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Observations from a Late-Blooming Harry Potter Adult

Observations from a Late-Blooming Harry Potter Adult

For some strange reason, this past summer, I realized I had to read the Harry Potter series (for the first time ever). I had kicked around the idea a few times in my life. As a small child, my mom read up to “Prison of Azkaban”, and then as an older teen, I read up to “Chamber of Secrets”. But all of a sudden, I had an unquenchable desire to finally sit down and read the entire series. My aunt…

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black skinny jeans revival

black skinny jeans revival

I have a box of clothes from college that stopped fitting me about 3 years ago. They’re clothes I was very attached to, but wondered if they would ever fit again. Once I started losing weight about a year ago, I kept these clothes in a box in hopes that eventually one day they would fit me again. But after 7 months of working out and losing weight and the clothes still not fitting, I figured…

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being healthy is hard

being healthy is hard

I’m mad struggling at the gym and my diet right now. I feel I’ve plateaued with my weight, and I’m even fearing a little weight gain due to my lack of desire to do cardio and my big desire to indulge with the impending holidays. I know this process is slow and steady, I know I am strong and fit and in good shape and that should be enough. But a lot of the times I want more than what I’m doing or…

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Let's Discuss: Women Making the First Move

Let’s Discuss: Women Making the First Move

Let’s discuss: what do you think about women being the pursuers in the relationship? Not only has this been a debate I’ve seen pop up on my TikTok For You Page, but I’m personally very curious. I don’t mean is it acceptable or okay, because I think we’ve well established women’s power in the dating scene in the last twenty to thirty years. I understand women can go up to men to make the first…

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good and difficult thoughts on being yourself

good and difficult thoughts on being yourself

Being yourself is scary. It’s even more scary when you are being yourself, and people recoil. When you are honest and open about who you are, what you believe, what you value, how you think, how you see the world. When you stop fulfilling a certain role people had casted you in, when you stop being what everyone assumes or expected you to be, and you’re just yourself, that is so terrifying. And…

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the universe is a mirror so show it something beautiful

the universe is a mirror so show it something beautiful

The universe is a mirror. Or the world is a mirror. Or even the simulation is a mirror. What you are viewing in the world, in your life, in the things around you, is what you are showing to the world. If you think you aren’t control of you life, you’re wrong. If you think your limitations will always keep you from living the life you want, you’re wrong. If you know the kind of life or person you…

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a word of advice

a word of advice

A word of advice: Don’t take advice from people trying to sell you something. Have you ever seen “The Princess Bride”? Truly the most iconic movie ever made, but beyond that, one of my favorite quotes is in this film. Wesley, the handsome, quiet farm boy and dread pirate robber, says this most iconic line: “Life is pain, your Highness. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling you…

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I Missed My Goal For January, and That's Great

I Missed My Goal For January, and That’s Great

My mom got me a goal tracker for Christmas, and I excitedly started using it the first day of January. I had a few goals that are seemingly simple to accomplish, but still a challenge to make sure I’m being consistent with my goals and actions to achieve them. I did almost all of them the first day of January despite not feeling the best. (I almost never feel great on January 1st due to my…

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new motivator

So I really want to improve my work in the coming year. I want to do more with this platform, both as a way to push myself to create more meaningful and more consistent content, but also as a way to make this platform more meaningful in general. I really want to make blogging a huge part of my lifestyle. I’ve wanted to be a successful blogger since I was very young. The issue is that I haven’t…

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growing pains

When I was 12, my knees started to hurt. I felt pain right under my knee caps that hurt especially when I played soccer in the fall and spring. I went to the doctor’s, and he said I had Osgood-Schlatters, which is a joint disease found in adolescence. The irony is that this disease is usually triggered by growth spurts, and I’m a solid 5’1” and I haven’t grown since I was 12. Despite that, I…

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december goals

It’s a fresh month which means it’s time for fresh goals! Goals should, for the most part, be measurable and achievable. So the best way to set goals (or “intentions”, if millennial newspeak resonates with you more) is by focusing on numbers and quantitative valuables that can be tracked and focusing on things you truly believe you will be able to accomplish in the given time frame. Of course…

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we go together like a hurricane and a pandemic

we go together like a hurricane and a pandemic

If you live in the East coast, you experienced the first official hurricane of hurricane season 2020. If you work in the Eastern shore towns, you experienced going to work during both a pandemic and a hurricane, and still having plenty of business to keep your busy through the afternoon and night.

To be fair, the hurricane all but moved inland and upcoast by mid-afternoon. The sun was shining,…

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new room, who dis

Hello!

I hope everyone is staying as safe and healthy as they can during this Coronavirus stuff. I’m currently holed up in my house, unemployed, but really living the life exercise, food and relaxation-wise.

When all this is said and done, (or done enough for us to return to a somewhat normal routine), my parents and I are moving to a new house, and I have a new room I get to play with. As…

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emotional dump

I’ll be honest: yesterday wasn’t the easiest.

I don’t know if anyone else just becomes incredibly emotionally maxed out to the point where it all bubbles over into chaos, but I get like that. And I spent most of the day fighting and crying with my parents, and then the rest of the day trying to rehydrate from my tears and relax from my tension.

Fortunately, the relaxing was MUCH needed. I…

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birchbox - january

birchbox – january

I decided on a whim to hop on a birch box subscription, mostly looking for a good eye cream and hair products, but also because I’m looking for new products in general. I also love the gratification of having some exciting MAIL to open!

So January’s Birchbox was great. I enjoyed a lot of what I got, so here are my personal reviewers that are based on sole opinion and zero science.

Dr. Lipp…

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certain and uncertainty

I am constantly finding myself overwhelmed with both the extreme certainty and uncertainty of life. I don’t know if that makes any sense, but I guess I feel that in both circumstances, I have no control over what is going to happen.

Sometimes I feel like we so very much want to pretend we have control over our lives. “I took control of my life, and you should too!” Lifestyle coaches and…

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how to watch your weight during the holidays

how to watch your weight during the holidays

I know the holidays can be a super stressful time for people for all sorts of different reasons. But I know for those who are strict about watching their figure, the holidays can be super hard when it comes to staying on tract with your diet, making sure you keep hitting the gym, and ensuring you don’t overeat, have too many carbs or ingest too much sugar. If you’re someone who is nervous about…

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