I’m not typically one for New Year’s resolutions. I think they’re a bit hustle culture-esque and contradictory to my desire to be more mindful and present. And to be honest, the idea of envisioning goals society will even deem “worthy” of chasing for an entire year is kind of exhausting. But this year I felt…
Tag: lifestyle
Wide Open Spaces in Portugal.
I created this blog in 2015 about the literal and metaphorical journey of exploring new spaces. I was 19 at the time, and quite honestly, I was feeling a bit lost. I was attending university in my hometown and feeling like I wanted… needed … to be anywhere else in the world. I felt stuck….
My Relationship With Relaxation
Relaxation is not my forte. Relaxation is foreign and unfamiliar. Relaxation is a stranger to me. I view relaxation as an ominous and intimidating beast. Ironic, I know, to associate the concept of relaxing, defined as “the state of being free from tension and anxiety,” as an experience that induces anxiety and fear. Don’t get…
Where I’ve Been and Where I’m Going
It’s been a long year-and-a-half since I last took to the keyboard to blog. Sure, hobbies fall by the wayside when life gets busy– and a busy year it was indeed; I completed an awesome internship, started my last year of college, graduated college, traveled to a bunch of cool places and of course…
I Encourage You to Listen
I’m sure you’ve heard the age old saying, “we have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” Let’s just say that it would be an “alternative fact” to claim that I have ever upheld this life motto. I am not a bad listener per se, I am…
Ciao America
Ciao America! Disclaimer: the gelato withdrawals are real and I am already vicariously living through my pictures, hence the gelato cover photo. To the point: I thought that four months abroad would be the perfect opportunity for me to blog all the time. I haven’t blogged since September. Here’s the thing: I really was having…
Engage in the “Why”
I wrote the following piece months ago in an attempt to personally reflect on some issues that had been going around college campuses. I didn’t publish it for fear that it would be taken the wrong way, but as you will hopefully see when you read this- it is full of the best intentions to…
You’re Doing Just Fine, Darling
I started writing this blog almost a year ago. It was the end of my freshman year of college and I wanted a place to express my thoughts and opinions on an assortment of topics. As most of you reading this know- I have a lot to say. And most of the time, I don’t…
Let’s Live
“I don’t just want to exist; I want to live.” These are the words that a friend of mine expressed over a quick lunch we grabbed the other day. I’ve held onto these words with a peculiar resonation, almost as if trying to make them the emblem of how I approach my future. The statement…
Brain Food!
“Learning” is definitely something I have taken for granted for most of my life. For the most part, I dreaded school throughout the years, and frankly saw it as a monotonous, compulsory imposition. This sounds awful to admit, but I am simply being honest. This is especially true for my younger years of school. My…
Happy, Strong and Confident
This has been a wonderful week for me. Nothing particularly eventful has happened other than catching up with good friends, shopping, working out, and eating some delicious summer fruit; But for some reason, I have felt particularly empowered, enlightened, confident, and so incredibly and genuinely happy- and this is the best feeling in the world….
Social Media: A Blessing and a Curse
Social media controls modern day society. Sometimes, I think it’s a modern day monster. We are on it. all. the. time. Social media really sucks us in sometimes. I have found that at times I have gotten so absorbed in social media that I become absent from my current surroundings. Instead of being present in…
She Needed Wide Open Spaces 