"A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock pile when someone contemplates it with a cathedral in mind." Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Tell me you’ve seen Princess Diaries! Do you remember that scene where Mia is talking to her mom about everything that is difficult about being a teenager-learning-to-be-a-princess (typical) and her mom starts throwing darts at paint-filled balloons? Ok, well, if not, here’s the scene: https://youtu.be/fvynhfS0vAE I don’t know why this was so memorable to…
I have to say, this is probably one of my favorite accomplished goals so far. It was equal parts challenging and exhilarating. It was both social and incredibly personal. It was exactly what I thought, but somehow exceeded my expectations. I went to Peru with EF Go Ahead Tours, which was amazing! We visited Lima…
Hello everyone! I'm back and so excited to write about this recent goal I accomplished. To be honest, I've had a hard time sitting down to write this post because I have so many thoughts on the topic and am not quite sure I've sorted through it all yet. I went into this experience without…
Continue reading ➞ Goal Accomplished: Visit an Elephant Sanctuary
I thought about sugar coating this post a bit, but that's not how I want this blog to be. You get the honest truth - good, bad, easy, challenging, simple, complicated. Almost exactly a year ago, I found myself standing in the middle of a crowd, lights flashing around me, shouts and music competing with…
This is one of those goals that I added to my list retrospectively. It would have been a lot of pressure to have this on my list proactively. Can you imagine?! The steps leading up to accomplishing it would be: Become very important to someone Become important to their significant other ... But important in…
Well, here we are! 2018 and officially one goal down. I can't believe you are reading this- whoever you are. Thank you for being here! I have wanted to start my own blog since 2012. The idea was actually inspired by a friend of mine who told me about her own blog while we were lost in…
If you've read any of my (slightly rambling) post about my work on an archaeology site in Spain (here), you know I had the most amazing summer! I got really sunburned and dirty, I learned about a culture I knew nothing about, and I met people who I will always adore and never forget. So…
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