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  • My Brussels Sprout Experience
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    My New Job Made Me Hate Myself

    February 24, 2021 /

    Everyday that I came home from work I couldn't stop the thoughts running through my head like, "You're going to turn 30, broke and working at ###." or "You're almost 30 and you already failed at your career." or worse, "So what good is your college degree?" Taking this job, this job that I desperately needed left me feeling like the biggest loser ever and I hated that. I wanted to be proud that I was working, that I was figuring out a way to get by, but all I could think about was how it wasn't supposed to be that way.

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    October 15, 2018

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    May 31, 2020

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    March 30, 2020
  • Life

    Turning 30: The Start of a New Year, a New Decade and a New Chapter

    January 28, 2021 /

    Like I do every year, I am ready to outline my goals, my resolutions if you will, for this next year. However, since this isn't just any birthday, it's, as I've been annoyingly saying, the start of a new chapter for me and there is a lot I hope to change and do moving forward not just this year, but in general.

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    December 13, 2020

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    September 30, 2018
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    My Weight and 30 Day Challenges Round 2: Learning to Love Myself

    May 25, 2020
  • Life

    Turning 30: Looking at my 20s Through a Positive Lens

    January 26, 2021 /

    I turn 30 in just a couple days and I don't remember ever being this excited for a birthday. I turned 18 in high school, early in my senior year, so very little changed there. At 21 I had very little interest in alcohol, so that was no big achievement. And at 25 I was excited to be able to rent a car, but who really thinks about that? But 30, 30 feels different. I have been excited to turn 30 since last year and even though COVID is throwing a wrench into many of my celebration plans, that doesn't change how thrilled I am to be leaving my 20s…

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    January 15, 2020

    My First Month Back in California

    February 21, 2019
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    Baby Steps To Plant-Based Eating

    September 12, 2020
  • Life

    20 Things That Made 2020 Tolerable

    December 18, 2020 /

    2020 has been a pretty crap year for most of us I think. Yes, if you follow me I was pretty happy with how the majority of this year went, and this was by far not my worst year (although the past month has it ranking pretty high up there), but even through the best lens this year was full of stress, anxiety, change, and uncertainty. That being said, there were some things that definitely made this year a little easier, happier, and entertaining, at least for me.

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    October 15, 2018
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    February 24, 2021
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    Steven

    December 13, 2020 /

    I sat on my computer for nearly four hours yesterday, trying to put together an appropriate post. I would write and delete and write and delete. Nothing I wrote seemed right. Nothing I wrote seemed like enough. Having someone so full of life, someone so good, pass away so suddenly at only 27, makes no sense, so why would talking about it be any different.

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    Turning 30: Looking at my 20s Through a Positive Lens

    January 26, 2021
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    January 28, 2020

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    January 28, 2021
  • Life

    “Where do you see yourself in 5 years?” – Why I HATE This Question

    September 16, 2020 /

    Like many people, I currently find myself unemployed and that means it's interview time, again. And with the way the last few years have been, it feels like this has been the season of interviews in my life. From being laid off with only a year left on Oahu, to trying to settle back into life in California, and now COVID, I should be a pro when it comes to interviews and job hunting. In many ways I guess I kind of am. Not to say I'm good at interviews, but very rarely am I surprised by a question or the flow of an interview. I'm so used to hearing…

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    January 15, 2020
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    September 12, 2020

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    January 6, 2019
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    Baby Steps To Plant-Based Eating

    September 12, 2020 /

    I haven't bought meat in over a month, sort of. Over the past few months my husband and I have really been on an eco-kick sustainable living journey of sorts. As you know, we started backyard composting and gardening. My recycling habits have really been put in check and we started looking at our day to day consumption and how we could make better choices. Little by little we've been looking at the things we use, how we use them, what their impact is and how we could make better choices. We started having conversations about how products are made, where products come from, the insane amount of plastic we…

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    January 2, 2019

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    September 17, 2018

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    You Won’t Always Have More Time

    May 31, 2020 /

    When my dad was sick, I spent nearly everyday by his side. I gave him hugs and kisses every chance I had. And I was constantly saying “I love you.” The day he died was hard for me. It was hard for me on many levels, not just the obvious one. The day he died, I got very angry at a nurse who was practically force feeding him. The day before my dad died, he was moved to a hospice facility, so these were new nurses who didn’t know us or his case. My dad had not been able to eat solid foods for a long time at this point,…

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    Turning 30: Looking at my 20s Through a Positive Lens

    January 26, 2021

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    February 24, 2020

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    December 30, 2019
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    My Weight and 30 Day Challenges Round 2: Learning to Love Myself

    May 25, 2020 /

    Thanks to COVID-19 and the Safer at Home Orders, I've been trying to use this time to get my life back on track and ultimately start working on me again. When I did my last 30 Day Hula Hoop Challenge it really did help me not just feel accomplished, but it helped me start to feel different about myself. So, I decided why not start there again?

