We decided to make our first night in New York City a Broadway night. I’m so glad we ended up choosing the musical “Company”… it completely blew me away! The story opens on the 35th birthday of Bobby, a bachelorette whose friends are all married couples. We then get to see vignettes of each couple’s…
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what it means to be your own friend (feat. my last bathroom selfie in Goodes Hall)
Earlier today I took what will likely be my last bathroom selfie in Goodes Hall. (Hopefully in equal part because I’ll grow out of it and because I’m about to graduate from undergrad. 😋) Isn’t it an amazing feeling to be fascinated by an area…
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book review || The Course of Love by Alain de Botton
I started off really liking this book, and to be fair by the end I still feel that there were some great messages. What intrigued me the most was the start, which refreshingly challenges our obsession with how two people “fall in love” rather than…
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☕ 3: Tenant fixtures and other things I think about on a Friday night
…like the fact that I’m graduating in 6 weeks! Idea Café is an email newsletter from Mistral Spirit sent straight to your inbox (mostly) every second Sunday. If you love it, consider checking out the Mistral Spirit YouTube channel for more organization strategies, joining the book club, and sharing…
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Normal People
It’s been a while since I’ve read or seen something that I genuinely can’t stop thinking about. I finished watching Normal People (the TV show) last week and on the surface, it was a decent show with some strange parts. But somewhere beneath that, it…
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☕ 2: Writing is an act of ego: the problem with Atomic Habits and why I’m giving it 2 stars
This post first featured in my bi-weekly Sunday newsletter, Idea Café on January 24, 2022. Find out more about Idea Café and read the archives here. I’ll be discontinuing the classic WordPress blog updates today, so please make sure you’re subscribed to my new list…
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ideas || woke up to a cancelled online exam… am I getting older and more irritable or is the world just going crazier?
I woke up this Monday morning and headed to my computer to write my very last online, open-book, 24-hour exam of the semester – more of a time slog than anything truly difficult. After which, this would be my week to decompress, get back into…
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lifestyle || the one goal I’ve been putting off | join me in getting accountable & setting milestones
In which I talk about a goal I’ve been putting off, ask for your advice, and make myself accountable by telling you about it. Oh, and invite you to do the same on our new Vibely challenge. I’ve been toying with the idea of starting…
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organization || bullet journal plus digital system | things I’ll do differently next month
As I mentioned in my recent blog post about 3 Todoist tips for students, I’ve started using a combination of Notion, Todoist and Google Calendar to organize my ongoing and upcoming projects… which has replaced the need for my usual monthly bullet journal calendars (like…