One of my favorite New Years Eve’s ever was in 2016 going into 2017. It was the first one I spent with my now husband. It was suppose to be a night at the apartment with friends but quickly turned into jamming at party in downtown Tampa. Let’s just say the night ended dancing to [...]
Growing up, my Dad worked a 9-5 job while my mom worked as an entrepreneur with her own hair salon. In my childhood, I was able to see the pros and cons of each work style. From the time I entered college until this year I had inconsistent short term internships/jobs but now I have [...]
Growing up in a big house meant things added up quickly in our home. Everything was always multiplied by 6 (my parents, sisters, and I) or more if we had guest visiting or family living with us temporarily. Anytime my Mom or Dad could find things that were Free.99 they were on it like white [...]
Imagine since you were 18 years old you moved into a new home every year and a new city every couple years. Sounds kind of exhausting, doesn't it? A lot of reasons pulled me to different places like two study aboard programs plus moving on and off campus. It was fun for a while meeting [...]
Growing up my understanding of sustainable living was recycling water bottles, plastic bags, and cardboard. I never thought about how to live sustainably as a child, teenager, and a young adult for a while too. I didn't have friends growing up that cared about the environment and openly talked about it. Little did I know [...]
I’ve lived in the same city throughout my childhood. I knew the ends and outs of my city in Florida and you couldn't tell me nothing. There are even people I graduated high school with that I have known since first grade. As you can imagine I was one of many college students ready to leave [...]
In elementary school, I auditioned for a role in the school's Christmas play. After auditions I got a choir role but I wanted a bigger role with actual lines. So I told my music teacher if a spot opened up- I wanted it. Not sure what happened but a spot opened up as a reindeer, I [...]
I didn't really grow up doing what people consider the outdoors. Things like hiking, camping, hunting, fishing, etc. I've only been camping once as a young kid as birthday gift from a childhood friend. I had a blast but I will never forget my Dad asking me something a long the lines of, why would [...]
One of the coolest summers I ever had was because I tried something new. Summer 2014 I went to Costa Rica for a study abroad with my university. I practiced my Spanish, made friendships, and tried new things like riding a horse, swimming in hot springs, and milking a cow. That summer was the summer [...]
I grew up grocery shopping with my Mama and sisters at big stores like Walmart and Costco. We always spent hours in the store and usually got way more than we needed. It was a very mundane thing of life but I enjoyed it a lot- at least everything besides unloading the car. Supporting small [...]
