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⠀ Well, it’s official - I’m 30 🤯 ⠀ ⠀

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Well, it’s official - I’m 30 🤯 ⠀
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My 20s were really good to me. I traveled (and even checked off one of my major bucket list destinations: Greece!), I made amazing friends, I married my forever person, I grew my family by two adorable cat children, I became an auntie (a few times over, actually!), and I started my blog. ⠀
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Something major that I overcame in my 20s was myself. In my late teens and early 20s, I was very shy and self-doubting. If you knew me in high school, you probably know already how unbelievably quiet I was. That's because in my mind I never thought I was never good enough, thin enough, or smart enough, simply just not enough - but overtime that shifted and changed. ⠀
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I don't know when it happened exactly, but I found my worth and it wasn't in any of those things - instead, I found it in my creative work, my friendships, my relationship, the challenges I faced, and the strength that I found through hardships. I'm not just OK with who I am today - I am really happy with who I've grown to be. ⠀
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I'm not perfect, and that's OK. I am forever a work in progress, but I am happy with my progress and I am excited to see where my life goes. Cheers to my 20s that taught me who I am, and cheers to all that's to come in my 30s! ⠀
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I’m officially in the last few days of my 20s 🤯 HOW DID THAT HAPPEN 😂

This photo feels like it was taken just yesterday but here we are a year later and so much has happened. Life is crazy. So much has changed since this photo was taken. So much good, so so much bad, and so much that I could have never have imagined.

I want to say this year has flown by but it’s kind of flown by and dragged on all at the same time. Has this year flown by for you? Or has it crawled? 🤔

#turning30 #welcometo30 #30thbirthday #30thbirthdaycelebration #vancouverfoodie #vancouverite #vancourverite

I cannot believe we are so into fall and summer 20

I cannot believe we are so into fall and summer 2020 is long over 😭 While 2020 has been a crazy and scary year overall, I’ve actually found that through the isolation, I’ve re-discovered a lot of things that I really love doing - like art, home projects, and hiking. ⠀
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I'm not going to lie... When we all began quarantining back in March, I was pretty scared and like so many of you, I felt really helpless. I lost my job, I was having some major issues with my blog (that's a story for another day!) and for the first time, I was feeling directionless, option-less, scared, and bored. ⠀
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But something kind of incredible happened this past summer. I took more time to enjoy the little things. I began pouring myself into creative projects, and I challenged myself to do hikes I never thought I would've been capable of doing. And, to top it all off, I found a great job. ⠀
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I'm not saying this to brag, and I really hope that's not how it sounds 😬 I am saying this because sometimes the scariest and most frustrating moments in life end up paying you back in some pretty remarkable ways.⠀

What’s your love language? ❤️ I recently was

What’s your love language? ❤️ I recently was talking about love languages with friends and it’s so interesting to hear everyone’s! Mine is definitely quality time 💞 but words of affirmation is also up there for me, too. Jeremy’s love language is acts of service so he loves me a little more when I cook dinner 😂🤪 which doesn’t happen that often because I am a pretty lazy chef Monday through Friday 🤷‍♀️ 🤭 comment and let me know what your top love language is!

Love languages:
🥰 Words of affirmation
🍛 Acts of service
🎁 Receiving gifts
💞 Quality time
👩‍❤️‍👨 Physical touch

Cup of tea in hand and ready to take on the day ☕️ Here’s what is on my to-do list today:

- finish 2 webpages (SEO optimized and ready to go!)
- create reel content for client pages
- attend educational webinar
- film a Halloween makeup tutorial
- edit 1-2 videos

What’s on your to do list today?

Let’s go on an adventure 🏔 🌊 I kind of can

Let’s go on an adventure 🏔 🌊 I kind of can’t believe summer is over, and kind of love that it’s fall. Since this weekend is probably going to be our last sunny summer-like weekend, we’re heading off into the woods to go camping for a few days. 🏕 how are you spending this final sunny summery days?

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