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Lessons I Learned in 2016

I’ve been trying to write my “lessons I’ve learned from 2016” post for several days now and for some reason I just can’t get it done. I keep sitting down to write it, putting a few things on paper and then getting frustrated when I’m not able to articulate what I’m trying to say. Or I’m not able to really even explain the concept to myself, much less put it into words.…

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Taking the Road Less Traveled

I’m on my way to NYC today, but wanted to write about some things on my mind since my trip to Washington this past weekend. Unlike many of my recent trips, I spent a lot of time alone with my thoughts adventuring or hiking, which gave my mind plenty of opportunities to wander. For this trip, my friend Hope and I left a lot of margin and flexibility in our schedule/itinerary to…

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Saturday Morning Breakfast In Bed

Some of my favorite memories at home are shared over Saturday morning mimosas and breakfast in bed with my roomies. Thanks to Erin (one of my room mates), who LOVES to cook and is quite the domestic goddess, we go ALL OUT when it comes to cooking/hosting/etc. - no matter what the occasion. It’s pretty amazing actually! (I’ve learned a thing or two from her! lol) But anyway, Saturday morning girl talk and breakfast in bed is no exception - we’ve usually always got a pretty picture-worthy spread to enjoy (think breakfast of champions).

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Holiday Cheer with Joe Fresh

I’m really excited about today’s blog post because it’s something different than my usual outfit posts/product-round-ups. I’m teaming up with Joe Fresh to share one of my holiday traditions. Before delving into the blost post, I want to share a little behind-the-post details that you might find relatable (but really it’s just a nice opportunity for me to pull back the blogger veil for a hot second.) To be completely…

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Being BRIGHT with BRIGHTON Video: Quiet Time

It took me a while to actually bring myself to press ‘record’ and film this video – for many reasons really. One of them being that I literally did not know my camera had a filming function/setting slash I didn’t know where to begin on that front. But also because I was a little iffy about publicly declaring my thoughts on something so personal and often kept filtered behind vague, happy-feeling blanket…

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Being BRIGHT with BRIGHTON Intro

I actually filmed this video three weeks ago (wow – I really need to get on my game!), but I haven’t posted it because I needed to edit and trim the ‘fat’ (and I HATE editing videos slash I have no idea what I’m doing – probably the reason why it takes me so long…) So if it’s a little choppy – this is why. Just bare with me here, y’all.…