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  • An Asian woman with long hair is laughing while touching her face. She's wearing a lilac peplum top, jeans, and strawberry crocs.
    LIFE,  PERSONAL

    Monthly Mumbles #2

    Hi, friends! After approximately half a year, I am (re-) introducing Monthly Mumbles! I want to share more personal and random things on the blog this year so I plan to write these (hopefully) monthly posts to talk about my favorite things and highlights one each month. We’ll see if I stick with it.

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    Female Friendships

    Hi, friends! Happy Galentine’s Day! Though I am not able to host a Galentine’s Day Brunch this year, but I still wanted to celebrate my favorite holiday (yes, over Valentine’s Day) in some way. So in today’s blog post, I am sharing my favorite books, TV shows, and podcasts about or by female friends as well as a couple of blog posts about how to make friends as an adult.

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    30 Before 30 Update

    Hi, friends! Almost exactly a year ago, I published 30 Before 30, talking about 30 things I wanted to do before I turn 30. I turned 28 a few months ago and still have a couple of years to tackle this list, but I thought it’d be fun to share a progress update and to see if there’s anything about the list I would change.

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    2021 Intentions and Goals

    Hi, friends. Hope you are hanging in there and taking care of yourself. Since the Wednesday capitol attack by white supremacists, I have been doing lots of thinking and reflecting. I am focusing on things I can control and actions I can personally take.

  • An Asian woman with long hair and a black face mask is wearing a long white dress and looking out on from a balcony at Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina
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    Top Posts of 2020

    Hi, friends! I can’t believe today is the last day of 2020 and that I kept up with this website for a whole year. In the last 12 months, I somehow managed to publish 41 blog post! I am seriously impressed with myself. Here are the 8 most popular blog posts from this year (with my commentary, of course).