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30 Good Things that Happened in November
Hello and welcome back to another edition of All the Good Things, a monthly series where I highlight all the good things (get it?) that happen in each 30-day (or so) span. I hope it can be a reminder that amongst all the well known bad, there is a lot of undercover good happening in our world. Let’s dive… Continue reading
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Let Us All Give Thanks to Our Grey Sweatshirt
If you look at almost any picture of me from high school, I am wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt. It was nothing special. Just a plain, thin, cotton hoodie that was probably from Target, and did absolutely nothing for my figure or for fashion. But somehow, for some reason, I wore it every. single. day.… Continue reading
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In Case You’re Looking for a New Thanksgiving Staple
When I was little, my maternal grandparents used to host Thanksgiving every year. And just like any other holiday, I would arrive looking for a few key staples: the stuffing, the mashed potatoes, the pre-meal black olives that I would place on my fingers and pretend I got a manicure, and the cheese filled celery… Continue reading
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The Solvang Postcard
In the fall of my senior year of college—which as I type this I realize was nine years ago, YIKES—I studied abroad in Australia. While there, one of my absolute favorite things was to write and receive letters from friends and family back home. I love mail in general, but being a whole continent away… Continue reading
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200 Day Time Capsule Blog #6
It should come as a surprise to no one that this time capsule is a little grim, mostly because it’s been 200 days and things are not exactly radically better than they were for our last letter. I started the letter with, “I can only hope things are good, because they are a little rough… Continue reading
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For Anyone Else Who Has Bumped Their Head
2020 has been full of big, hard things. But sometimes it’s the small, hard things, the trivial things, that make a particular moment, morning, or even a whole day feel like a real personal attack. For me, these are some of those things: 1) When you accidentally touch a button or a zipper on an… Continue reading
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Keep Hold of Your Elephant
I recently read former SEAL and current Congressman Dan Crenshaw’s book, Fortitude, which talks a lot about how to live a more balanced and controlled emotional life, especially in this age of “outrage culture.” In one chapter, I found a metaphor that really stuck with me and I wanted to share. It comes from psychologist… Continue reading
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31 Good Things that Happened in October
Hello and welcome back to another edition of All the Good Things, a monthly series where I highlight all the good things (get it?) that happen in each 30-day (or so) span. I hope it can be a reminder that amongst all the well known bad, there is a lot of undercover good happening in our world. Let’s dive… Continue reading
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September & October Favorites (2020)
Hey y’all. If you can believe it, we only have two months left of this crazy year. Here are some of my most recent favorite things to help you power through them. Podcasts If you are a music lover and, like me, constantly find yourself asking, “how did they think of that?” this is the… Continue reading
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