How to Remember (Almost) Everything

How to Remember (Almost) Everything

We are inundated with exorbitant amounts of information on a daily basis, and to be honest, I am surprised that anyone remembers anything. Between the incessant red bubbles popping up on our phones, the technology that allows us to chat with multiple people simultaneously, and 

Goal Setting

Goal Setting

Recently, I’ve been really into working on the goals I set for this year, but I know that normally by February the goal motivation and energy of many have already started to run out. I have always been a goal-oriented person, but I realize that 

How to Start a Reading Habit

How to Start a Reading Habit

If you are like me, you love to read, but sometimes struggle with getting back into a reading habit if it’s been a little while since you’ve picked up a book. I lost my reading momentum earlier this year and had a hard time trying 

Projects I Have Done in Quarantine

Projects I Have Done in Quarantine

After a much-needed break, I am back with a fun post (well, at least in my opinion): a list of projects that I have done while in quarantine! While I recently wrote a similar post that gave an honest, high-level, realistic account of what quarantine 

How to Digitally Organize Years of Photos

How to Digitally Organize Years of Photos

Up until recently, I was one of those people that had thousands of unorganized photos on my phone’s camera roll. It was only when I almost lost 4,000 of my precious iPhone photos (you can read more about that horrible situation here), that I decided 

Memory Keeping | Memory Boxes

Memory Keeping | Memory Boxes

If you couldn’t already tell, memory keeping is a huge hobby and passion of mine. In addition to chronicling photos, journaling daily, and creating annual photo books, another way that I preserve my memories is by keeping memory boxes. What is a memory box, you 

My Journey to Being Caffeine-Free

My Journey to Being Caffeine-Free

I think my coffee addiction started in college, maybe even high school. To be honest, I don’t remember the exact moment it started, I just remember it always being there. As you can imagine, working full time while getting my MBA only made the addiction 

A Very Real List of Things I’ve Done in Quarantine

A Very Real List of Things I’ve Done in Quarantine

My husband and I are now officially in week 8 of quarantine (I know, most people are probably in week 6 or 7, but his work went remote early and I work from home, so once he started working remotely I decided to start self-isolating 

Memory Keeping & Day One

Memory Keeping & Day One

I have been documenting my memories and keeping journals since I was little. I used to start every family vacation and sleep-away camp with a blank notebook, and would return home with a journal bursting with notes, memories, tickets, brochures, and small trinkets pasted to 

My Digital Planning System

My Digital Planning System

I wish I were a paper-and-pen kind of planner. Truth be told, pre-iPhone, I actually was a paper-and-pen planner. There is something about writing in a physical planner, personalizing it, and color-coding it with pens and highlighters that makes me happy. Every year when new, 

An App to Help You Stay Calm in Stressful Times | Calm

An App to Help You Stay Calm in Stressful Times | Calm

In today’s fast-paced world, it is common for people to feel anxious and overwhelmed. These feelings have only been exacerbated by the fears and worries surrounding COVID-19 and how it has been impacting everyone’s life. One of the things that helps me alleviate anxiety and 

Working Remotely | DC Coffee Shop Feature: Politics and Prose

Working Remotely | DC Coffee Shop Feature: Politics and Prose

I spend the majority of my working hours in my at-home office, but when you work from home, it’s nice to go out and get a change of scenery every one in a while. One of my favorite places to rid myself of my cabin 

I Kept My Last Name And This Is Why You Should Care

I Kept My Last Name And This Is Why You Should Care

I decided to keep my last name before I even got engaged. Actually, I decided to keep my last name before J and I even started dating. When I told him this, all he said was “I don’t want to change my name, so you 

Enchant Christmas DC

Enchant Christmas DC

The other weekend, J and I went to Enchant Christmas DC. Enchant Christmas is a Christmas light maze and market set up at Nationals Park that is well-known for its magical light maze. We walked around the maze for about an hour, seizing every photo