Category Archives: Real life

Right Now // Thursday

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Really needing to get back to running.

Thankful for rest.

Feeling my best today so far this week.

Loving alone-time once in awhile.

Enjoying thunderstorms and rainy weather when we get them.

Still plodding along with school before the weekend arrives.

Working on staying focused.

Making grand plans for DIYs I hope to get done.

Hoping those plans don’t just stay in my head.

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You must master a new way to think before you can master a new way to be.
– Marianne Williamson

Only one more day until the weekend!

xx.

Wednesday Words // no . 009

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YES. 

This week’s been a little rough: feeling a bit under the weather but still working on a long to-do list that needs to get done regardless.

So I’m thoroughly embracing this quote, doing the best I can, making the most of it, and reminding myself that “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13).

I hope your mid-week is pretty swell.

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Every Wednesday, I share a quote + some thoughts that have been especially relevant in my life during the week. Read more Wednesday Words here.

Right now // Thursday

yes.

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Wishing for more hours in a day.

Wanting to work on my 21 list (before time runs out!) and make more DIYs.

Almost halfway through summer school.

Embracing July + change.

Learning to be open.

Thankful for friends that God brings.

Hoping for a productive + fruitful day.

Panicking a little with all the work that still needs to get done before the weekend.

Working hard (or trying to) so I don’t have to study over the weekend this week.

Getting fat on yummy nutella and sea salt stuffed cookies (recipe coming soon!)

Feeling grateful that I decided not to be a business major in the end because math is neither my thing nor my favorite.

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Happy Thursday!
xx.

Wednesday words // no. 008

Be yourself

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(I couldn’t find the original link, so if anyone knows, please let me know!)

I don’t know how this is for you. But I realize how easy it is for me to get caught up with what everyone else thinks, and fall into the trap of letting their opinions become more important than they should be. It’s too easy to over-think things, to let the opinions of others intimidate and influence my life more than is good for me.

So this is a constant reminder, my Note to Self: Live for an Audience of One.
And be done with the rest.

Here’s to a good Wednesday!

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Every Wednesday, I share a quote + some thoughts that have been especially relevant in my life during the week. Read more Wednesday Words here.

Wednesday words // no. 007

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Truth. But so much easier said than done.

This past week, I was reminded of a lot of things – lessons I need to learn, things I need to embrace, other things I need to change. And the journey of change never ends on this side of heaven.

So while I keep busy refining and improving my own life, I’ll remind myself to be open and gracious to life and people in general. And remember that God isn’t done with me, or anyone else, yet.

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Each Wednesday, I share a quote + some thoughts that have been especially relevant in my life during the week. Read more Wednesday Words here.

Hello, July

#splendidsummer

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Every month, I marvel at how quickly time flies by. But I love anticipating whatever is ahead in the coming month.

So hello, July.

Hello to the second half of twenty thirteen. Hello, two months left of twenty-one. Hello, summer school + hard work. Hello, reinventing routine + going running. Hello, busyness and choosing right priorities. Hello, sunshine + rain (but please, no more haze).

Pretty unbelievable that it’s actually July.
But let’s do this anyway.

Right now // Thursday

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Plodding along with my first week of summer school.

Persevering and pressing on with the assignments that stump me.

Keeping my head up despite everything that may get me down.

Trying to focus, get motivated and back into the routine for school.

Hoping that all the planning from the past week pays off.

Choosing to just breathe, and not stress out.

Needing to sort and print photos.

Making more to-do lists.

Thinking about how quickly the week is flying by.

Attempting to be productive and making the most of each day.

Working hard.

Avoiding procrastination.

Planning to go back to running soon.

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“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.” – John Burroughs

Here’s to Thursday and almost being the weekend! xx.

Wednesday words // no. 006

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Routine.

Dictionary.com defines it as:

  • a customary or regular course of procedure
  • commonplace tasks, chores or duties as must be done regularly or at specified intervals; typical or everyday activity
  • regular, unvarying, habitual, unimaginative, or rote procedure.

In some ways, it’s a pretty big word. And it isn’t as commonplace or boring or every day as we may first think.

Because routine is the stuff that life is made out of. It may not always be as interesting, exciting, or instagram-worthy as we think it should be. But there is such a beauty in routine that memory keepers and scrapbookers are choosing to put all the everyday stories in their scrapbooks.

Routine signifies something bigger – it signifies being able to wake up to a new day of life, of fresh starts. Having a routine is having another new day to be thankful for. Routine is what makes each day what it is.

At this point, I’m working on reinventing my routine and trying to make it as productive as I can. I’m not quite there yet. But with God’s grace and strength, I’ll get there soon enough.

Wake up and smell the routine.

Maybe, routine isn’t such a bad thing after all.
Turns out, it may actually be something pretty good.

And to be honest, I actually like having a routine and quite miss having mine when I get out of it for awhile.

Happy Wednesday! I hope you are enjoying your routine today.

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Each Wednesday, I share a quote + some thoughts that have been especially relevant in my life during the week. Read more Wednesday Words here.

Right now // Saturday

YEAH!

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Praying for wind + rain to blow all this haze away.

Staying indoors in an attempt to hide from all the haze.

Looking back at this past week and being grateful for all the things that kept me busy.

Looking forward to getting to run outside again once this whole haze crisis is all over.

Reminding myself to not ever take clean air for granted again.

Wishing that summer vacation would last just a little bit longer.

Cherishing time being together with family.

Trying to do as much as I can to fully utilize this last weekend before school starts.

Planning for fall classes and the second half of twenty thirteen.

Excited to do some DIY projects.

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Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.
– Goethe

Have a super duper weekend! xx.

Happy blessed Father’s Day

Father’s Day Breakfast Printables

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Thank you, Dad, for providing and protecting, for training and correcting, for loving and caring. Thank you for all you do to give us the very best possible in life. Thank you for leading us in our walk with God and for being such a part of our lives.

Happy Father’s Day, Dad!
I love and appreciate you.