my 5 worst and best purchases of 2023
Call me Rebecca Bloomwood and get me a green scarf, because this is my confession: I am a shopaholic. Like our friend Becky in the 2009 movie, I too feel that the world gets better when I shop.
Life update: What’s happened in 3 years
Life is funny, isn’t it? Nearly three years ago, I published an episode of the Self Care Podcast with a friend and ex-colleague, Georgia, about corporate burnout. Little did I know, that would foreshadow the future I was rapidly approaching. Not only did my then-current role take ALL my free time, my mental health, and my self-confidence, but it also took this very blog (and the podcast).
10 Lessons I’ve Learned Living with My Partner
Last August, I wrote a blog on Avec David chronicling the ten things to consider before moving in with a significant other. I laugh now, reading, “having a month-and-a-half under our belt…” We were so new to cohabitating. (And compared to some of you, we still are.) Three years ago, I moved to Seattle — into an apartment where I lived on my own for the first time in my 26.75 years of existence.
My Favorite Summer Recipes (Snacks & More)
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from gaining the quarantine-fifteen, it’s that I know how to snack. And while I’m as basic as the rest of us and fawn over pumpkin spice treats in the fall, it’s the sweet and tart tastes of summer that really satisfy my snacking heart…
The Beginner’s Guide to Houseplants
On a weekly basis, I receive texts from friends and family, or am tagged in houseplant memes on social. I laugh (and feel proud) to be known as the crazy plant lady. Now, you might be picturing my home as a place that can be confused as a jungle, but that’s not entirely accurate. Although, within one summer, I accumulated over 20 houseplants…
7 Tips for The Newly Remote
Amidst the (understandable) panic of COVID-19, many companies are opting to keep as many employees as safe as possible and urging (or in some cases demanding) employees work remotely. And if you’re like me — currently sniffling your way through the day with an anxiety-inducing head cold — you’re grateful for the transition. No more coworkers in the office shuffling around zombie-style trying to give you the plague. Thanks, patient zero.
We Moved in Together
B and I were discussing upcoming adventures and plans for the rest of the year, and he says, “Speaking of adventures, what do you think about moving in with me?” Time stopped. I felt my ears radiating heat, my stomach in my throat, and my heart scratch like a record. Did he just ask me to move in with him? I was elated, nervous, nauseous, giddy, surprised, and every other emotion you can imagine all at once.