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Notes + reflections on home and finding beauty in the middle of real life, from a recovering perfectionist who is always striving for more. 🫶🏼
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13 Books You Should Read This Spooky Season (opens the original)
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For the last few months, I’ve been promising my Instagram readers a spooky season book list and it’s HERE! I absolutely love to sink my teeth into a scary book, and I’ve been reading a ton this year to prepare for this very list. Not everything I read made the list (there were some duds!) and there are a handful that I read last year but loved too much to leave off. Many of these are true horror books, with ghosts and monsters and the whole 9 yards. Some are just heart-pounding thrillers, and so
38 Lessons for My 38th Birthday (opens the original)
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Tomorrow, I turn 38. It doesn’t feel like a huge milestone birthday or anything - just one step closer to 40. But, as I inch towards the big 4-0, I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting. You spend your 20’s thinking you’re living in the prime of your life, and then you hit 30 and quickly realize you were just a baby child who had no idea what real life was.My 30’s have been such a time of growth and self-discovery and I’ve truly loved every second. I have friends approaching their 50’s and they assu
An Ode to The Old-School Bulletin Board (opens the original)
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I recently saw something that said, if you want to truly achieve happiness as an adult you should think back to the things you loved when you were 16 and do more of that. It’s a silly quote that isn’t necessarily fully accurate (I have no interest in returning to my teenage years, thank you very much), but it has got me thinking. As we get older, we lose a lot our whimsy. Our spontaneity. Our drive to do things just because we can.One of the things I lost along the way was dreaming. I used to be
What's Getting the Best of Your Energy? (opens the original)
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The other day I was looking at journaling prompts and one of them stopped me in my tracks. It asked,What keeps receiving the best of your energy, even though it matters less than the things receiving the leftovers? Oof. I knew immediately there were a few things getting way more energy in my life than they should, but I couldn’t name anything specific right away. When your priorities are out of whack and everything feels equally important, it’s hard to pinpoint what you’re missing the mark on! I
How to Slow Down This September (opens the original)
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I know right now your feed is probably inundated with all things fall. The summer lovers among us are desperately clinging to the last few weeks of summer, wondering why everyone is in such a rush. Maybe it’s because I live in Texas where it’s (as my dad would say) hotter’n blue blazes for 70% of the year. Maybe it’s because I watched too much Gilmore Girls as a kid. Or maybe it’s simply that (as one of my heroes, Richard Gilmore, would say) I am an autumn. All I know is that there is absolutely
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