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Starting a Family
This is a continuation of my story, which starts with me leaving my life in San Diego and going home to Rural USA to start completely over in my 30s. (Start here if you want the whole story). I am writing this story in a memoir fashion, and sharing in small segments (usually once a…
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Full Speed Ahead on the Hot Mess Express
This is a continuation of my story, which starts with me leaving my life in San Diego and going home to Rural USA to start completely over in my 30s. (Start here if you want the whole story). I am writing this story in a memoir fashion, and sharing in small segments (usually once a…
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My Hallmark Story
This story picks up from where I left off in my last post. If you want to start from the beginning, check out Back to the Real Me. Our love story was just like a Hallmark movie. Girl returns home to rural USA after ending a bad relationship in the big city… almost immediately meets…
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I Went to the Bar… A Lot.
This story picks up from where I left off in my last post. If you want to start from the beginning, check out Back to the Real Me. When I came back from San Diego, I don’t know what I expected, but I was not prepared for what I got. I was 33 years old,…
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Simplicity isn’t just about having a minimalist home.
This story picks up from where I left off in my last post. If you want to start from the beginning, check out Back to the Real Me. The more I simplify and get rid of everything weighing me down, the more I realize that I’m getting back to my true self. I’m not just…
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I Just Kept Driving
This story picks up from where I left off in my last post. If you want to start from the beginning, check out Back to the Real Me. I remember that as I was preparing to make my exit from my life in San Diego, I didn’t want to take much with me. I shipped…
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Reality Check
This story picks up from where I left off in my last post. If you want to start from the beginning, check out Back to the Real Me. Realizing I craved authenticity more than anything else, I continued my journey Eastward, and stopped to visit another dear friend. This one is my practical friend –…
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Back to the Real Me
It occurred to me recently that most of my focus these past few years has been on getting rid of things that don’t serve me, and putting my energy into what lights me up. It seems so simple, but we are influenced greatly by our partners, families, employers, friends, neighbors, social media… everyone shows us…
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Do Something Good
Do something good. Just to do it. Not to get credit for it, but just for the sake of doing something good. It’s so easy to immediately go to social media and show your people something awesome you did. We think, wow, what I just did (insert any accomplishment/charitable act here) was so amazing, I…
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Clutter-free Gifting and Receiving
Let’s be honest, when we’re trying to simplify our lives, we don’t want to receive a bunch of random items to find homes for, and we don’t want to gift others things they don’t need, either. So how do we give and receive gifts? I have compiled some of my favorite ideas on this. But…
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