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U2 Innocence and Experience Tour >> This girl is NYC bound at 7am on Friday morning to see U2 a.k.a the most talented band in the whole wide world (pardon my biased-ness). Look for the launch of a Travel section on the blog sometime next week too...if I get around to it because I've been slacking hardcore with starting it!
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How To Ruin Your Life (Without Even Knowing You Are) >> "You ruin your life by tolerating it. At the end of the day you should be excited to be alive. When you settle for anything less than what you innately desire, you destroy the possibility that lives inside of you, and in that way you cheat both yourself and the world of your potential."
What I took away from the article is that you can ruin your life by settling - for a job, a lover, friends - for a life that you simply "don't mind." I think social media has put a tremendous pressure on upholding a glamorous lifestyle (at least through the eyes of others) because we're constantly reminded of the extravagant vacations, amazing promotions, gifts, cars, engagements and parties that everybody else is having/giving/doing/buying. At the end of the day, we need to stop comparing ourselves to everybody else in the world and be happy - not just content - with our own lives. These ideas are actually part of the reason why I started a blog in the first place; it's a creative outlet that is exclusively my own and working on it makes me happy.
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Cockalier >> Since #2 was a little deep, I thought I would lighten up the post a little bit with the cutest dog I've ever seen in my life at the
Tremont Ale Fest. Puppy goals, for real.
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Chipotle Chicken Chili >> Because I love make-ahead meals and also I'm already over these 80 to 90-something temperatures. Bring on sweater weather!
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"I Know Places" by Taylor Swift >> So clearly everybody got her 1989 CD last fall...but I'm wondering why the heck "I Know Places" hasn't exploded on the music charts yet. It's clearly the best song on the album, so this is me trying to spread the word because "Bad Blood" got real old real fast.
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Adam Vicarel Print Shop >> I went to high school with Adam and he has evolved into the most talented free-lance designer I know. His hand-lettered maps have even gotten published in
Glamour Magazine! Even though I want this print so so badly, I have to wait and see if I have "fun" money left after my Panama adventure in September...but judging by the travel-based inspirational quotes drawn on all of his maps, I think he would support this let's-put-travel-first decision.
