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January 3, 2018

2017 Goals Final Check-In

So I’ve decided to use this week as a kind of “wrap up” for 2017. Monday was the last episode (in 2017) of All the Good Things, and today we take a final look at my 2017 goals. Let’s see how I did: 1) See Star Wars COMPLETED That’s right folks, I can finally unlock… Continue reading

Goals

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December 27, 2017

How I Ran 1000 Miles in One Year (List-cember #8)

Of all the goals I set for 2017, the one that most worried me—both in questioning my sanity for setting it, and questioning my ability to complete it—was to run 1000 miles. As someone who has hated running for the majority of her life, it was definitely what you would call a wild card. Most… Continue reading

A Little Bit of Everything, List-cember

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November 27, 2017

You’re Free to be Great, So Go for It

This past week I officially hit the 900 mile mark of my 1000 mile running goal for the year. It’s been a trying 11 months to get here, and I have a feeling this final month will take everything I have to finish. My body is tired. It’s been sore and achy and fatigued more… Continue reading

A Little Inspiration

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November 6, 2017

Ideas that Never Became Blog Posts (For Good Reason)

Even though it may be IMPOSSIBLE to imagine, sometimes I have bad ideas for blog posts. What? You mean you’re not always a genius lyrical angel?! At the risk of shattering your universe…no. But while we all occasionally have bad ideas or plans that don’t work out quite how we imagined, I feel that as… Continue reading

A Little Bit of Everything

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October 26, 2017

How Your Kids Awakened the Future Mom in Me

I’m not a parent, but I used to play one in the morning. Five days a week I would drive over to a family friend’s house to pick up their 10-year-old twins and take them to school. I didn’t do any of the hard work. When I showed up the kids were awake and dressed… Continue reading

My Life

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October 16, 2017

Strain then Stir (Episode 2): How to be Ingredient Conscious

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Strain Then Stir, a no-cameras, diary-esque cooking show blog where I attempt to transform myself from a two-meal Tina into a full course Frank…or at the very least, be capable of feeding myself more than cereal and pasta. On our last episode, I dove into the depths… Continue reading

Strain then Stir

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October 5, 2017

Swipe-tember: What I Learned from Spending a Month on Dating Apps

After recently turning 27 I had the normal rush of emotions, as well as a few new, introduced-in-the-late-twenties specific ones. For example: ARE MY EGGS DYING? This was more or less a ticking time bomb. With friends in every direction getting married and having babies and then more babies, as I sit on my couch… Continue reading

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