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    June 26, 2019

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    Operator by Jim Croce

    March 30, 2020 /

    Songs, lyrics, melodies - music is a magical thing in life. Certain songs can bring you back to memory, a moment in time instantly. We all have certain lyrics that speak to us more than any conversation we have ever had any book we have ever read. Whether good or bad the right song can change your mood in an instant.

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It's starting to warm up here in SoCal, so it feel It's starting to warm up here in SoCal, so it feels weird to share a photo of leaves changing in Utah back in early fall, but this was the last time I was outside exploring nature and I'm dying to get back out there. I want to climb mountains and cross streams. I want to hear the birds chirping and the leaves rustling. I just want to get out of the house and out of my neighborhood.
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Froze 🥶 my butt off at the beginning of the mon Froze 🥶 my butt off at the beginning of the month, but the community we stayed in was adorable, especially with a fresh dusting of snow ❄️
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You can't understand this cold 🥶 you must exper You can't understand this cold 🥶 you must experience this cold. I was ill-prepared for this. 
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Stumbled across this photo while writing my latest Stumbled across this photo while writing my latest blog post (link in bio). This photo was taken right around my 20th birthday and this is the exact type of attitude and energy I want as I enter my 30s 🎉
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Make it stop! You can't already be 7. Happy birthd Make it stop! You can't already be 7. Happy birthday sweet baby Jrue ❤️🎉
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I'm a few days off on this, but I am officially in I'm a few days off on this, but I am officially in my final week of my 20s. As I approach my 30th I've been reflecting a lot on this past decade and thinking ahead to what is to come.
It's really rare for me to post photos of myself, especially photos of me alone, and I almost never take selfies. I've never been big on that, but I've noticed over the years I've started doing even less and less. And over the past couple years I've even started avoiding being in photos all together. There are different reasons for that, but a lot of it does stem from my personal insecurities and that's something I really want to work on moving forward. I want to be comfortable in my own skin and proud of who I am.
Now I don't think posting a bunch of photos of myself is going to fix anything, but it is a start and a step out of my comfort zone. So I scoured all my photos (tried to stick to photos close to my birthday) from the past 10 years and found 1 photo from every year (2011-2020) of just myself. (Some years were even hard to find than I expected.) And even if some of these photos make me cringe, it's kinda fun to see how I've changed (and how I haven't).
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It's been a really rough week. On Monday I finally It's been a really rough week. On Monday I finally got to return to work and after two weeks of barely moving, walking and being on my feet all day really took a toll on me. I knew my recovery wouldn't end just because I could leave isolation, but for someone who has a hard time sitting still this week has been a real challenge, not just physically, but mentally as well. I need to keep reminding myself to listen to my body and that it is ok if I can't get as much done in a day or a week as I'm used to. As long as I keep moving and keep improving, that's all that matters.
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I haven't been able to leave the house for almost I haven't been able to leave the house for almost two weeks now, but I saw there was snow on the mountains so let's just pretend this photo isn't a year old ☃️
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Flashback Friday with my all time favorite picture Flashback Friday with my all time favorite picture of the family's personal New Year's Baby 🎩
Happy 18th Birthday @bronah_castro ❤️ I can't believe you're already 18, in my head I think you'll always be the sweet little boy that just wanted to watch Spongebob, play Minecraft and eat peas and spaghetti 🍝 Over the years you've gone from my punk rock baby that would tolerate listening to Green Day on my bed, to my Sour Patch Kid who was always "sour then sweet" and then you were the adventurous jungle boy climbing barefoot through Hawaiian jungles. But no matter what, through it all you've always just been Jonah Scott, the sweetest, kindest, most caring kid I know. You didn't get to spend nearly enough years with my dad, but I know he would be so impressed and proud of the man you're growing into. I know I am 🥰 Happy Birthday Jonah 🥳
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