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Paris, France

polaroids of paris in july

January 6, 2017

Spain

polaroids of my time in barcelona (and madrid)

December 23, 2016

Italy

polaroids of my italian summer

December 14, 2016

some thoughts on my new york city

August 10, 2015

the blossoms of springtime

Book 1/25: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Rating: ✩✩✩

I finally finished this book! To be completely transparent, I started this book last year. I got halfway through it before putting it down. I don't know what it is, but I find Elizabeth Gilbert's writing to be really dry and boring sometimes. The same thing happened with reading Big Magic. But I think she shares some really great ideas, and for me, those are the real gems.

Happy to say I finally read this one though. xx

This was my book stack for 2022. It comprised of new and old reads that I was hoping to read and reread this year as I focused on my own (creative) personal journey. So I mixed in a lot of “self-help” books with creative ones, and some cute fiction to spark the imagination. I still have a handful of books I still have yet to read, but I'm going to share throughout the month the ones I did finish.

Do you have any special reads you tackled this year? xx

"a gentle unfurling" is about slowing down, being mindful, intentional, and authentic. It's about unraveling in the best way possible, baring the soul to expose the true self, giving yourself grace when you need to, and space to be spread open.

"a gentle unfurling" was gifted to me by a dear friend, who uttered these words some time ago in response to a few intentions I had set for myself. She paraphrased, "it's like a gentle unfurling," and that phrase has stuck with me ever since. xx

Some shots of Central Park in autumn:

✩ Rowboats on The Lake
✩ The Boathouse
✩ The Foliage
✩ Bow Bridge
✩ Path in The North Woods

November 9th, 2022

My word for 2022 was Becoming and this is what I wrote the beginning of this year.

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Posted on Jan 3rd, 2022:

My One Little Word for 2022 is BECOMING.

Every year I set specific intentions, and each year I choose a word and supporting words that encompass those intentions to guide my year.

This year I chose BECOMING, which was a supporting word last year to my guiding phrase "a gentle unfurling."

BECOMING means "beginning to be."

A lot of why I chose this word this year is rooted in my sense of self and how for all of my life I never felt like I truly belonged anywhere. I sometimes blame this on my Type 4 personality, that whole yearning of Fours to find out who they are and their purpose; their overall search for their identity. I've been searching for myself for a very long time and haven't quite found who I really am.

I often think I'm an enigma. I have parts of me that contradict themselves and don't make much sense. But I think that's because I'm always pulling from the outside instead of looking within. Because when you look within, you begin to realize that there's absolutely nothing wrong with being a contradiction. We are all contradictions. We all live within "the and space." These dichotomies are what make each of us real and unique.

But I've recently realized that if I keep searching for myself, I'm never going to truly find myself. Because maybe you simply don't find yourself, but instead you have to become yourself. Just like we mold our children, we have to mold ourselves into the people we want to be.

So this year, I vow to stop searching for myself in the void and begin becoming the self I want to be.

I signed up for @aliedwards' One Little Word course this year. It's my very first time taking the course instead of trying to keep my word on my own. I feel like having an introspective, creative guide to follow for the year will help me keep accountable to my word and actually take action on it.

I'm very much looking forward to this journey. xx

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I don't think I fully shared my OLW journey on this feed this year, so I'll be sharing what I posted on my personal account here throughout the month. xx

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