Answering questions about life in post-grad
2024 was a mixed bag of a year. Filled with touches of beauty and aching pain that I couldn’t help but run from. I started the year on winter break from grad school, about to enter the most difficult semester yet, with no clue what was ahead. And still now, I have no clue what … Continue reading what i’ve learned in 2024 + 2024 highlights
Hello friends! I hope the holiday season is treating you well. Since the year is at its end, I figured it’s time for me to share my favorite books of the year. I read books based on interest, rather than what’s just come out or what is talked about a lot, so some of these … Continue reading Best books of 2024
Hi friends! It’s been a long time since I sat down and wrote on this blog. It was an unintended break. I had friends visiting for two weekends and I never finished writing the post that I had planned for the end of October. Let me catch you up on some updates: I finished my … Continue reading a little life recap + kate’s wedding
I’m bringing back a lovely series here on the blog: books and songs! I welcome you to books and songs: fall 2024 edition!!! I’ve kind of fallen behind the reading train, but I’m trying to hop back on. Wolf Hall #3 has my attention half of the time when I usually pick up a book, … Continue reading books and songs: fall 2024 edition
Happy autumn, friends!!! As we get deeper into the autumn season, I figured it would be sweet to celebrate the fall season with a touch of Anne Shirley. This post was inspired by this video by Julia Sullivan. Anne Shirley’s favorite season is indeed fall. After all, she says, “How lucky am I to live … Continue reading Anne shirley autumn
Hello, gentle reader! As we’ve slipped into fall, I’ve gotten the sense that things are temporary. The yellow leaves slowly fall to the ground, the darkness in the morning when the sky is gray and full of clouds, even the soft chill that eventually warms up. Fall makes its way into winter (which I don’t … Continue reading fall morning and night routine
Most mornings I wake up and I open my brown leather Bible, usually a chapter a day and perhaps a commentary on that chapter to gain greater context of the historical and cultural background of what happened in the text. I write in my journal, the blank kind that encourages me to write as big … Continue reading Rethink Your Habits: Find Purpose in Daily Routines
He once thought it himself, that he might die with grief: for his wife, his daughters, his sisters, his father and master the cardinal. But pulse, obdurate, keeps its rhythm. You think you cannot keep breathing, but your ribcage has other ideas, rising and falling, emitting sighs. You must thrive in spite of yourself; and … Continue reading quote series: wolf hall’s thomas cromwell
As students go back to school and the weather gets a tad chillier, I’ve been feeling nostalgic lately. For late nights spent at the Study Center, for worshiping with other college students on Wednesday nights, for weekend trips to small towns, for having so many of my dear friends in walking distance. Throughout my college … Continue reading a glance back at first year
It’s practically the end of August, which means for all intents and purposes, the end of summer. To me, August is like golden hour, this bright moment right before the dark and cold descend. August surprised me, which is ironic because my word for the month was indeed surprise. I got offered a 3 month … Continue reading life update of august 2024
This year’s word is hope. Hope is a defiance against all of the disappointments life sends our way. It’s the ability to believe that there will still be a dawn after the darkest night. The past two years after graduating college felt like entering a fog that was ever getting darker. Even now, there is … Continue reading growing up and the end of summer
In your twenties, it’s not uncommon to feel lost. In the outside world, everyone’s in a different stage of life. Some of your friends are in school, some are working their first jobs. Some have moved states and others are living at home. I’m about to turn 24 next month, and lately, I’ve been feeling … Continue reading feeling lost in your twenties
Studying Life with Gigi 