A lot of people are still really shocked when I tell them that a lot (if not all) of my photos (and other photos on Instagram) are edited! For me, it's all straight forward color correction but it can go much further. I've realized that my editing style changes drastically over time, so I thought … Continue reading NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS
How To Train Your Dragon changed the course of my life in a 2 hour period. The movie came out in 2010 and got tons of good reviews, but I just never picked it up, until I saw it up for grabs at my local library. One late August night in 2014, I popped it … Continue reading HOW TOOTHLESS AND HICCUP CHANGED MY LIFE
I just turned 23 and I have so many ideas floating in my head of all the ways I can be a better version of myself. I'm carving out time to learn new skills and cultivate old ones. I joined a gym to lose college weight and feel better about what I see in the … Continue reading 23 THINGS ABOUT MYSELF THAT DOESN’T NEED TO CHANGE
I've been dreaming of having pastel pink hair for about a solid decade now. I finally took the plunge towards this during the summer of 2018, but when I asked the hairdresser for a pastel pink, she said that the closest she could get would be a dusty purple. Slightly confused but I was running … Continue reading PINK HAIR AND I CARE A LITTLE
I am so bad at taking feedback. I don’t think this is something I’ve really thought about until now, but I realized that this is one of the things that’s been holding me back for my whole life. While thinking about what kind of career I should be striving towards, the concept of "feedback" kept … Continue reading MAKING PEACE WITH FEEDBACK
"2018 is the worst." - most of my conversations with people recently For me, half of September, all of October, and half of November in particular have been a terrible whirlwind. I decided on a whim that I would revive my Tinder account from my summer internship in California 2 years ago. It was a … Continue reading Being friends with myself
In honor of starting my new 101 in 1001, I decided to give a shoutout to myself for my 2018 so far. For the last few weeks, I’ve been having some charged conversations with myself about how 2018 has been a shitshow. But really, I’ve done a lot of things. Some are super random and … Continue reading If I had stopped to look back, would I have changed?
“It’s so close to 2019! Why don’t you do this in 2019 so you can have a fresh start?” What’s the point? If I’m having a new start, why does it matter that the year changes? Why should I waste a perfectly good month and a half just for my list to be a New … Continue reading [101 IN 1001] THE LIST
Rena and I have been friends for years, and that friendship started much before she was called Rena. To me, she's always been Dorena, but turns out only seasoned people can actually pronounce that so she shortened it up so that everyone will be able to call her name with confidence. Back when she was … Continue reading All of the embarrassing pictures to prove it
Tomorrow will be my first day at an adult job. I'm going to be a full-time working member of society. But let's be real. The term "adult" doesn't really apply to me. In my head, there are still two categories of adults: me and the real adults. There's a line that I have to cross … Continue reading Flower that blooms while shaking
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