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Studying Life with Gigi

Answering questions about life in post grad

Tag: #open

who do you let in?

Posted on February 12, 2020July 12, 2020 by studyinglifewithgigi

A few months ago, I heard this story on Invisibilia. I’ve listened to a lot of podcasts but none like this before. None where the story returned to my mind, days and weeks later.

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About Me

Hey friends! My name is Gigi. I’m a college student studying Media Production. I love to offer tips on how to live intentionally and self-development. I want to live the best life possible and on my blog, I invite you to learn how to live yours!

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My trip to Cville was brief but beautiful.🌺
Though traveling has been fun, it’s worn me out. Summer is full of delight and I want to lean in. Gonna make it my mission to get outside, get moving, to be more in the moment than in front of a screen. And of course, to be reading A TON. 
May July be kind and leave you little surprises wherever you may go. 💗
My trip to Cville was brief but beautiful.🌺
Though traveling has been fun, it’s worn me out. Summer is full of delight and I want to lean in. Gonna make it my mission to get outside, get moving, to be more in the moment than in front of a screen. And of course, to be reading A TON. 
May July be kind and leave you little surprises wherever you may go. 💗
My trip to Cville was brief but beautiful.🌺
Though traveling has been fun, it’s worn me out. Summer is full of delight and I want to lean in. Gonna make it my mission to get outside, get moving, to be more in the moment than in front of a screen. And of course, to be reading A TON. 
May July be kind and leave you little surprises wherever you may go. 💗
My trip to Cville was brief but beautiful.🌺
Though traveling has been fun, it’s worn me out. Summer is full of delight and I want to lean in. Gonna make it my mission to get outside, get moving, to be more in the moment than in front of a screen. And of course, to be reading A TON. 
May July be kind and leave you little surprises wherever you may go. 💗
My trip to Cville was brief but beautiful.🌺
Though traveling has been fun, it’s worn me out. Summer is full of delight and I want to lean in. Gonna make it my mission to get outside, get moving, to be more in the moment than in front of a screen. And of course, to be reading A TON. 
May July be kind and leave you little surprises wherever you may go. 💗
My trip to Cville was brief but beautiful.🌺
Though traveling has been fun, it’s worn me out. Summer is full of delight and I want to lean in. Gonna make it my mission to get outside, get moving, to be more in the moment than in front of a screen. And of course, to be reading A TON. 
May July be kind and leave you little surprises wherever you may go. 💗
My trip to Cville was brief but beautiful.🌺
Though traveling has been fun, it’s worn me out. Summer is full of delight and I want to lean in. Gonna make it my mission to get outside, get moving, to be more in the moment than in front of a screen. And of course, to be reading A TON. 
May July be kind and leave you little surprises wherever you may go. 💗
My trip to Cville was brief but beautiful.🌺
Though traveling has been fun, it’s worn me out. Summer is full of delight and I want to lean in. Gonna make it my mission to get outside, get moving, to be more in the moment than in front of a screen. And of course, to be reading A TON. 
May July be kind and leave you little surprises wherever you may go. 💗
My trip to Cville was brief but beautiful.🌺
Though traveling has been fun, it’s worn me out. Summer is full of delight and I want to lean in. Gonna make it my mission to get outside, get moving, to be more in the moment than in front of a screen. And of course, to be reading A TON. 
May July be kind and leave you little surprises wherever you may go. 💗
My trip to Cville was brief but beautiful.🌺
Though traveling has been fun, it’s worn me out. Summer is full of delight and I want to lean in. Gonna make it my mission to get outside, get moving, to be more in the moment than in front of a screen. And of course, to be reading A TON. 
May July be kind and leave you little surprises wherever you may go. 💗
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My trip to Cville was brief but beautiful.🌺 Though traveling has been fun, it’s worn me out. Summer is full of delight and I want to lean in. Gonna make it my mission to get outside, get moving, to be more in the moment than in front of a screen. And of course, to be reading A TON. May July be kind and leave you little surprises wherever you may go. 💗
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Montreal ‘twas fun ✨
Montreal ‘twas fun ✨
Montreal ‘twas fun ✨
Montreal ‘twas fun ✨
Montreal ‘twas fun ✨
Montreal ‘twas fun ✨
Montreal ‘twas fun ✨
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A professor once told me that I explored the world through writing, that I could only discover what I believed through the act of creation. That writing was the way I revealed myself to myself.
