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Swing Dresses & Fair Trade Jewelry
Hi everyone! So this week has been a bad blogging week for me. I've been working on a few other projects, so I haven't really had a lot...
Jun 8, 20162 min read
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A Gilmore Girls Adventure
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past year, you probably know Gilmore Girls is kind of a big deal right now. It all started...
Jun 3, 20162 min read
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The Safest Place I Know
We live in a world that constantly encourages us to cover up. I’m not just talking about physically, though there is certainly a billion...
Jun 2, 20163 min read
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Why We Have More Than We Realize
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a great three day weekend. I sure did, since I ventured out to a nearby lake and forest which meant the...
May 31, 20162 min read
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The Greatest Book Haul of All Time
I'm not sure exactly what it is about the last couple of weeks, but I have been buying books like crazy. It's been great. Then I won a...
May 27, 20163 min read
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How to Create Emotionally Charged Stories
I finished reading Me Before You recently - also known as the new movie everyone is talking about (see the trailer here if you haven't, I...
May 25, 20163 min read
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The Value I Found in the Enneagram
I recently realized that I've been familiar with the Myers Briggs Type Indicator since I was eighteen, which means it's almost (but not...
May 25, 20166 min read
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What I'm Learning About Becoming Poor in Spirit
I briefly mentioned before that I've been reading a book called Studies in the Sermon on the Mount by D. Martyn Lloyd Jones. It only took...
May 23, 20163 min read
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My 30 Before 30 Bucket List
Happy Friday everyone! If you've been following my blog for awhile, you've probably heard me say I'm not a huge fan of bucket lists or...
May 20, 20162 min read
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How to Survive A Summer Road Trip
I've been on more road trips with my family than I can count. Even though I love flying, I have to admit there's a certain appeal to...
May 19, 20163 min read
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Choosing Messy and Spontaneous Over Perfect
All things considered, there are really only two types of people in the world. There's the organized go-getters with to do lists for...
May 16, 20162 min read
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May Favorites
I hope you've been having a lovely May! Here's how my month is looking so far... Reading... The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George....
May 13, 20162 min read
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A Letter to 2016 Graduates (From a 2015 Grad)
I graduated college exactly a year ago, which is kind of mind-blowing. Sometimes I feel like I was still in school just a few months ago....
May 12, 20163 min read
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Finding Myself in the Imperfect Present
I’ve always been a future-oriented type of person. But really, that’s just the nice way of saying I’ve always been a head-in-the-clouds...
May 9, 20162 min read
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The Beautiful, Humbling Journey of Realizing What A Mess You Are
There's a (tongue in cheek) warning in the church world not to pray for patience unless you're ready to have your patience tested. And wow..
May 9, 20162 min read
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2016 Reading Challenge: April
At the beginning of this year, I decided to set out to read 3 books a month in three specific genres. Now that I'm out of school, I...
May 6, 20163 min read
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Why Everyone Should Keep a Journal
I remember starting to journal when I was about eleven or twelve years old. It quickly became a habit that I cultivated almost daily,...
May 4, 20163 min read
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Writing Schedules vs. Word Count Goals (A Camp Nanowrimo Update)
It's the end of April, which means it's time for my promised Camp Nanowrimo update. First, the good news: less than one week into Camp...
Apr 29, 20162 min read
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Why I Love Nature
Sometimes I'll look at a picture or video of a canyon, mountain range or forest full of tall trees, and all I want to do is book a flight...
Apr 28, 20162 min read
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Want to Learn Humility? Work Retail...
When I first started working my retail job two years ago, it honestly didn't seem so bad. Sure, there were bad days, but I never really...
Apr 26, 20162 min read
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