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Facing Fear Through Participation
If you know me well, you’d probably say I’m an extrovert. You really can’t get me to lower my volume or just shut up in general. I’m passionate and crazy and love to talk about anything and...
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Trover: Finding Hidden Local Gems
Have you heard of an app called Trover? It’s relatively new to me, and I’ve been having a lot of fun with it. In a nutshell, Trover helps you find hidden gems close to where you are. It’s sort of like...
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Simple Meals: Taco Seasoning
It’s kind of funny to say, but Okinawa, the island that my family is from, has a dish called Taco Rice that it’s known for. It’s basically seasoned taco meat on top of rice and served with a little...
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Thursday Thought: Chris Hadfield is a Badass
I’ve been posting notable quotes on Thursdays lately, but today I’m going to just quote myself and say that Chris Hadfield is a badass. Do you know about Astronaut Chris Hadfield? He was living and...
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Weekly Roundup
It’s ice cream truck season! This truck circles my parents’ house every summer, and the song never seems to change. I used to love running out and buying a Mississippi mud fudge ice cream sandwich...
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Dealing with a Major Breakup
It’s been just about eight months since I left Los Angeles and moved back in with my parents. I’ve said it before, but I really never thought I would be back here, ten years after having left. I felt...
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My Experience with airBnB
In a recent post I mentioned that when I went to San Diego for my first date in seven years, I decided to book a place to stay through airBnB. airBnB is a site where you can book a room in someone’s...
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Daphne Oz’s Relish
I’m always on the lookout for new and interesting books, and I’m particularly a fan of good cookbooks. So I was really excited when I came across Relish by Daphne Oz. I spent a good while flipping...
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Thursday Thought
“We ate well and cheaply and drank well and cheaply and slept well and warm together and loved each other.” ― Ernest Hemingway
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Weekly Roundup
The misty view on my drive home from the airport one morning. Peonies are back! They’re my favorite flower and Trader Joe’s sells them for $6.99 which is a steal. Speaking of Trader Joe’s, I asked...
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Little Life Hacks
Sometimes there can be so much going on in day-to-day life, that things can get overwhelming. So I love tips that make living each day more fun and life even just a little bit easier to manage. I’m...
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A Reason, Season, or Lifetime
Have you ever heard the saying that some friendships last for a reason, season, or a lifetime? I feel like it was scrawled in many a-yearbook back in the day. But over time I’ve really come to...
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Traffic Light Parties
Have you heard of traffic light or ‘stop and go’ parties? I just heard about them for the first time, and apparently it’s where you invite a bunch of people and everyone wears a color relative to their...
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Thursday Thought
“Remember that you cannot take away another person’s happiness and no one can take away yours.” ― Lynda Field
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Weekly Roundup
——- What a crazy week. Some days are just challenging ones where it takes everything I have to keep myself from pulling all of my hair out. I talk a lot about happiness, pushing forward, and...
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Would You Watch a Movie Alone?
This past Friday night I found myself with a free movie ticket, but without a date (oh, come on, we can’t all be dancing the night away under strobe lights and foam machines all the time). I was sick...
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Carrot and Apple Juice/Smoothie
If you follow me on Facebook (which is relatively new and I would love if you joined us!) or Instagram, you may have seen the carrot and apple juice/smoothie thing that I was drinking today. Growing...
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Letters to the Past
When I was younger, I loved writing letters to the ‘future me’. I would write the aspirations that I had for myself, fold the letters up, seal them in an envelope, and put them in a safe (well, more...
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Weekly Roundup
Hanging out with my shadow puppet buddy under the trees. ——- Happy Friday, friends! I’ve been feeling a bit under the weather, so not my usual five photos today. I hope you had a great week, and...
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