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Lessons from 2024: Overcoming Inaction and Embracing Change
I must have said this in the past, but I truly love the close of something and the beginning of another. Meaning, reflecting on the past year is a necessity for me in order to move on. I need to… Continue reading
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Important Life Lesson for Your 30’s
I don’t remember most of my 20’s. I think what I remember the most was is my desire to escape it. I felt a lot of pressure about everything. About things that I was pressuring with myself. I think of… Continue reading
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No Monday Blues Here
What’s your #1 priority tomorrow? My number one priority is to use this day to get back in routine. As a society we’ve created this narrative that Mondays are hard, and they can be. But it feels like the difficulty… Continue reading
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Neighbor Books: Cozy and Child-Friendly Local Bookstore in Historic Downtown McKinney, Texas
One of my favorite things to do in the “ber” months are visiting local bookstores. When I go to a bookstore, I pay attention to the layout. I observe how visible and accessible the books are. I look for hidden… Continue reading
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Building Family Traditions through Music and Memories : A Playlist
“I bet you wonder where I’ve been, I searched to find the love within. I came back to let you know, got a thing for you, and I can’t let go” At my brother’s funeral one of our childhood friends… Continue reading
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Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney | Book Review
Synopsis from goodreads.com Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed, and darkly observant. A college student and aspiring writer, she devotes herself to a life of the mind–and to the beautiful and endlessly self-possessed Bobbi, her best friend and comrade-in-arms. Lovers… Continue reading
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Embracing Change: My Journey of Becoming and Self-Discovery
When I think of becoming, I want to start from the genesis of my life. I am immediately wanting to start from my birth, and mention all the ways I have changed and become throughout the years. But I am… Continue reading
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This Ordinary Life
Every year, I brace myself for a life changing year. I pray and seek a year like no other, and that always includes making my website better. More blog posts, more content, and more of doing things better. Nothing has… Continue reading
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An Ode to My Apartment
A few mornings ago, I was sitting on my balcony and I was thinking about how I couldn’t wait to move. You see, I wanted to move last year but due to some difficulties I was not able to. So… Continue reading
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Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor – Book Review
Judging a book by the cover The cover alone was not enticing enough but I picked it up solely because it was recommended by Amerie’s book club. Synopsis from goodreads.com This is the age of vice, where money, pleasure, and… Continue reading
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A Recap of January 2023 + goals
And just like that January is over. How are you dear reader? One of my goals this year was or is to document more about my life. That sounds a little self-obsessed but I can’t say enough how months and years… Continue reading
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New Mom Must Have
Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous but most anxiety inducing news I had ever received. Prior to that pregnancy, I had a miscarriage just 4 months before, so I was not thinking about the physical… Continue reading
