One of Gretchen Rubin’s “secrets of adulthood” is: “What’s fun for other people may not be fun for you–and vice versa.” If you’re not already familiar with her, Gretchen Rubin is an author who studies happiness and good habits. She hosts a fabulous podcast called Happier, has created a fascinating four tendency framework, and has [Continue Reading…]

It’s Friday night at 11:15pm, and I’m not even a little tired, so I’m sitting at my computer, writing this blog post. I don’t think I’ve written a post to go live on a Saturday in years, literally. But here we are! I realize that blogging is in no way life-or-death, and I don’t think [Continue Reading…]

In four and a half years of blogging, I have never written a post like this. It’s 8:29pm on Monday night, and I still haven’t written tomorrow’s (today’s) post. I’ve been working on other projects all day–finalizing my Etsy fall line, communicating with mentees, prepping our home for our friends who are visiting this weekend. When [Continue Reading…]

It bothers me when someone says “I could never do that” in response to a person sharing about a major life change, yet this seems to be the standard response. For example, “I’m going away for school.” “I hope that turns out okay; I could never do that.” Or, “We’ve decided to adopt a child.” “Oh, I [Continue Reading…]

The internet makes me so tired. I know that doesn’t make a lot of sense since I make a living online, but it does. It makes me so, so tired. Exhausted even. The constant, constant, constant hyper-negative political commentary that results in comment wars and name-calling among friends and strangers. This election is really important, [Continue Reading…]

I spent time on Friday afternoon filming a lighthearted video about how I curl my hair–editing it, uploading it, and adding a post to go with it. I set it to publish at 8am today. As you can see, this is not that post. Because right now, at 10:30pm on Sunday night, I am writing this [Continue Reading…]

I didn’t know what photo to choose for this post, and frankly, I didn’t feel like painstakingly combing through all of them, so I chose this one. Not sure what that face is, probably denial that we were leaving our honeymoon. Also it ties into #1. Here we are. This is a weird post already. [Continue Reading…]

My dear friend Angela is getting married this Sunday, so I’m stepping away from my blog for the next week to spend time celebrating with her and then, after hugging her neck before she leaves on her two week dream honeymoon to Hawaii (!!!), I’m spending a couple of days with my family in Maryland. [Continue Reading…]

…Oh, how exciting it is to type this post! Wedding planning thus far has been really enjoyable, but there have been, of course, moments of stress and anxiety. In each of those moments, I’ve dreamt of warm beaches with turquoise water, sipping something fruity, with a light coastal breeze, wind in my hair, sand in [Continue Reading…]

In a world where it’s perfectly-styled Instagram photos, and glittery Pinterest boards, and ever-positive Facebook statuses, and a lot of “I’m great!’s,” even when we’re really, really not, and looking pretty in profile pictures when our hearts are heavy, it’s days like today when I scream I NEED YOU TO BE OKAY WITH MY UGLY! [Continue Reading…]