holt McCallany, Lily James
MPAA Rating: Not Yet Rated
Runtime: 2h 10m
‘Poor Things’
Release Date: December 8th, 2023 (Limited) December 22, 2023 (Wide)
Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos
Screenplay By: Tony McNamara
Based On: ‘Poor Things’ by Alasdair Gray
Starring: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, Jerrod Carmichael
MPAA Rating: R (for strong and pervasive sexual content, graphic nudity, disturbing material, gore and language)
Runtime: 2h 21m
‘Ferrari’
Release Date: December 25th, 2023
Directed By: Michael Mann
Written By: Troy Kennedy Martin
Based On: ‘Enzo Ferrari: The Man, The Cars, The Races, The Machine’ by Brock Yates
Starring: Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Sarah Gadon, Gabriel Leone, Jack O’Connell, Patrick Dempsey
MPAA Rating: R (for some violent/graphic images, sexual content and language)
Runtime: 2h 10m
‘The Boys in the Boat’
Release Date: December 25th, 2023
Directed By: George Clooney
Screenplay By: Mark L. Smith
Based On: ‘The Boys in the Boat’ by Daniel James Brown
Starring: Callum Turner, Joel Edgerton
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for language and smoking)
Runtime: 2h 4m
‘The Color Purple’
Release Date: December 25th, 2023
Directed By: Blitz Bazawule
Screenplay By: Marcus Gardley
Based On: ‘The Color Purple’ by Alice Walker & ‘The Color Purple’ by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray, Marsha Norman
Starring: Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., Halle Bailey, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, Fantasia Barrino
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for mature thematic content, sexual content, violence and language)
Runtime: 2h 33m
Christmas Movie of the Year:
‘Jingle All the Way’ (1996)
TV Shows I’m Watching:
‘Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage and Reckoning’
‘The Boys’
‘The Sopranos’
Books I’m Reading:
‘MONEY: Master the Game’ by Tony Robbins
Video Games I’m Playing:
‘Call of Duty: Black Ops II’
