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Health, Wellness, & Fitness, Life

Forming Good Habits

July 18, 2017 · 4 Comments

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the past few months, it’s that in order to get into a good habit, you have to start small. (Or maybe not. Perhaps you’re one of those people who can jump right into something and make it stick. If so, hats off to you.) I’ve also learned that sometimes, it is okay to ask for help or create something to force (ahem) motivate yourself. If forming habits and turning something into a regular event in your life were easy, there wouldn’t be so many people failing or giving up on their New Year resolutions every year. For me, at least, I like to have outside motivations to keep me going. I’m great at meeting outside expectations, but when I’m the one making the rules and setting the schedule, I have a hard time following through. (This is something author Gretchen Rubin calls being an “Obliger.” Her book, Better Than Before talks a lot about creating habits for different personality types. I definitely recommend a read!) To keep myself going and accountable, I’ve recently started setting goals and asking people close to me to keep me more motivated and set expectations for me.

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Site Updates

New Layout!

July 13, 2017 · 5 Comments

Officially rolling out the new layout for my blog! 🙂 This one is special to me, because I coded it entirely from scratch, without anyone’s help (other than Google, of course!) And it’s the first time I’m using Flexbox, which is one of the coolest things ever.

All in all, the intent was practicing my HTML/CSS and PHP. :3 I figured, if I can code a WordPress theme, I have a fairly good handle on those languages.

Hopefully everything works! Please let me know if something looks wonky or broken. And look forward to new blog entries soon.


Technology

Things I learned from We Rise

June 27, 2017 · 5 Comments

Over the weekend, I attended We Rise, a conference that focuses on women in technology. It was my first time at a tech conference, and I didn’t know what to expect from that experience. In fact, the night before, I was anxiously telling William, “what if I don’t know who to sit with at lunch? What if I don’t have anyone to talk to?” (and he was just looking at me like, “really? that’s what you’re worried about right now?) I went in not knowing what to expect and feeling terrified that my socially awkward introversion would take over. I came out of the conference feeling the complete opposite.

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Life

The Women’s March

January 24, 2017 · 2 Comments

This past Saturday, I attended the Women’s March here in Georgia. I’ve never protested or been part of any kind of march before, so I had no idea what to expect. It rained and stormed on us for the first two hours or so, but the march itself was clear and bright. It was amazing. It was so incredibly wonderful to see so many people come together. I was both surprised and inspired by how many people of different ages were there. Everyone was so courteous and warm, it didn’t feel like a protest at all.

Here are some of my notes, thoughts, and take aways from that day.
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