If you know me, even just a little, you know that dance is, and always has been, a huge part of my life. My second home was my dance studio, and the people at my studio were, and still are, my second family. Heading off to college and leaving my studio was bittersweet, but I … More Investing in Your Health and Happiness Is the Best Thing You Can Do
I’m the type of person who likes to take cute, smiley photos like this… …but I’m also the person to do stupid shit like this: I’m a weirdo at heart, and anyone who really knows who I am also knows my affinity for all things weird–like feeling the need to lift my leg in the air in … More How Being Yourself Can Help Others to Do the Same
See the girl in the photo above? The girl who’s laughing, looking super happy, and is enjoying a long weekend at a vineyard with her best friend? It looks like she’s living her best life after college, right? Well, let me let you in on a little secret. The same girl who is pictured laughing … More The Instagram Highlight Reel is Real–Don’t Fall For It
Hello, folks! Long time, no writing. It’s actually been eight months since I’ve posted a blog on this site, and while I could give you a running list of poor excuses why, I’ll give you the biggest reason: I’ve been a confused little chameleon. Naturally, I’d give you a strange answer. But, for most of … More I am, I am, I am a New Beginning
DISCLAIMER: I am by no means a relationship expert. The relationship I’m in now is the only serious relationship I’ve ever been in. I’m basing this article on what I think, which is based on my experience. Obviously, everyone has a different experience. But, this is my blog, and therefore, I can write what I want. … More Dating Doesn’t Have to Be a Headache, and Here’s Why
If you’re anything like me, you love wasting your time on the Internet by taking irrelevant quizzes on Buzzfeed about your personality type. A lot of these quizzes deal with introversion versus extraversion. I am an introvert through and through. I lose energy in social situations and regain it in solitude by doing what I … More Food for Thought: Introverts Aren’t Anti-Social
In my last blog post, I talked about how we should use 2019 as a way to finally escape the comfort zone in order to chase the dreams we’ve created in our heads about what we want to be and what we want to do. I fully believe in this goal and want this goal … More Escaping the Blogging Comfort Zone: My Goals for that girl with glasses
Ah, the comfort zone. We love the comfort zone. To put it bluntly, it’s comfortable–it’s what we know well and what we know we are capable of handling. We feel at peace living in our monotonous routines, and generally, we try to avoid anything and anyone who gives us those unwelcome angry butterflies that flip … More 2019 Is Your Year to Get Out of the Comfort Zone
The other day, I was about to make a life decision when this thought suddenly entered my mind: Should I tell so-and-so first that I’m going to do this? Immediately, I mentally slapped myself and re-thought, Absolutely not! It’s hard to make decisions without thinking about how other people might react. What will they say? What will … More You Don’t Need Permission to Live Your Life
New Year’s resolutions have quickly become a running joke in the world as people make them and then fail to follow through the rest of the year. But I am a firm believer that New Year’s resolutions can be fulfilled when two things happen: You leave the past in the past. You make resolutions that … More How to Conquer the New Year and Uphold Your Resolutions
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