Greetings friends!
This year is definitely in need of some extra Christmas cheer, so today I have another Christmas themed blog post for you!
If you could wish for anything, in the knowledge that your wish would come true, what would you wish for? This is my Christmas wish list, if all my wishes came true...
I wish for...
1. More people to read my blog
There are two elements to this wish. Firstly, having more traffic on my blog would mean that more people are being made aware of what its like to chronic illness. One of the most difficult things about chronic illness is that few people know about it, until a loved one or they themselves are diagnosed. This makes it so difficult to get the message out there, and unfortunately nobody wants to fund research into illnesses that the general public don't know about.
Secondly, it would be really cool to make this a side hustle but I can't do that if 50 people are reading. So if you want to help make my Christmas wish come true, please share this post, or any of my other posts that you enjoyed or that resonated with you, with your friends and family! A simple "like", "comment" or "subscribe" is so helpful and means so much to me!
2. It to become socially acceptable to go to the supermarket in your pyjamas
I just need getting dressed to not be a step in the process of going to buy food. I'm sorry if that offends you, but shopping is exhausting enough as it is, without the added pressure of putting on some actual clothes. And when I say "socially acceptable" I mean to the point where no one would even look in my direction because it's such a normal thing to do. Because let's face it, we've all tried it at least once, seen people looking at us funny and never done it again.
3. Taylor Swift to finally reschedule Lover Fest, AND announce a Folklore tour
Like most things this year, Miss Swift was forced to cancel her highly anticipated (at least by me) Lover Fest, and despite some concerts beginning to reschedule, there has been no such news on Lover Fest and I am starting to get concerned that it isn't happening...
Since Taylor has released the masterpiece Folklore, I am now crossing my fingers not only for a Lover Fest but also for a Folklore tour because i need to be present in a stadium wearing my cardigan and space buns and scream-singing "I knew you tried to change the ending, Peter losing Wendy".
4. Us to throw diet culture in the bin
Honestly this is the thing I hate most about social media. I eat a cake or a donut or literally anything that's actually enjoyable to consume and immediately see an advert for a new diet on instagram. I swear they're watching me eat. Can anyone say that those ads actually make them feel good?! The general idea of advertising is to grab someone's attention, usually by sending a hard-hitting message or getting them to smile. Well, the only message I can find in these adverts is that everyone (no matter their size) is too fat. And I don't know anyone who smiles when they see a diet ad. Sort it out. Get it off my socials please.
5. It to not cost me a small fortune to mail something to the UK from New York
WHY DOES IT COST SO MUCH?
Like... you're going that way anyway..? Can't I just chuck an extra letter in or something? It's not like you won't make the journey if I don't mail this? It is crazy expensive. You would have thought that two wealthy countries would have figured out a way to get parcels to and from the other without charging mere mortals like me half a months' rent. Ridiculous.
6. Disneyland to reopen before I visit California next year
I never ever get tired of Disney. I have been to Disneyland California once, but I was about three years old and tragically (but not surprisingly) I remember none of it. So I will be very upset if I finally make it back to California, and Disneyland is still closed.
7. The people who are struggling, to reach out to someone for help
This year has been incredibly difficult on mental health, and people have suffered in many ways at the hands of the pandemic. All I wish for this Christmas is that if you are someone who is struggling, that you don't suffer in silence. You reach out to someone. It could be someone you know, a friend or family member, or it could be a professional, a doctor or a therapist, or it could be a stranger, a helpline, anyone at all. Just don't struggle alone.
8. Walkers to bring back prawn cocktail wotsits
Don't fight me on this. They were discontinued years and years ago, and yet I still remember them like I was munching on a packet just yesterday. They are the best flavour crisps, and they will live forever in my memory. RIP prawn cocktail wotsits. You are missed.
9. The end of 2020 to bring everyone together
This year, more than ever, there has been so much divide. Physical divide because of the pandemic, but also division in morals, beliefs, behaviours. Things that could have brought us together as a society this year, just tore us further apart. I saw more vitriol and abuse this year than I have ever seen before. These were normal people like you and me. Long gone are the days where you can disagree with someone and have a civil conversation about it. Now people see something they disagree with and immediately jump to abuse that person. My wish for the end of this long, hellish year is that we learn and we grow and we do so together.
10. It to become possible for me to text my cats
I realise that even if you managed to teach a cat how to text, there is a bit of a language barrier. However, this is my Christmas wish list of all the weird and wonderful things I wish for, and this holds a firm place on my list, despite the fact that it is completely impossible. (Well, maybe more possible than everyone coming together at the end of this year...)
11. A cure for chronic illness.
I mean, if we're wishing for anything at all, obviously I would cure chronic illnesses. And I wouldn't do it for money. None of the big pharma stuff, just a simple cure that works for everyone suffering from a chronic illness. ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, EDS. MCAS, you name it, there'd be a cure for it!
12. A way for my friends and family to come out to New York and visit in 2021
I miss my family and friends and I want them to come out to New York so I can see them... but I also want them to come out to New York so that when everything is new and scary to them (the big city and all) I can just walk around nonchalantly showing them things I've found, and getting on the subway without checking the direction because I just know where I'm going, and telling them the best food to order in each restaurant. I want that moment for myself.
What would be on your impossible to buy Christmas wish list?
Festive wishes and good cheer!
Charlotte. X
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