Here & There

Kristen | 23 Grad student, runner, always searching for goodness. Here are some snippets of my life

[nikimontage]

Our final day in Toronto

Packed up our new ski equipment to take on the flight (!!!)

Drove up to my former grade school to visit one of my oldest friends @dolceartist and get some teacher hugs in (not pictured)

Coffee at Sam James and visit with the lovely @thedaytoday and her fiancé❣️

Lunch at one of my fav vegan restaurants in Toronto (the best dragon fries yet)

An easy going airport check with a huge local cider from brickworks and fresh hummus and Kalamata olives 🫒 (not pictured)

Soy chai latte while we waited to board our 6:30p departure from Toronto to San Francisco

Feeling so whole and grateful 😌

[thedaytoday]

🥰🥰🥰 filled me with joy to get to hug you niki!! @nikimontage

[anonymousalchemist]

being 25 is like: im dying. im living my best life. im a failure. my life hasnt started. everything interesting has already happened to me. im achieving my dreams. im cutting my hair with kitchen scissors. im starting a skincare routine. im a corporate professional. im a sellout. im out of groceries. i have too many groceries. i am never going to be successful. i am going to win a hugo award before im 30. im crazy. im boring. i need to finish this essay. i need to finish this story. i need to start a newsletter. i need to start tweeting more. i need to stop tweeting. i need to ghost all my friends. i need to tell my friends i love them. i need to find a new apartment. i need to take out the trash. i am the trash that needs to be taken out. 

[weltenwellen]

Mary Oliver, from “I Worried”, Devotions

[soap-stones]

[shhhitsfine]

[thedaytoday]

Today in pictures:

Went for an 8km run this afternoon- my longest run this year (so far)! It was glorious out and it felt so good to be on the trails. I’m learning to go slower to run faster. Working on pacing to keep my heart rate lower & effort manageablec building kilometres, and just soaking up the joy im getting from running this season. Today felt fantastic & a 10k by the end of may feels well within reach. Excited to keep chasing bigger and bigger goals.

Made a vegan dalgona iced matcha latte today and it was sooo yummy. This time I used aquafaba instead of coconut cream (thanks to @nikimontage ) and it worked !

Also spent my evening on the back porch, listening to the birds chirping and taking in the changing sky.

Today felt easy and right & like I was doing exactly what I needed and wanted to do. A happy sunday🌞

[thedaytoday]

I’ve been spending the past few weeks at my parents’ home, taking my dog for walks at golden hour, running country roads, and admiring sweet details of this small town. I’m such a city girl and can’t imagine living in the country but its a nice change of pace every once and a while. Especially loooooving the extra outdoor space and not having to dodge people to keep a responsible distance on my runs.

[thedaytoday]

Other joys include finding free flowers and feeling myself after putting makeup on for the first time in weeks ✨

[thedaytoday]

I am so grateful for the way that running feels like home; how it always welcomes me back no matter how long it’s been.

Lately I’ve been feeling a lot of joy in my kilometres and that’s been such a nice sensation. Running isn’t always easy, it isn’t always pleasant but when it is? Man oh man there is nothing better than that.

[langleavpoetry]

[homoidiotic]

little comic about self care and growth [my links]

[madeofwhitebone]

Actually, life is beautiful and I have time

[l6veletters-deactivated20190725]

have you ever met someone that was sunshine in human form

[nikimontage]

@thedaytoday - her!

[thedaytoday]

This made me 🥰🥰🥰

[thedaytoday]

Today I went to pilates and ate some yummy cookies I baked yesterday, read a bunch, got organized and went bouldering & ate Tibetan food with friends. A full and active day and my heart feels very full 🥰

[thedaytoday]

I am soft and strong and always shape shifting and all of that is beautiful and good

[thedaytoday]

Yesterday I went for a long walk by myself in the afternoon because there was sun outside and I wanted to capitalize on it. Took the first picture because I wanted to remember the feeling of cold, crisp air on my skin. That sharp and refreshing feeling. I ended my walk with a soft oat milk cappuccino and the paper and that was lovely too. Listened to BADBADNOTGOOD the whole time and felt thankful to be living in this city, living in this life

[twofigs]

sitting on the bus on a foggy morning and only thinking — is this, finally, my life? do i hold it with both hands? do i try to live?