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Visiting El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Reserve – Michoacán, Mexico
Over this past Christmas break I was able to travel to Michoacán, Mexico to see the monarch butterflies in their winter home. My style of travel is to follow my intuition and do what feels right. When you follow the lead of God or the Universe the pieces can fall into place in ways that…
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How to Always Have Toilet Paper in Latin America
File this as a hot tip for visiting Latin America. When I am in Latin America I prefer using paid restrooms. Sometimes I hear Americans complain about having to pay to use the restroom in Mexico or South America. They feel that using the restroom and wiping with toilet paper is a right that should…
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Cactus Flower Wallpaper – Phone Lockscreen
Something beautiful happens here every springtime. The brown and leafless foliage all around starts to become green again, and not just any green! A bright, spring green. The mesquite trees change leaves and the prickly pears start to work on their fruits for the summer. All this means–cactus flowers! Last spring I walked around my…
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Don’t Let the Bastards Grind You Down + Phone Wallpaper
Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I have noticed that since starting work at my new school I have found it more difficult to hang on to hope. There is a battle raging in me to be truly me or to allow myself to be shaped by another. I am glowing red hot and…
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Minimalism in Context
This is a re-post of something I wrote in March of 2020 (yes, THAT March of 2020) on a different iteration of this blog. I find that I love reading my old writings and my mind has been fixated on minimalism once again! I wish I could talk to this version of myself and tell…
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Finding the Why – Motivation Without Pressure
This is the repost of a piece I wrote in 2020 on an older version of the blog. I want to create continuity between who I was then and who I am now, and I love all of my writings. For the past two weeks I have been mildly demotivated to do anything to pursue…
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