A Semi-Informed Guide to Surviving (or maybe even enjoying) Young Adulthood
I originally wrote this list in July. The idea was simple: I was really happy. I could kinda-sorta-maybe identify why I was happy. I decided to list 100 things that I was doing in life that kept me...
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For the sake of optimism, I will call this borrowed-from-the-library laptop “vintage.” Vintage, as in it took a whole timed minute to open up Microsoft Word. Vintage, as in it had a full-out meltdown...
View ArticleHey Christmas, Did you lose weight? You look different this year.
Part of the reason I started this blog was to chat about the twenty-something lifestyle–or at least, figure out what exactly that means. So many magazines/blogs are written for capital-T Teenagers, or...
View ArticleJealousy has a stage name. It’s called Inspiration.
I’m going to describe to you a hypothetical scenario. (Just hypothetical, mind you. I am not admitting to anything.). You check Facebook. You see a post from an old friend. This post suggests that...
View Article10 Steps to a Better Day
I had a rough week. Not the kind of rough week that results in a long list of things-gone-wrong and a sigh of “Girrrrl, I need to VENT!”. Nothing tangible like that. My sighs sound more like ‘Well,...
View ArticleWhat Kind of Woman Do I Want To Be?
Easter is always a major time of reflection for me. …Okay. By “always,” what I really mean is “Well, uh, it’s been a thing for the last couple of years?” Being a young adult is sometimes like that,...
View ArticleWhat Does it Mean to be a “Woman with Values,” Exactly?
“I’m looking for a woman with values.” Whenever I hear these words, I cringe. I thumb the crosses on my bracelet and clutch my beer. I talk about charity, then I tell a dirty joke. Do these things...
View ArticleWatermarked: How Rivers, Oceans, and Leaky Faucet-ing Won Me Over
It rained a lot in British Columbia. It wasn’t really wet, as rainy weather goes; In Victoria, “rain” seems to mean “a mist gracefully puttering from the sky.” The light sprinkle was a little lacking...
View ArticleFlashback Post: Hey Christmas, Did you lose weight? You look different this...
Originally published December 22, 2012. Part of the reason I started this blog was to chat about the twenty-something lifestyle–or at least, figure out what exactly that means. So many magazines/blogs...
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