Life

Warning: This post is very long and incredibly personal. I have wanted to write this post for a very long time. Mostly because I wanted to explain why I haven’t …

This is my first post of the New Year and the first in almost four months. A health challenge and then the election distracted me for most of the Fall. …

Ever since I read Jack Kerouac’s Big Sur in college, I’ve wanted to travel down the winding Pacific Coast Highway and see the redwoods and majestic views. During my 20s, …

I have been reading a ton this summer and loving every minute of it. I’ve been really fortunate to discover some wonderful books and new-to-me authors that embody everything I …

I’m very excited to finally share our master bathroom before and after photos. We have enjoyed every minute of using the new space for the past year. It was a tough …

On Saturday, we celebrated my mother-in-law’s birthday with a trip to the Des Moines Botanical Gardens. I’ve lived in Des Moines for almost eight years and driven by the large …

Lately, I’ve been using audiobooks as a way to motivate myself to take long walks after work. Listening to a good book while walking on the bike trails in our …

One of the things I most love about where I live is the easy access to an extensive system of biking and walking trails. The trail that we use is …

When school ended a few weeks ago, I began to worry about not getting enough activity during the day. At school and in most of my classes, I’m not sitting …

Yesterday, I was scrolling through my Instagram feed and saw a post by Justina Blakeney leading to a blog post tutorial she had written on how to turn your doodles …

Last year, I had a pretty ambitious goal to read 100 books. Around halfway through the year, I realized that this goal was somewhat silly because I was reading more …

One of my big goals for the first quarter of this year was to purge my wardrobe using the Marie Kondo method. If you haven’t yet read The Life Changing …