Author: merynmade
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CURRENTLY // FEBRUARY 2021
Reading Planning To quit our jobs, move out of our apartment, road trip across the US for 4-6 weeks, and then move to Cleveland or Ann Arbor Watching Super Bowl LV Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated Kansas City Chiefs 31–9, Noelle Gallagher of booktube channel (link), Sabine’s Book Nook booktube channel…
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WHY I RUN: FEBRUARY 2021 UPDATE
It’s February 24th and over 40 degrees in Ohio with beautiful, blue skies overhead, melting snow piles, and lots of puddles. Let’s run: While running the same thought kept coming to me: I feel alive for the first time In a long time That’s what running does for me It…
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2021 ONE LITTLE WORD — INTENTION
It’s the middle of February and I am not feeling my original 2021 OLW. Let’s change it. At the the end of 2020, I had picked what I thought was the perfect one little word (OLW) moving into the new, hopeful year of 2021 – maintenance. Despite the chaotic and…
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INVESTMENT JOURNEY + WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A PERSONAL POP CULTURE INVESTOR
Disclaimer: the opinions expressed are for general informational purposes only and are not to be taken as financial advice I have, by no means, any business writing a blogpost about investing, but here we go. In March 2020, at the onset of the COVID19 pandemic, I started investing in the…
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A LOVE LETTER TO THE SNF THAT RAISED ME
Welcome to my diary entry, stream of consciousness on the pain and grief felt having been given one weeks notice that my position at my first job was terminated due to a dissolved business agreement. How do you say goodbye to a place that means so much? How do you…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP // VOLUME 2 ISSUE 2
A review and rating of the last 5 books I read and a look into my TBR list for books to come Everything I Never Told YouAuthor: Celeste NgPublication Date: June 2014Genre: fiction, contemporary Method: audiobook, borrowed from TPL Review: Celeste Ng knows how to write about complex, family drama.…
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2020 IN REVIEW: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
The year 2020 was a lot of things:unexpected, transformative, eye-opening I had no idea that I would: Start a blog and publish 50 blogposts Read 56 books and start a bookstagram Complete a whole30 Run a half marathon Lose 30 pounds Start trading in the stock market Negotiate a $2…
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CURRENTLY // JANUARY 2021
Reading Planning For the year of 2021, scheduling time off for weddings, weekend getaways, short trip to Nebraska in October, purchasing our first home, financial successes Watching News coverage regarding the attack on The Capitol, Inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, Booktube’s favorite books of 2020, beauty Youtube’s 2020…
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BOOK REVIEW: EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU BY CELESTE NG
A stand alone book review, because this one hit me in my feels. Celeste Ng knows how to write about complex, family drama. Last year I read and loved Little Fires Everywhere, and this story, her debut, definitely did not disappoint. Everything I Never Told You is an exploration of…
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BIDEN / HARRIS INAUGURATION DAY REFLECTION
January 20, 2021 A historic day for women Kamala Harris Now officially Madam Vice President The nation’s first female, Black and South Asian Vice President The glass ceiling? Shattered “I may be the first woman to hold this office.” “But I won’t be the last.” Jill Biden Dr. Jill Biden Once…
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