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Dec 2024
December R.E.P.O.R.T.
I’m not sure if this was a TikTok trend because I don’t have TikTok, but I first heard about a monthly R.E.P.O.R.T. from Ella Henry’s Substack, Gut Feelings. R is for Reading If you’ve been…
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08
Dec 2024
Mixed Bag #1: My Substack Prediction, Grocery Staples, and Movie Challenge
This post is a bit all over the place and probably better suited to Substack but hope you enjoy this mixed bag! My Substack Prediction Have you heard of Substack? I think it’s going to…
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16
Nov 2024
Takeaways From My First DEXA Scan
A DEXA scan (also called DXA scan), is short for Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry and it measures the strength and mineral content of the bones in your body. Usually people get them when they’re older…
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03
Nov 2024
Pasadena Photo Shoot with Rachel
If I can avoid traffic, I will gladly drive across LA County. Luckily, my friend Rachel is a morning person, so we scheduled a shoot at 9 am on a Sunday morning in Pasadena. It…
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25
Oct 2024
What I Eat in a Week (October 2024)
This covers last week, October 14 – 20, 2024 and I didn’t decide to make this blog post until after I had already meal-prepped and gone to the farmers market. I debated not posting this…
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20
Oct 2024
My Friends Got Married in Mallorca!!
Mallorca is an island off the east coast of Spain and is just a one-hour flight from Barcelona. I hadn’t heard much about it before, but when my lovely college friends, Orly and Kam, invited…
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15
Oct 2024
10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Running
For some context, I’m not a professional runner. I’m just a gal who fell into the classic soccer-to-cross-country-pipeline in high school. I sprained some ligaments in my ankle at a soccer tournament the summer before…
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09
Oct 2024
Is ClassPass Worth the Money? In a Big City, Absolutely!
After taking 80 classes over the past two years in Los Angeles, I can say ClassPass is indeed worth the money for me. I started by taking the 14-day free trial in December 2022 (read…
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07
Oct 2024
Latest Obsessions (October 2024)
Here are some things I can’t get enough of lately! *Lively by Laura is a part of several affiliate advertising programs. This means that if you click and/or make a purchase through certain links on…
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28
Sep 2024
What to Do in Zurich: 4 Days of (Mostly) Swiss Bliss
If you’re into walking 20,000 steps a day, here’s a 4-day itinerary of what to do in Zurich. My friend, Kat, and I got invited to a wedding in Mallorca, an island off of Spain,…
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09
Sep 2024
A Letter to My Future Self (Part 2)
The past couple months have been a little funky, and the past week in particular has been anxiety-inducing (more to come on that eventually). During my 10-minute instances of what I am currently calling “soft…
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21
Aug 2024
Squeezing in a San Diego Staycation
In between going to Hawaii in July and Seattle in late August, I did a little one-night staycation in San Diego with my roommate, Jordan. We didn’t do too much planning in advance, but everything…
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10
Aug 2024
Pacific Palisades Beach Photo Shoot with Cayla
I’ve been photographing Cayla since college, and I’m obsessed with the way our Pacific Palisades photo shoot came out! Earlier this summer, I was running with a friend by the beach and we looked up…
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19
Jul 2024
Big Relaxation on The Big Island
This year, my parents invited my sister and I to join them in Hawaii! Growing up in Seattle, I feel like Hawaii is the default vacation destination to escape the rain, so I’ve been lucky…
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25
Jun 2024
Bangs & Bridges: Downtown LA Photo Shoot
My friend, Anica, got bangs this year, and we did a downtown LA photo shoot to document this era! If you live in LA, you know that downtown isn’t really the place to be. It’s…
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03
Jun 2024
26 Lessons From 26
I started 26 off in Lyon, France, and it was a great start to what was a great year. I was fully out of my flop era and got to do so much traveling and…
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30
May 2024
2 Days in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
My friend, Camilla, and I spent 2 days exploring Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. We were on a roll and visited 4 national parks in the first half of 2024 (read my blog posts…
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May 2024
Questions to Ask a Mentor
The hard part can be finding a mentor, but once you find one, then you need to figure out what to talk about and come up with questions to ask your mentor. If you know…
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29
Apr 2024
Spring Venice Canals Photo Shoot with Julia
I wanted to get back into photography this year, so I planned a Venice Canals photo shoot with my friend Julia who came up from Orange County to model for me. She has been on…
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12
Apr 2024
Shopping Zero-Waste in LA at re_grocery
This blog post is longgg overdue! One of my absolute favorite places in Los Angeles is a zero-waste refill store called re_grocery. I will literally go on a day when I’m off from work and…
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27
Mar 2024
One Day in Death Valley National Park
After our successful Joshua Tree National Park road trip, my friend Camilla and I decided to road trip from LA to Death Valley National Park! Camilla said the park was known for being “otherworldly” and…
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03
Mar 2024
Mid-Winter Break with Mom: LA, OC, and Las Vegas!
I registered for my second half marathon and chose the Rock ‘n’ Roll half in Las Vegas, so my mom came to support me! We did a few days in Southern California and then drove…
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28
Jan 2024
Reviewing LA Run Clubs (January 2024)
If you’re looking to get into running, meet new people, or find new walking routes, check out LA run clubs! If you’re following me on Instagram, you know that I’ve spent the last few months…
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20
Jan 2024
Road Trip: LA to Joshua Tree and Palm Springs
Over MLK weekend, my friend Camilla and I did a little road trip from LA to Joshua Tree National Park and Palm Springs. The park was extra crowded because we went on a holiday weekend,…
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09
Jan 2024
Poetry Drop: Folklore Edition
Not your typical blog post part 2, two years later. Here is some poetry I wrote in 2022 and 2023. Some of these poems are based on my life, but a lot of them aren’t.…
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01
Jan 2024
2024 New Year’s Resolutions
New year, new resolutions! My resolutions have started as general goals and then now they’re very specific measurable habits I want to build into my life. I think I established a good foundation for my…
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01
Jan 2024
2023 Resolutions Results
2023 RESOLUTIONS RESULTS: 5/10 I know 5 out of 10 doesn’t seem great, but my 2023 resolutions were really about creating better habits for myself than typical big “resolutions,” and I’d say building 5 new…
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Dec 2023
My 15 Favorite Dishes of 2023
I love food and do my best to try as many new restaurants as I can. I went to over 150 restaurants in 2023, and here are my favorite 15 dishes. I traveled a lot…
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28
Dec 2023
My 2023 Book Reviews
I’m proud of myself for reaching my 2023 goal of reading 25 books by mid-November and ultimately read 30 books! If you’re trying to get back into reading, check out my 6 tips to read…
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12
Nov 2023
How to Get Jeopardy Tickets
If you’ve ever wanted to get Jeopardy tickets and watch a live taping, read this blog post for all the information you need to know before you go! I’ve been to tapings for Regis &…
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