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BAWAGA: A New Mindset
I talk a lot about inspiration on this blog. Whether it be my own ideas, lessons I’ve learned from others, or words and phrases I’ve picked up anywhere and everywhere else. I’ve talked about mantras and mottos that carry me through rougher days (i.e. It’s Not Time to Worry Yet and Just Live the Day)… Continue reading
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21 Things to Tell My Brother on His 21st Birthday
In an unbelievable turn of events, my little brother turns 21 today. What. I mean… WHAT. It’s going to be weird forever, especially when July 2078 comes around and he turns 80 and I will once again say, “WAIT, WHAT?” 21 is a milestone in everyone’s (or at least every American’s) life and I’m so… Continue reading
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10 Easy Ways to Learn Something New Every Day
If you are like me, you love learning. You love dropping fun facts and (as subtly as possible) saying look what I can do! And while 12 years of grade school might have given us somewhat of a distaste for the long winded, multiple choice kind of learning, these days it doesn’t take much for us to learn… Continue reading
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17 Things that Have Inspired Me (So Far) This Year
During List-cember—a series of list based posts I do in December—I usually post a blog that lists 25 things that have inspired me throughout the year. I used to only post it once a year, but in July of last year, I realized that there is never really a wrong time to share inspirational things. So, I’ve… Continue reading
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Just a Reminder that You Matter
Over the weekend, Disney Channel actor Cameron Boyce died. He was only 20 years old. While I wasn’t familiar with all of Cameron’s work, I had seen him in Grown Ups and The Descendants series and knew he was a talented guy. When I heard of his passing, my heart went out to his family,… Continue reading
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Goodbye Paris, Hello World (Our European Adventure: Day 10&11)
June 22nd, 2019: It would take a long time for me to ever get used to sleeping in, yawning and looking out the window of my hotel room to see Paris, but with the warm welcome it had given us over the last two days, I looked out at the already sunny city, tipped my… Continue reading
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When in France… (Our European Adventure: Day 8&9)
June 20th, 2019: So, as you can probably imagine by now, THERE. WE. WERE. Our suitcases were upstairs, tightly packed and (miraculously) zipped, and we had twin taxis scheduled to pick us up at 10:30 a.m. for our 1:15 p.m. train. We were headed to Paris and I was fully intending to have bread at… Continue reading
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It Started with Whiskey and Ended McNasty (Our European Adventure: Day 4&5)
Sunday June 16th, 2019 On an average day I don’t usually have whiskey with my breakfast, but when you’re in Southern Ireland and there is a Jameson Distillery twenty minutes from your hotel, sometimes you find yourself having whiskey for breakfast. Which is why at around 11:30 a.m. our group found ourselves feeling pretty good on… Continue reading
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Castles, Cliffs, and a Horse Named Peppy (Our European Adventure: Day 2&3)
Friday June 14th, 2019: Upon meeting our Airbnb host Carmel the evening before, she gave us a rundown of the house she’d so graciously rented to us for the next two nights. She also gave us a guidebook of the area and pointed out some of her favorite things that we might want to add… Continue reading
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