showing gratitude | february 2020

February went much quicker than January dd, thank God for that! Today I'm going to talk about the highlights from February. While I've spent most of the month hibernating, I really didn't do much that's exciting to you guys, but I still wanted to share. So let's get right into it! Stardew Valley This month was a month for video...

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Dear You,

As I start to sit here and write, I have so many questions. A constant stream of thoughts running through my head. "How are you?" Such a simple question, and yet it is the first thing I want to know the answer to. It's been a while since we've chatted. Now that is an understatement. It's been almost 4 years...

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MELINA’S BOOK CLUB | #17

This is Melina's 17th book club post. This includes what I'm currently reading, and some reviews from past books I've read recently. Today's post has reviews on books by Geneva Lee, Elisa Ludwig, and Lara Avery

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do influencers still have influence?

I've been blogging for a little over 3 years, and while I'm constantly writing down my thoughts, feelings, recommendations, and things I don't recommend, I wonder, do I have any influence over my readers? Are "influencer's" (not that I am one) still relatable? Since the rise of influencers, I feel like there has also been a rise of mistrust. It's...

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dear diary 009

Welp, it's Valentine's day. I have to say, getting closer to Valentine's day sucked this year. As I've mentioned in past posts (here), I'm honestly pretty indifferent to Valentine's day as a whole. It's never been a holiday I was particular excited for. This year, being the first year in a while that I'm single for Valentine's day, it's almost...

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posts i'm lovin' |#22

It's that time of the month again. I have to say that since I was reading more blog posts all throughout January, I have so many I want to share with you guys! Just so I don't burden you with too many posts, I'm going to talk about 5 posts specifically. 7 Toxic things to stop telling youself right now...

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showing gratitude | january 2020

I usually don't say this, but January seemed to last foreverrr. While I had a few amazingly major things that happened last month, I have to say that January was pretty uneventful. I've been really working on my mental health, which involved meditation, exercising, reading, playing videogames (currently Stardew Valley), and watching tv shows (currently Dexter & Haikyu!). I ended up spending a lot...

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Fourth Ray Beauty Rainfall Serum Review.

It's not often that I do a full review on a skincare item, but today I'm going to do a review on the Fourth Ray Beauty Rainfall Serum. I've been using this product for about three months now, and really wanted to go on here and chat about my thoughts on this. For those of you that don't know, I...

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5 things you can do to be more environmentally friendly.

In the last two three months, I have been interested in two things, decreasing my spending and slowly making changes to my lifestyle to become more environmentally friendly. Not only do these changes make a difference to the planet, but they positively impact your wallet in the long-run! buy reusable cotton rounds This was a big one. Cotton rounds aren't...

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