A few people asked me about this when I posted my year in review stats on my Instagram story in January. (You can view that story here.) When I first started recording what books I read (way back in the old days), I used Goodreads. But then in 2021, I saw a new app trending…
Category: Soliloquies
Major Project (as a Publishing MA student)
For the final project of my degree, we all had the option of writing a dissertation as an individual, or working in groups on a major project. I chose group work. Part of the reason why I chose to attend this particular university was the fact that the school has a publishing house. So even…
A New Journey
Some of you may know, but I thought I would make an official announcement of my latest life update. At the beginning of December in 2019, I applied to grad school and have since been accepted. Woo! It’s been a long journey to get here because of the pandemic, but the time has finally arrived…
August’s Aims
It’s already August, which means two things. One, it’s time for another resolution, and two, WHERE has the year gone?? To be quite frank, 2020 did not turn out at all as I was expecting, which I am sure we all experienced in one way or another. I was planning on traveling to 5 different…
What’s Binge-worthy on Netflix?
I have never been so grateful to have Netflix at my fingertips. It’s been about 3 and a half months that I have been social distancing and staying at home. Some days are worse than others as far as boredom goes, but since I am still working 50 hours most weeks, I don’t have as…
Grief
Grief is not pretty, no matter how you experience it. It’s also never the same between two people, but I believe it is generally agreed upon that it never really goes away. When someone first dies, in a way you are honored. You get special treatment. People tip-toe around you, and your bosses give you…
Understanding White Privilege
As a white person, growing up in a mainly white neighborhood, I was never really aware of my own privilege until I went to university and read about different perspectives. Here are a few things I came to understand about myself: Because my name sounds caucasian, I am probably more likely to not have any…
February Reads
In one of my previous posts, I mentioned that my resolution for February was to read more. I followed that with a post stating that my resolution had gone well, but did not specify how much, or what I ended up reading during the month. This post is to share that and satisfy your curiosity….
March Resolutions
Resolution update: in my opinion, February’s went fairly well! Even though I probably could have used social media a little less and read a little more, I believe that I still managed to read more than I was previously, which was the point. For those who think that they don’t have enough time in the…
Secrets to how I save money – every day and while traveling
I’m sure everyone has a method of how they personally save money, but I thought I would share with you some of mine. Every day living I have been dubbed the Coupon Queen. So that would be secret #1. Whenever you go to a store, check beforehand if you can use a coupon. I use…
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