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    Reminder to Believe in Myself

    September 25, 2020 / 0 Comments

    Today marks five years exactly since I got on a plane and moved to Hawaii. I've talked about that experience many times on this blog, but today's anniversary hit different. Today's anniversary was a perfectly timed message from the universe. Today reminded me that I'm amazing and I can accomplish impossible things. And I really needed that.

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    February 23, 2023

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    March 30, 2019
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    “Where do you see yourself in 5 years?” – Why I HATE This Question

    September 16, 2020 / 2 Comments

    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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    February 24, 2020

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    June 26, 2019

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    December 30, 2019
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    Helping Others to Avoid Chasing my Dreams

    January 31, 2020 / 0 Comments

    I always spend a lot of time thinking about life and my goals and why things are the way they are. Why I act the way I act or do the things I do? Driving home tonight, I was listening to the Titus Podcast, as I do pretty much every Friday night, and tonight they were talking about reaching your goals and chasing your dream. Not a hard topic for me to get into, especially when its framed in a dark snarky way, as is everything Titus talks about

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    June 26, 2022

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    December 30, 2021

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    December 7, 2018
  • Life

    Moving to Oahu

    September 30, 2018 / 6 Comments

    September 25, 2015 I got on a plane in LAX headed for Honolulu. The previous months had consisted of a lot of couch surfing, living with different friends and family, and a two month stay in Utah. I had less than $3,000, an Airbnb studio apartment covered for a month, no job, and pretty much no plan. I had spent my entire life living in California. Despite having graduated from college in May of 2014, I still had not worked a “real” job and with the exception of my adventures in couch surfing, I had never lived on my own. I had never been on a plane and the farthest…

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    Time to Jump

    July 23, 2018 / 3 Comments

    In the months prior to me moving to Hawaii, I started having this vision or day dream or dream…I’m not really sure waht I’d call it, but this scene was in my head constantly. Here’s the scene: It was me, standing on the edge of a rock or a cliff or a waterfall. It was always something high and above a body of water. I would close my eyes, take a deep breath, take one step back and then I would jump. The thing with these, I’ll call them visions, was they always stopped at different moments. Sometimes after I would hit the water. Sometimes right after I stepped off…

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    What the F**K am I doing?

    July 16, 2018 / 1 Comment

    That is a very good question and I honestly wish I had the answer. I’ve always been a writer. I have always loved writing stories and poems. I’ve always had a love affair with words. I obsess over song lyrics and movie dialogue. I also love photography and videography. I love telling stories and creating things, but I’ve never given myself the opportunity to fully pursue those passions. That is until now. In college I studied both photography and journalism, but ultimately abandoned them for what I thought was a more clear career path. I’ve always dreamed of writing a book, but I’ve never gotten beyond short stories. I’ve had…

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📍Malibu, CA Grotto Trail - feels just like ente 📍Malibu, CA
Grotto Trail - feels just like entering your own personal fairytale land.
The best way to describe The Grotto Hike in Malibu The best way to describe The Grotto Hike in Malibu...it's like stepping into a fairytale story book. 🧚‍♀️ Pictures don't do it justice. 

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Went offline for almost 48 hours and it was exactl Went offline for almost 48 hours and it was exactly what I needed. 

Life feels hard right now. Lots of challenges, anxiety, stress, and a lot of "idk what to do" but being able to fully discount really helped me start to figure it all out. 

I still have no idea what I'm doing, but I know the kind of changes I need to make happen. 

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Took a few weeks to get around to the photos but h Took a few weeks to get around to the photos but here it is...Trail Canyon Falls photo dump 📸

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Switzer Falls photo dump...one of my favorite hike Switzer Falls photo dump...one of my favorite hikes❤️

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Think clean girl aesthetic but not.... exactly 💯

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Switzer Falls. One of my favorite waterfalls and h Switzer Falls. One of my favorite waterfalls and hikes in the LA area!

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It's finally starting to heat up here in SoCal but It's finally starting to heat up here in SoCal but here's a reminder of what I was hiking in just under a month ago❄️

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Posted a reel a few weeks ago all about Escondido Posted a reel a few weeks ago all about Escondido Falls, but I never shared any photos...so here's a tiny photo dump!
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