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Rose-Tinted Read #5: The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

In an effort to spread beauty, positivity, and joy, I’ve started highlighting some of the beautiful books I read, or what I like to call “Rose-Tinted Reads”. These might be books that tell beautiful stories, share diverse perspectives, are funny as hell, or contain gorgeous word choice or prose. I’ve linked my previous Rose-Tinted Reads […]

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Throwback Thursday-Travel Edition: Sights to See in South Dakota

I am a pretty detailed planner when it comes to almost every part of traveling. I pore over travel guides, blogs, and websites for the best hotels, restaurants, and cultural spots. I make extremely precise itineraries based on both time, location, and ease of travel. I plan out my travel wardrobe based on a color […]

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Bullet Journal 101:

Having stalked photos of beautiful bullet journals on Instagram and Pinterest for quite some time, I have now finally gotten around to starting my own. Being filled with equal parts joy and nerves, I posted how excited I was to be starting with an accompanying picture of my shiny new journal, and the most common […]

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Date Ideas: For When You Feel Like Hibernating

If you don’t look below the surface, post-holiday-season-winter seems like the all-time worst season. It’s freezing (especially here in Wisconsin), it’s dark out like 70% of the time, and there aren’t any really exciting things happening until spring break finally shows its face. It’s easy to get stuck in a rut, especially if you are […]

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Rose-Tinted Read #3: All Over the Place

In an effort to spread beauty, positivity, and joy, I’ve started highlighting some of the beautiful books I read, or what I like to call “Rose-Tinted Reads”. These might be books that tell beautiful stories, share diverse perspectives, are funny as hell, or contain gorgeous word choice or prose. Find Rose-Tinted Read #1 HERE and […]

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Throwback Thursday – Travel Edition: A Round-up of Nashville, TN

I am a pretty detailed planner when it comes to almost every part of traveling. I pore over travel guides, blogs, and websites for the best hotels, restaurants, and cultural spots. I make extremely precise itineraries based on considerations of time, location, and ease of travel. I plan out my travel wardrobe based on a […]

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Mopping Is an Act of Gratitude

I had an epiphany the other day while I was mopping the floors. If you are at all like me, you probably don’t mop as often as you should. Or as often as anyone should whose house has not been condemned, but you know, we’re not here to talk about my terrible housekeeping, so let’s […]

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Being Intentional About Happiness: My Rebellion

In general, I want to believe that the people I interact with each day have good intentions. After all, seeing people and the world in the best (rose-colored) light possible is kind of my thing. This belief in the general goodness of others leads me to speculate that most people just have a difficult time […]

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