You can run from the disappointments you’re trying to forget. But it’s only when you embrace your past, that you truly move forward. I recently watched the movie Now and Then. I hadn’t seen this movie is years. I remember as a bored twelve year old catching it on television one summer vacation and I just couldn’t get enough of it. It was airing on a premium movie channel (I…
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unravelling 2015
Read moreI’ve been thinking a lot about next year and what I want to do and who I want to be. I wrote a bunch of goals in my previous post because I wanted to get them out of my head, though most importantly, I want to complete those goals too. But I suck at keeping to goals, so I’m going to set intentions. I don’t believe in making resolutions but…
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planning for the new year
Read moreNow, I’m not one to plan my goals–or even have goals–for a new year. I never took it seriously and to be quite honest, I still don’t take new year goals seriously. Because really, you should be able to set goals whenever you want. But that was never my problem with goals. My problem was that I never stuck to them. I’d make them and plan to stick to them…
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changing seasons / a mixtape
Read moreIt’s been a bit since I shared a mixtape. To be honest, I’ve been listening to the same handful of songs over and over as of late. I’m quite addicted to My Head Is An Animal by Of Monster and Men. I can literally listen to that album all day without getting bored with it. I’ve also been listening to U2’s new album, Songs of Innocence, on repeat as well.…
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my first kikki k haul
Read moreI finally bit the bullet and ordered me some Kikki K. To be honest, I’ve been stalking that site since I discovered the beauty of the discontinued Mint and Gold Dots planner. I missed out on the limited edition Mint Personal Planner back in June and have been waiting patiently for Kikki K to come out with new Mint planners they said were coming out in October. But when October…
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the purpose of life
Read moreI recently came home from my first solo trip abroad. At first, I didn’t think I gained anything from it but the mere courage I gained from simply going off on my own, but after coming home, I realized that I learned so much more. On my flight home I watched The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and two things resonated with me. The first was the motto to Life: To see the…
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organizing my workspace
Read moreI live in a tiny space. I still live at home and my room is just plain small. It’s a very squared room and I often find it difficult to arrange my furniture in a way that would make my small space seem spacious. I don’t have that many pieces of furniture, three big pieces at most, and even though everything I own is stored in my room (with the…
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how to keep a pen pal smashbook
Read moreI stumbled across this fabulous idea when I was looking for a way to organize all of my letters. They were just piling up in my desk draw to the point where they weren’t fitting. I ended up having to take them all out of the draw and had them piling high on my window seal. I didn’t know what to do with them. I didn’t want to throw them…
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5 foreign brands i’m loving right now
Read moreI’ve been telling myself lately that I’ve “got a problem.” A big one that involves pretty things. Generally, it’s paper or stationery things and I suppose it stems from my recent snail mail obsession. I’ve sort of replaced my scrapbooking binges with buying stationery instead. In a way, I do save a lot more money because scrapbook supplies are EXPENSIVE, but the fact that I just replaced one addiction with…
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what’s a mail tag?
Read moreMail Tag is a game created by Bianca of goodnight little spoon. It is a clever little game you play via the post. A great conversation starter, sending a mail tag with your letter is a great way to get to know your pen pal right off the bat. Essentially, it’s a small list of questions, random quick questions, that you and your pen pal send back and forth to each other…
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snail mail: how to get started
Read moreThis always seems tricky to first timers. I know, I was there once. How do you just start writing letters to random strangers? How do you even find random strangers willing to participate in this seemingly random exchange? The task of just finding one person to write to seems daunting in the beginning. Where do you go? How do you start? I asked myself those questions when I first started…
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the quality of a friend
Read moreIf there was one bit of advice that my mother gave me when I was younger that has resonated within me for years it’s that you only ever need just one good friend in your life. Just one. And I guess I have lived my life by that rule. Since I was a kid I was always alone. I wasn’t a loner, but I didn’t have many friends. Sure in…