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6 Things I Learned About Myself After Being Without My Phone For A Day

My iPhone just stopped working this morning, and as a result I've been without it for the whole day. What I've learned about myself today is fairly interesting: 1. I'm An Idiot For Not Backing Up My Documents I found out that I'll be losing all my photos on my…

Thankful On Thanksgiving

Today marked another uneventful, yet pleasant, Thanksgiving in my book. I saw loads of family members, and ate a ton of food - particularly turkey and mashed potatoes smothered in gravy. I don’t usually take time to think how fortunate I am, but this year I will. I’m…

Senseless Violence

On Tuesday I noticed a lot of RIP posts in my Facebook newsfeed. It turns out that someone who I went to high school with, just a year younger than me, was killed. His name was Kevin, and although we didn't know each other, I knew of him. Kevin was…

It's OKAY to get LOST

The TV Series LOST is about the survivors of a plane crash who are ‘lost’ on a mysterious island. After a few months (and a few seasons), Jack eventually leads 6 survivors back home to safety. He think’s he’s finally ‘found’, but this is when he truly get…

29

I turned 29 today. I've spent the last few weeks thinking about the popular notion that your 20's are for exploring, while your 30's are for settling down. At first, this is an unpleasant thought: my 20's are 90% over and I'm nowhere near done exploring or ready to settle…