2017 has been a great year. But I am also extremely excited to turn the page to 2018. For the first time in recent memory, I am eager to greet the new year, not because I’m in a rush to say goodbye to the last season, but simply because I am expectant of the good […]
Hello, 2017! My theme for 2016 was Maturity. This year, I’ve gotten the theme New Beginnings. Sounds like time to start some new habits, right? Oddly, this is the first year in recent memory where I haven’t started off the year with a list of goals in mind. In keeping with my new “just say no to […]
I like closure. I think it’s important to look back before stepping forward, to take time to appreciate and remember and revel in the good. So even though there are technically a couple days left in 2016, here goes. A brief looking back at this year.. 2016 was a great year. Well, an eventful year […]
Yesterday was the first day of Spring, and today I really felt it. What perfect weather! I recently dropped a bunch of money on a bike––a decent one, according to my friends who know about these things––and I figured I should take it out for its first spin today. I should get over my paranoia about breaking […]
There are certain moments when anything seems possible: When I discover an awesome new song, when I have an epiphany about human nature, when I witness something beautiful (like waves crashing against rocks), and of course, when a new year starts. 2016 is almost upon us, and while the cynic inside me wants to point out that a change in […]
This week felt like a new beginning for me. I started running, cooking, and waking up earlier. Life felt very different. I was afraid I was going to feel too tired to keep all this up––that’s my normal excuse for sleeping in, not running, and eating the easiest-fix meals possible––but Monday and Tuesday, I felt great! I […]
A month or so ago I had a dream that I completely forgot it was my birthday so I spent the day after my birthday repeating to myself, “I’m 29, I’m 29, I’m 29,” trying to get it to sink in. When I woke up, I thought, “Wait, what happened to 28?” In moments like those, […]
I love rainy days. Laughing at the gusts of wind that blow sheets of rain at you sideways. Showing up at a social engagement with the bottom half of you completely soaked. Walking down the street shielded from the rest of the world by a curtain of water, the patter of the drops filling your ears. Today, I got […]