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Bubbles in the Window

A few nights ago, just as the sun was making its final descent and golden hour turned to dusk, I walked around my apartment shutting the blinds and switching on the lights. I walked to the window in my bedroom, noticing the last hints of the pink sky, and then I stopped, my hand on 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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There’s Your Day

When I was little, my sister and I shared a room. Our twin beds sat against opposite walls, sandwiching a window in between, and each morning our mom would come in to wake us up by opening the curtains and saying, “there’s your day!” Often, in the haze of the morning and the frustration of Continue reading
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Let’s Not Worry Ourselves Out of the Present

“I can’t worry my way into another outcome in the future. I can (and do) worry myself out of any enjoyment of the present.” This was one of those lines that, even as I read it for the very first time, I knew it was meant for me to see. I audibly huffed like a Continue reading
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January & February Favorites

The first favorites post of 2024, cute! I’m really trying to focus in on who I am at this very moment because every December I forget who January/February Kim was and feel like she surely existed years earlier. But alas, here I am, here we are, the January/February versions of ourselves, guiding us through the Continue reading
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Writing the 100 Pages Movie (Part 2)

You can read the first part of this series here. . “What is your next dream project? Your pie in the sky wish?” A group of us sat in our Airbnb, eating pizza and making conversation, buzzing with anticipation for the following day’s activities. It was the first time most of us had seen each 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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A Love Letter to Road Rage

I’ll be the first to admit I have road rage. I can’t help it. I mean, I could, but then where would I put my anger? I was raised in Southern California, raised a Southern California driver, I need at least a little bit of rage in me to survive out here. Everyone is in Continue reading
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More Like a River Than a Statue

For my birthday a few years ago, my sister got me a letter board, and it has since become home to a quote and/or idea that inspires me. I often like to choose one at the beginning of the year or in light of a big change, to give my mind something to focus on Continue reading
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A Cozy Week in Spain
I was off to a rocky start. I was standing at the American Airlines counter at the Chicago O’Hare airport, considering bursting into tears, as the kind woman across from me typed away on her computer. I had missed my connecting flight to Madrid after being given bad directions by an airport employee, and was Continue reading
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