I have just ended one journey and began another. I finished a 9 day trip in Israel and currently find myself in Montreal. In some sense, I find myself the adventurer I always wanted to be, and yet for this second journey I was hesitant.
It’s too soon. There is so much left undone. I barely even caught my breath back in New York. (Whether one actually catches their breath in New York is another problem altogether.)
But now that I’m here, in Canada, all I want to do is write. I’m finding that I want to write about my dream of an apartment with a balconies and blue doors that remind me of Israel, and how despite the chaos of getting to Montreal, the morning I had here was the first slow one I’ve had in a while. I just want to write, whatever and however that looks like.
A professor once told me that I explored the world through writing, that I could only discover what I believed through the act of creation. That writing was the way I revealed myself to myself.
I have just ended one journey and began another. I finished a 9 day trip in Israel and currently find myself in Montreal. In some sense, I find myself the adventurer I always wanted to be, and yet for this second journey I was hesitant.
It’s too soon. There is so much left undone. I barely even caught my breath back in New York. (Whether one actually catches their breath in New York is another problem altogether.)
But now that I’m here, in Canada, all I want to do is write. I’m finding that I want to write about my dream of an apartment with a balconies and blue doors that remind me of Israel, and how despite the chaos of getting to Montreal, the morning I had here was the first slow one I’ve had in a while. I just want to write, whatever and however that looks like.
A professor once told me that I explored the world through writing, that I could only discover what I believed through the act of creation. That writing was the way I revealed myself to myself.
I have just ended one journey and began another. I finished a 9 day trip in Israel and currently find myself in Montreal. In some sense, I find myself the adventurer I always wanted to be, and yet for this second journey I was hesitant.
It’s too soon. There is so much left undone. I barely even caught my breath back in New York. (Whether one actually catches their breath in New York is another problem altogether.)
But now that I’m here, in Canada, all I want to do is write. I’m finding that I want to write about my dream of an apartment with a balconies and blue doors that remind me of Israel, and how despite the chaos of getting to Montreal, the morning I had here was the first slow one I’ve had in a while. I just want to write, whatever and however that looks like.
A professor once told me that I explored the world through writing, that I could only discover what I believed through the act of creation. That writing was the way I revealed myself to myself.
I have just ended one journey and began another. I finished a 9 day trip in Israel and currently find myself in Montreal. In some sense, I find myself the adventurer I always wanted to be, and yet for this second journey I was hesitant.
It’s too soon. There is so much left undone. I barely even caught my breath back in New York. (Whether one actually catches their breath in New York is another problem altogether.)
But now that I’m here, in Canada, all I want to do is write. I’m finding that I want to write about my dream of an apartment with a balconies and blue doors that remind me of Israel, and how despite the chaos of getting to Montreal, the morning I had here was the first slow one I’ve had in a while. I just want to write, whatever and however that looks like.
A professor once told me that I explored the world through writing, that I could only discover what I believed through the act of creation. That writing was the way I revealed myself to myself.
I have just ended one journey and began another. I finished a 9 day trip in Israel and currently find myself in Montreal. In some sense, I find myself the adventurer I always wanted to be, and yet for this second journey I was hesitant.
It’s too soon. There is so much left undone. I barely even caught my breath back in New York. (Whether one actually catches their breath in New York is another problem altogether.)
But now that I’m here, in Canada, all I want to do is write. I’m finding that I want to write about my dream of an apartment with a balconies and blue doors that remind me of Israel, and how despite the chaos of getting to Montreal, the morning I had here was the first slow one I’ve had in a while. I just want to write, whatever and however that looks like.
A professor once told me that I explored the world through writing, that I could only discover what I believed through the act of creation. That writing was the way I revealed myself to myself.
I have just ended one journey and began another. I finished a 9 day trip in Israel and currently find myself in Montreal. In some sense, I find myself the adventurer I always wanted to be, and yet for this second journey I was hesitant.
