Category Archives: 2015

Sometimes It’s Just You

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Ever have those days (or weeks, or months, or…years) when you want to blame everyone else, but deep down you know that it’s really you. You’re the one who didn’t prepare adequately. You’re the one who didn’t do the work. You’re the one who didn’t say anything, even though you desperately want to be that […]

California Road Trip – This One’s For The Burritos

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I LOVE burritos. Over the past couple of years, I have discovered this long lost love of mine. It was always there; I just hadn’t recognized it before. I don’t know what it is that makes them so delicious. The guacamole, the cheese, the beans…it’s all so good. Plus, you got all of the food groups. […]

Take Adventures a.k.a. Don’t Stay in Bed

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There are so many adventures I want to go on, so many things I have on my list that I want to accomplish all at once. It’s equally as overwhelming as it is exciting. The timeline for my travel plans is, of course, unknown. I have absolutely no idea when I’ll be able to travel […]

Why I Love Edith Wharton’s Writing

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I discovered Edith Wharton in one of my high school English classes when we were assigned The House of Mirth  as summer reading. Out of the books we had been assigned, it had the most impact on me by far. I remember rereading many of the paragraphs because I liked them so much. Her poetic style enthralls […]

That Feeling of Failure

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Everyone handles fear differently. There’s the classic fight or flight response, where a person either responds by, as the name suggests, putting up a fight or running away. What happens though if you can’t run away and you’re not the fighting type? Then what happens? Denial? If you’re afraid of failure and you ultimately choose […]