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May 5, 2014
This is Real Life.
Hey People, I’m going to catch up with the learning twenty-five blog series soon (preview: dating can be miserably awkward and there’s a mouse in my house), but in the meantime, I wanted to give you an official I-wrote-a-book-and-stuff update. I wrote a book. It’s titled, and the floor was always lava. It’s a collection of essays and micro-essays […]
April 25, 2014
Dreams Realized, Sorta
Day 28: January 8 Go back to work after a long, long break. It’s exhausting. You’re exhausted. But! check your email at exactly the right time and finally sign up for Baltimore Print Studio’s letter press workshop for February. Get excited. And then get in bed, because Dude, you are still sick. Translation: Twenty-five is […]
April 23, 2014
Look What I Found: An Almost Post from 2012
I’ve been working hard on this website redesign and launching my first book (and the floor was always lava, available May 9), and in doing so, I found this blog that was never published from November 2012. It got caught in “draft-purgatory” on my phone. The basic set up: I thought I was sick. I googled […]
April 19, 2014
Delicious Shots of Nature
Day 26: January 6 It’s Sunday; get your butt out of bed. Seriously, get up. Get dressed for church. Put real effort in, and by that I mean you can still wear jeans, but maybe wear boots that don’t have massive holes in the heels (when are you going to let those shoes die by […]
March 3, 2014
A Day with Delta: Nothing Fancy
Originally posted on Michelle Junot:
Day 11: December 22, 2013 6am Arrive at the airport with luggage that is already falling apart, and make a mental note to get new luggage. Also, note that you have plenty of time before your flight is set to board. (Good for you! You are learning how to properly…
Day 11: December 22, 2013 6am Arrive at the airport with luggage that is already falling apart, and make a mental note to get new luggage. Also, note that you have plenty of time before your flight is set to board. (Good for you! You are learning how to properly…
February 27, 2014
Making Your Smoothie and Drinking It Too
Day 22: January 2 Stay in bed. Or on the couch. Or on the cold floor between the living room and your bedroom. Because the dusty wood feels good on your feverish face. Oh, and clean your floor. You’ve really fallen down on the job (pun very much intended) lately. Where’s your OCD-perfectionist-type-A persona been […]
February 26, 2014
Patient Zero
Day 20: December 31 Start the day early. It’s the last one in 2013 after all. And hey, this was a big year for you. You experienced friendship and love, heartbreak and lasting confusion, and beautiful renewal and clarity. It was all confusing and exciting. Seriously, take a moment to think about that. But then […]
February 14, 2014
Going Home: Better Late than Never
Day 19: December 30 Brace yourself. It’s another day with Delta. But this time, you’re too forlorn to make detailed notes about the experience. Because vacation’s over. It’s time to get back to all those things you’re avoiding back in Baltimore. It’s time to go home. Back to real life. But remember, that’s joyous! You […]
February 13, 2014
Ornament Spinners and Other Important Matters
Day 16: December 27 Repeat Day 15 except this time, don’t try to fool yourself with a pathetic run. It’s vacation. There are still left overs to be had. And you’re facing the last days with this puppy: Because A) you’re leaving in two days and B) the puppy is growing rapidly by the day. […]
January 18, 2014
Puppies are Productivity Killers
Day 12: December 23 Sleep in. You read that right. Wake up when your body is ready to wake up instead of only after hitting the snooze button on your obnoxious alarm seven times. (By the way, there are other sounds you could choose besides “hateful buzzer.”) Grab a cup of comfort-coffee (the kind of […]
