Mind Munches
The love child of word vomit & metaphors
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Push Past the Fear, I Beg
About three years ago, I flew to Nashville to be a writer on the 100 pages movie. And about two weeks ago, I flew back to Nashville to be on the set of that movie being made. And while it’s impossible to really describe everything that has happened in between, one constant, for me at… Continue reading
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Things I Would Save in a Fire
Growing up in Southern California, I’m no stranger to fire. While I live in suburbs far enough from most at risk areas, I’ve watched the surrounding hillsides glow orange and then char; watched the blue smoggy sky get swallowed up by smoke thick enough to spark pain right between your eyes. A year ago, I… Continue reading
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Time is Flying in Weird Ways
Everywhere you turn you can hear someone commenting on the passage of time—either how quick or how slow. The beginning of the year, for me, always moves the slowest. I constantly find myself asking, “is it STILL January?!” Because I’m so anxious to get on with it, to dive headfirst into the newness and see… Continue reading
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It Still Counts if You Don’t Post It
Shortly after I got my first Fit Bit, my perspective on exercise changed. Suddenly I didn’t just want to go for a walk, I wanted to know how far I went and how many steps I got. I wanted praise for moving, proof and positive reinforcement. I still get excited about the little badges they… Continue reading
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The Colorful Explosion of Is
Once or twice a month I feel specifically like this. Like the world truly is big and vast and full of possibility. Like everything I could ever do and learn and see and experience is right here at my fingertips. Like there is simply too much for me to find, but rather than being discouraged… Continue reading
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thanK you aIMee (et. al)
Among Taylor Swift’s 31 (!) new songs released on her new album, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology, is “thanK you aIMee.” Regardless of who it is speculated to be about, it is a message to a person and/or experience in the past which you’ve found a way to heal from and, in some ways,… Continue reading
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Don’t Immediately Dread Jury Duty
At the end of February, I opened my mailbox to find a jury duty summons. It was only the second one I’d ever received, and there had been over a decade in between them, in which I’d moved four times. So I promptly texted this to my sister. Growing up, I always got the feeling… Continue reading
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I’m Trying to Give Away Five Dollars
It seems like everything has a subscription these days. You want to be able to watch that movie? Subscribe. You want to be able to read that newsletter? Subscribe. You want to get access to recipes and articles from your favorite online publication? Subscribe. And aside from major streaming platforms, it seems like everything costs… Continue reading
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The Trials of Picking a Good Outfit
I was recently trying to pick out an important outfit. An outfit that I wanted to look cute in, an outfit I wanted to *work*, an outfit that, in a direct quote to my sister, I wanted to be “stylish and easy going and comfortable and warm but not too warm in case we’re in… Continue reading
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Have a Nice Life! (I Mean it)
I was listening to a podcast the other day and one of the hosts talked about how we often we only see people once in our whole lives. She described it in the context of getting her eyebrows done. She lives in New York, a bustling city of millions, and makes an appointment every couple… Continue reading
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