It’s too soon. There is so much left undone. I barely even caught my breath back in New York. (Whether one actually catches their breath in New York is another problem altogether.)
But now that I’m here, in Canada, all I want to do is write. I’m finding that I want to write about my dream of an apartment with a balconies and blue doors that remind me of Israel, and how despite the chaos of getting to Montreal, the morning I had here was the first slow one I’ve had in a while. I just want to write, whatever and however that looks like.
A professor once told me that I explored the world through writing, that I could only discover what I believed through the act of creation. That writing was the way I revealed myself to myself.
I have just ended one journey and began another. I finished a 9 day trip in Israel and currently find myself in Montreal. In some sense, I find myself the adventurer I always wanted to be, and yet for this second journey I was hesitant.
It’s too soon. There is so much left undone. I barely even caught my breath back in New York. (Whether one actually catches their breath in New York is another problem altogether.)
But now that I’m here, in Canada, all I want to do is write. I’m finding that I want to write about my dream of an apartment with a balconies and blue doors that remind me of Israel, and how despite the chaos of getting to Montreal, the morning I had here was the first slow one I’ve had in a while. I just want to write, whatever and however that looks like.
A professor once told me that I explored the world through writing, that I could only discover what I believed through the act of creation. That writing was the way I revealed myself to myself.
I have just ended one journey and began another. I finished a 9 day trip in Israel and currently find myself in Montreal. In some sense, I find myself the adventurer I always wanted to be, and yet for this second journey I was hesitant.
It’s too soon. There is so much left undone. I barely even caught my breath back in New York. (Whether one actually catches their breath in New York is another problem altogether.)
But now that I’m here, in Canada, all I want to do is write. I’m finding that I want to write about my dream of an apartment with a balconies and blue doors that remind me of Israel, and how despite the chaos of getting to Montreal, the morning I had here was the first slow one I’ve had in a while. I just want to write, whatever and however that looks like.
A professor once told me that I explored the world through writing, that I could only discover what I believed through the act of creation. That writing was the way I revealed myself to myself.
I have just ended one journey and began another. I finished a 9 day trip in Israel and currently find myself in Montreal. In some sense, I find myself the adventurer I always wanted to be, and yet for this second journey I was hesitant.
It’s too soon. There is so much left undone. I barely even caught my breath back in New York. (Whether one actually catches their breath in New York is another problem altogether.)
But now that I’m here, in Canada, all I want to do is write. I’m finding that I want to write about my dream of an apartment with a balconies and blue doors that remind me of Israel, and how despite the chaos of getting to Montreal, the morning I had here was the first slow one I’ve had in a while. I just want to write, whatever and however that looks like.
A professor once told me that I explored the world through writing, that I could only discover what I believed through the act of creation. That writing was the way I revealed myself to myself.
I have just ended one journey and began another. I finished a 9 day trip in Israel and currently find myself in Montreal. In some sense, I find myself the adventurer I always wanted to be, and yet for this second journey I was hesitant.
It’s too soon. There is so much left undone. I barely even caught my breath back in New York. (Whether one actually catches their breath in New York is another problem altogether.)
But now that I’m here, in Canada, all I want to do is write. I’m finding that I want to write about my dream of an apartment with a balconies and blue doors that remind me of Israel, and how despite the chaos of getting to Montreal, the morning I had here was the first slow one I’ve had in a while. I just want to write, whatever and however that looks like.
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A professor once told me that I explored the world through writing, that I could only discover what I believed through the act of creation. That writing was the way I revealed myself to myself. I have just ended one journey and began another. I finished a 9 day trip in Israel and currently find myself in Montreal. In some sense, I find myself the adventurer I always wanted to be, and yet for this second journey I was hesitant. It’s too soon. There is so much left undone. I barely even caught my breath back in New York. (Whether one actually catches their breath in New York is another problem altogether.) But now that I’m here, in Canada, all I want to do is write. I’m finding that I want to write about my dream of an apartment with a balconies and blue doors that remind me of Israel, and how despite the chaos of getting to Montreal, the morning I had here was the first slow one I’ve had in a while. I just want to write, whatever and however that looks like.
