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Lessons Learned from Living Alone

April 27, 2014 - This is the first time I am truly living on my own. When I studied abroad in Spain I was placed with a Spanish family. W...
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Bee-autiful day in San Francisco

October 01, 2013 - I took a beekeeping class in San Francisco and didn’t quite know what to expect. It was fascinating! Some fun facts I le...
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Bread with butter (aka The Lost Happy Medium)

September 24, 2013 - Our world is a confusing one and its easy to get caught up between the organic juice cleanses and chants of “YOLO!” What...
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Real Life Math

September 04, 2013 - It has happened a thousand times before and I can bet you it will happen a million more. That moment when you’re out at...
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Success & Kindness

August 09, 2013 - George Saunders delivered a speech at Syracuse University for the 2013 graduates. The speech was powerful enough that Th...
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August Bucket List

August 07, 2013 - I feel as though I blinked and all of a sudden summer is coming to an end – do you feel the same? There is so much left...
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Inspiration, served

July 31, 2013 - For those of you who want some inspiration in your face, here are some highlights I took from a few favorite Everest pos...
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June Bucket List

June 14, 2013 - I’ve been making monthly bucket lists for 6 months now, and I still find them incredibly motivating. I find that I make...
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On Doing

June 04, 2013 - "You can buy all the gear and read all the instructions, but that’ll just make you the best-dressed non-doer out there."...
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On Taking Small Steps

May 29, 2013 - Sometimes the smallest steps take us the furthest Taken from this article by Cynthia Hunter. Also, here is an honest ex...
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Biking Sawyer Trail

April 22, 2013 - Hit the ground running this week – or, in my case, hit the ground and bike 12 miles after work. It is important to remem...
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Valentine’s Day

February 12, 2013 - Whether you believe the day to be a Hallmark-saturated scam or the ultimate day of the year to confess your unwavering l...
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Miracles

December 29, 2012 - “It is a miracle if you can find true friends, and it is a miracle if you have enough food to eat, and it is a miracle i...
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Having it “all”

November 21, 2012 - I read this article the other day on whether to have children or not, and why five women decided not to. I loved this po...
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It is not all about the destination

November 05, 2012 - It is about the journey. It is about the journey. It is about the journey. Repeat to self.
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You’re never too old

October 31, 2012 - You’re never too old for making a fort out of sheets, having cookies for breakfast or dressing up for Halloween! Besides...
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Happiness

October 29, 2012 - “Happiness isn’t being cheerful all the time,” says John Sharp, a psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School. “It’s being in...
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Measuring Happiness

September 18, 2012 - Do you think you can measure happiness? What makes you happy? (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
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People are annoying

September 11, 2012 - You admire your parents, you confide in your best friend, and you adore your significant other. Still, they can be annoy...
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The big risk

September 05, 2012 - What are you hoping to have the freedom to do in the future? What is holding you back from doing it now? I hope to trav...
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Do or don't: Stay friends with your ex

August 23, 2012 - Do or don’t: Stay friends with your ex? This movie goes over just that. These soul mates are getting a divorce and stru...
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Struggle

June 14, 2012 - These days it seems too easy to give up on something. With so many options around us, why not just pick up something els...
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Never miss papaya

May 16, 2012 - This past weekend I took my annual trip to Hawaii to visit my dear Nana who has recently turned 99 years old! I asked my...
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Optimism

April 05, 2012 - I like to think of myself as an optimistic person. Of course, we all have our moments of negativity, but lets not focus...
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Love letters

March 26, 2012 - Love letters are overlooked in this day and age, but there is nothing greater and more heartfelt than writing/receiving...
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Nothing good gets away

March 15, 2012 - Back in 1958, John Steinbeck, author of East of Eden, The Grapes of Wrath, and Of Mice and Men, got a letter from his te...
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Are you too busy?

March 08, 2012 - I religiously check my favorite blog, Cup of Jo, and today she posted some really great advice she found in an article:...
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