Tweet Well it’s finally here, my favorite time of year, FALL! Fall has always been my favorite season. It reminds me of going to my grandma’s cottage when I was younger and having campfires with roasted marshmallows, jumping in piles of leaves, apple picking, hot chocolate, carving pumpkins and of course trick or treating. Now
Ode to Fall
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Never a Convenient Time for Heartbreak
Tweet I’ve often thought that I would be great at writing love songs, and I would do so if I could sing. Songwriting provides anonymity for the writers and the people they write about. There is just the right amount of vague for you to wonder who it is they’re writing about – what exactly
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Bucket List: Places To Go, Goals To Complete, and Things To Do
Tweet Not too long ago, some of my coworkers and I were having a discussion about bucket lists. For most of us, it was basically a list of places we wanted to go. Mine is very much about travelling and adventures, but I think there are a lot of other goals and things I would
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Illuminating the Truth
Tweet This topic is surprisingly difficult for me. I am overflowing with quotes – I read constantly, and I try my hardest to memorize what I love, so I have no shortage of quotes. But what is inspiring me right at this moment? I’m not sure. I am reading (very, very slowly) the Unbearable Lightness
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Finding the Positive in Life
Tweet I can definitely count on both hands (several times) all the jobs and places to live that I have configured in my head. That’s the dreamer in me, continuing to pursue my dreams and ultimate life goals. I would trade my pine trees for palm tress, dirt roads for sand, and lakes for a
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Wanderlust
Tweet I think one of those defining characteristic of my childhood was how much I moved. My parents were consumed by wanderlust – or maybe the belief that happiness was anywhere else but where we were – and we moved on average every two- three years. I spent the first eight years of my life
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True to Myself
Tweet You may have heard people use the phrase,“you are turning more into your mother the older you get.” A couple of years ago, hearing that didn’t phase me much. However, the older I get, the more I realize the character traits I take on from my mother. She has been a very influential individual in
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In Limbo
Tweet If I was not afraid I would leave. I would sell everything that can be sold, including my little egg of a car (which is, most of the time, a bad egg), and discard everything else that couldn’t fit in two suitcases. I would buy a plane ticket to Nepal. I would stay in
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Chapter 3 Next Step Chronicle Blogger Shannon Finds Joy in Writing
Tweet Today we introduce Shannon! Originally from South Africa, this 21-year-old spent high school in England, before finally moving to Orlando, Florida for college. She is a hugely passionate person; everything she does, whether it be writing, scrapbooking or breaking into spontaneous interpretive dance moves, she does with intention and a love of being fully
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Growing Up and Creative Problem Solving
Tweet “What do you want to be when you grow up?” What a loaded question. I hear it now, and it twists me up. I’m flooded with pages and faces and classes and just plain old life. This question implies that you know what “growing up” means. It insinuates that you will eventually be different
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