melina's book club | #14

I'm back again with another book post. Once the weather starts to cool down, I tend to read a lot more. There's honestly nothing better than being snuggled up on the couch, wrapped in a blanket, reading a great book. I've been trying really hard to stay away from the Christmas books. I have so many, and I try to...

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do i have an online persona?

I was watching some YouTube videos, and I came upon one that talked about the fact that a lot of online personalities have a persona or a character they play and show off to people online. Then when you actually meet these people in real life, they're someone completely different. It made me think. Do I have an online persona?...

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post i’m lovin’ | #20

I've been in this writing zone. It's Tuesday for me as I'm writing this, and I have tons of ideas to write for the next few weeks. Let's see how many posts I get through today. After giving myself a much needed break about a month ago, it's been much easier writing posts. Not only have I been doing a...

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i lost 20lbs, and how I feel now.

So if you all remember, back during one of my workout updates, I said I was starting to intermittent fast. If you want to read up more on that, you can look it up on google or read a brief explanation I gave during my workout update. Intermittent fasting mixed with switching out my birth control and some cardio exercising...

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showing gratitude in october | 2019

I haven't done one of these in a while, and I realized that I missed writing them. It's nice to look back at all the amazing things happening in my life. Sometimes you don't even realize that you had a great month until you break it down. I have to say that October has zoomed past, and I can't believe...

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an ode to long distance relationships.

Long distance relationships, whether their friendships or romantic relationships are difficult. They take a lot of communication, trust, and commitment. It's not like a closer relationship where you can see each other once a week, or 2-3 times a month. Spending quality time with someone is so important to keeping a strong bond between people, but when you live far...

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dear diary,

Today was the fall launch for Lost in Aster. We have 262 followers on Instagram (currently at 275). We are increasingly getting more and more sales, so that's exciting. You know how some poeple get nervous about starting a new business, and taking risks in terms of work? I have never been like that. Starting Lost in Aster wasn't really...

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a very delayed...summer favorites.

So while I was on my unofficial blogging break, I missed posting my summer favorites. They're not necessarily favorites that can only be used throughout the Summer, but they were the things that I used, watched, and listened to throughout the Summer. I already had some of this post pre-written and thought out, so I thought I might as well...

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is it too late to try to be successful online?

I've been watching vlogtober from a few people over the past week, and a thought crossed my mind. Is it too late to start an Instagram account, a blog, or Youtube channel and be "successful"? What I mean, is it too late to grow a following if you started to take social media seriously? I feel like now is the...

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melina's book club pt. 13

Hey, I'm back again to our monthly book club. I ended up reading lots of books! Some from my kindle app, some from my ibooks app, and some paperbacks! Overall, a pretty successful month in terms of books. This is what I'm currently reading right now (yes, some books from last month, I still didn't finish):        ...

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