I don’t really know what happened. I was trying to follow the rules. I finished high school, went to college, got a degree, did a few odd jobs and travelled before I settled into a desk job. I met my husband at my job, we moved to Minnesota for a promotion he took, and IContinue reading “the diary of a free woman (who’s been trying to rebuild her cage)”
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what remains
Have you ever been in a place in your life when every safe option disappears? That’s where I’ve found myself for the past two years. My husband’s job moved us to North Carolina, and I wound up not being able to commit to a full time job for various reasons, from family emergencies that requiredContinue reading “what remains”
pretty pretty pots
We bought our house in Durham about three and a half years ago. There was a large garden bed at the front of the house that was mostly just mulch and a rhododendron bush when we first moved in. At first, we tried to make it a perennial garden with native plants, but it quicklyContinue reading “pretty pretty pots”
make a new plan, stan – paul simon
I have been playing around with the idea of bullet journaling for a few years. Last year, I finally ditched my usual planner, and committed to setting up a journal according to the process established by the bullet journal creator, Ryder Carroll. I am so glad that I did. It has been the organizational systemContinue reading “make a new plan, stan – paul simon”
25 is the new 10
For me, the hardest part about growing up is realizing that no one really knows what they’re doing. Some believe they do, but really, deep down, everyone has their doubts. It’s like discovering that Santa Claus doesn’t exist when you’re 25. For so long, you believed the system you grew up in was logical andContinue reading “25 is the new 10”
design + surrender 