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Today was a good day.
I went on a walk with a friend. I bought a much needed hat, that my dad being my dad will probably steal. I had a lovely quiet morning. I found myself in a garden on my walk home, and couldn’t help but admire the beauty around me.
I will soon be eating Thai food and watching Pride and Prejudice and honestly, I wouldn’t want my day to end in any other way.
Today was a good day.
I went on a walk with a friend. I bought a much needed hat, that my dad being my dad will probably steal. I had a lovely quiet morning. I found myself in a garden on my walk home, and couldn’t help but admire the beauty around me.
I will soon be eating Thai food and watching Pride and Prejudice and honestly, I wouldn’t want my day to end in any other way.
Today was a good day.
I went on a walk with a friend. I bought a much needed hat, that my dad being my dad will probably steal. I had a lovely quiet morning. I found myself in a garden on my walk home, and couldn’t help but admire the beauty around me.
I will soon be eating Thai food and watching Pride and Prejudice and honestly, I wouldn’t want my day to end in any other way.
Today was a good day.
I went on a walk with a friend. I bought a much needed hat, that my dad being my dad will probably steal. I had a lovely quiet morning. I found myself in a garden on my walk home, and couldn’t help but admire the beauty around me.
I will soon be eating Thai food and watching Pride and Prejudice and honestly, I wouldn’t want my day to end in any other way.
Today was a good day. I went on a walk with a friend. I bought a much needed hat, that my dad being my dad will probably steal. I had a lovely quiet morning. I found myself in a garden on my walk home, and couldn’t help but admire the beauty around me. I will soon be eating Thai food and watching Pride and Prejudice and honestly, I wouldn’t want my day to end in any other way.
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Today was a good day. I went on a walk with a friend. I bought a much needed hat, that my dad being my dad will probably steal. I had a lovely quiet morning. I found myself in a garden on my walk home, and couldn’t help but admire the beauty around me. I will soon be eating Thai food and watching Pride and Prejudice and honestly, I wouldn’t want my day to end in any other way.
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What are the anchors for your soul?
After a long day of a job that I loved, I had to get away. I found a quiet corner, this chair that I love, and started reading. Even though college hasn’t been very kind to my desire to read for fun, it isn’t lost on me that the way I needed to find rest was to read.
Cracking open a book (even on Kindle) helped me catch my breath. My heart slowed down and my mind stilled to keep a unhurried pace with the words on a page. Add a cozy chair and a cup of tea and I’m on my way to heaven.
Take note of where you run when your body is tired and your mind is heavy. Take note of what replenishes you versus what just tires you out further. 
The anchors for your soul are what keep you human, alive to the wonder of being.
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What are the anchors for your soul? After a long day of a job that I loved, I had to get away. I found a quiet corner, this chair that I love, and started reading. Even though college hasn’t been very kind to my desire to read for fun, it isn’t lost on me that the way I needed to find rest was to read. Cracking open a book (even on Kindle) helped me catch my breath. My heart slowed down and my mind stilled to keep a unhurried pace with the words on a page. Add a cozy chair and a cup of tea and I’m on my way to heaven. Take note of where you run when your body is tired and your mind is heavy. Take note of what replenishes you versus what just tires you out further. The anchors for your soul are what keep you human, alive to the wonder of being.
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Last week, I saw @thestorysofarca and it was an utter full circle moment. This band whose album I listened to all first year of college I finally got to see in my fourth year. 🎶
“How did we get here? It feels like a light year.” I completely agree, TSSF.
Hope you get a chance to jam around to a beloved band and you come alive. ☺️
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Last week, I saw @thestorysofarca and it was an utter full circle moment. This band whose album I listened to all first year of college I finally got to see in my fourth year. 🎶 “How did we get here? It feels like a light year.” I completely agree, TSSF. Hope you get a chance to jam around to a beloved band and you come alive. ☺️
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