As long as I can remember, I’ve been a writer. In third grade, sometimes my friends and I would ask to go out to the hall during story time after recess. Instead of hearing other people’s stories, we wanted to write our own. We wrote these stories in my Garfield notebook. They were about our…
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8 THINGS I LEARNED FROM MOVING ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Moving away from home was by far the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I’m not talking about college. My entire college career was nothing in comparison to this. But living in the next state over is nothing like packing everything you own into your car and road tripping across the country. I wouldn’t go as far…
Read MoreWHY I AM CHOOSING HAPPINESS
For most of my life, I’ve lived according to what I think other people expect me to do. Try hard in school, work towards something greater, always on — never stopping to think about what’s best for me. Even when I’m deciding what I want most in life, part of me has always thought about…
Read MoreSEND TO: MINNESOTA, RE: OUR BREAKUP
Draft: Feb. 12 3:35 p.m. Dear Minnesota, There’s something I’ve been wanting to talk to you about for a while. It’s something that’s hard for me to admit. So please, just hear me out. Breaks are dumb. But our break has made me realize, taking a break doesn’t mean a relationship is irreparable. In fact,…
Read MoreWHEN WILL I STOP WAITING FOR MY LIFE TO START?
Like most of what I write, this post was inspired by a conversation I had not too long ago. We were talking about the future and where we were in our career so far. And then the conversation turned to how we were always waiting for our lives to “start,” as if everything we had…
Read MoreWHY YOU SHOULDN’T GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS
When we are little, we are often confronted with the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?” We are encouraged to be creative. We are encouraged to be imaginative. We are encouraged to be daydreamers. But at some point, that all changes. Society wants you to be creative but in a…
Read MoreBLOGGING WITH PURPOSE
Blogging ignites my fire. It brings me joy to press publish. It fuels my creativity and sparks my imagination. It pushes me be successful and it inspires me to be greater. Blogging is not simply typing your thoughts and presenting it to whomever comes across it on the Internet. Blogging is reading other blogs. Blogging…
Read MoreCURRENTLY // JUNE ’15
Listening to // “I Need Your Love” by Shaggy. I heard this song on the radio the other day and instantly loved it. The lyrics are pretty simple–it says “I need your love” a million times. It’s a good one, though. Shopping for// I have been focusing on eating more fruits and vegetables lately, so…
Read MoreEVERYTHING CHANGES
As the seasons turn, we are reminded of the ever-evolving nature of life. Nothing stays the same–at least not for very long. It always blows me away how you can think you have everything figured out, and in an instant you can feel like you are living in a different lifetime. Lately, I have taken…
Read MoreAn Incomplete Timeline of my Life in the Lost and Found Bin
I decided it might be kind of fun to make a little timeline. This is an interactive timeline of my life. The posts it brings you to might not directly relate to the picture, but each one will bring you somewhere around the Bin (except for the picture of Sydney. That will bring you to…
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