Hello readers! I’ve been in a writing slump this March while simultaneously mulling over a rebrand of my blog. What you once knew and loved as Mid-20s Meltdown, will now be known as Quintessential. Why? To encapsulate my spirit by being a little different and definitely weird.
With that being said, I’m going to get out of my writer’s block and take this rebrand opportunity to reintroduce myself. I’m Quinn! Instead of showing you my vision board, I’ll show you who I am through the things that I love.
Anything listed below is an official endorsement from me.
The Quintet Quintessentials of Quinn from Quintessential.
TV Shows
Jane the Virgin
Avatar the Last Airbender
Sense8
Daria
Parks and Recreation
Movies
Annihilation
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Twilight
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Frozen II
Books
The Time in Between, Maria Duenas
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
Emma, Jane Austen
The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Stephanie Meyer
Music Artists
The Jungle Giants
George Ezra
One Direction
Phoebe Bridgers
KATSEYE and any of those girls from the Pop Star Academy
Video Games
Stardew Valley
Mass Effect 2 (ily Thane Krios)
Baldur’s Gate 3
Webkinz
Star Wars: The Old Republic (MMO)
Adult Hobbies
Adult beginner dance class
Adult all women’s rec volleyball (The less competitive league)
Stanning my local government and local gov influencers
Hosting parties and drinking too much at them
Texting my friends, solo or in a group chat
Musicals
Next to Normal
Dogfight
Les Misérables
Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812
Wicked
5 Concepts I’m Basing My Year Off Of
onions
leaving my comfort zone
appreciating the little things
crying all the time
halting the grind
5 Party Themes I’m Considering for This Summer
The Onset of Leo Season
An Ari Aster Midsommar (Everyone will survive)
Bring food that starts with the letter of your name (I bring canned quail eggs)
Girlies paint and sip 💕 (They will do the labor of painting my house)
Witchcraft and seance and fortune telling night
Paintings
A Walk In The Park, Seurat (pictured above)
Saturn Devouring His Son, Goya
Monalisa, Botero
Water Lilies, Monet
Garden of Earthly Delights, Bosch
Bosch
I hope you feel as if these quintessentials of my life are a glimpse into my soul. It is my goal this spring to try to get more writing in. I’m thinking this rebrand and new hello will be the kick I need to get back on the keyboard and write for my little substack.
Until next time!
An absolute delight to read!