Dear Diary, #2

mercury retrograde. I have to say the Mercury Retrograde is fucking with me. I know a lot of you don't believe in astrology, but I wholeheartedly do. I feel like whenever there's a Mercury Retrograde, I overthink life. Now, I know what you're thinking "melina, you always overthink everything", and you're not wrong by thinking that. I just feel like...

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3 posts i’ve been lovin’ recently | episode 13

Hey guys, how are you all doing? I'm still in awe that it's already March. It's been warm and then snowing, so the weather's been a little bit all over the place. I still have a giveaway going on where you can potentially win a $100 gift card for a Jord watch. Go and check out the post to enter!...

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winter favorites! | 2019

Hey guys, how are you all doing? I hope you missed me! If you noticed (or maybe you didn't), I ended up not posting on Tuesday. I went to this business/finance event with my mom on Tuesday, and it ended up taking way more time that I thought! I didn't even end up going to the gym that day. Not only...

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what i was grateful for in february | 2019

Wow, did February go by quickly or what? I feel like It was January yesterday! But here we are on the first day of March, which means Spring, and hopefully Summer soon afterwards. With the way that global warming has been, I think we could expect some warm weather soon. So if you guys remember correctly, January was a terrible...

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keeping track of time. [+Giveaway]

When I was younger I always wore a watch. The ones I got in happy meals, those plastic ones that kind of look like G-Shock watches. Most of them were digital at the time. While I knew how to read an analog watch, I guess the ones typically meant for kids were digital? I'm not entirely sure to be honest....

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melina's book club pt. 8

I'm back again with another book club post! I hope you've been either keeping up with them, or reading some of the books I've recommended yourself! When people tell me they read a book because of me, it literally warms my heart. I hope you're having a wonderful February! I can't believe that the time has flown the way it...

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letter to my 13-year-old self.

Dear Melina, There are so many things I want to tell you. So many things I wish I knew when I was 13 years old. Things I wish I didn't have to learn the hard way. And if I could take all your misery away with the wave of my magic want, I would. Or...actually I probably wouldn't. We turn...

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would you avoid hardships if you could?

Wouldn't life be perfect if we didn't have any hardships? If we got out of bed in the morning and each of our lives were perfect. A life where we had exactly what we needed, and all we had to strive for was the things we didn't necessarily need, but what. I read a quote in the book Angels and Demons,...

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3 posts i've been lovin' recently | episode 12

Here I am sitting on my couch wondering what to write about. It's a snow day, which means I should be full of inspiration, but instead, there's still sleep in my eyes and exhaustion in my body. I did what I normally do, and scrolled through my own blog to get some blogging inspiration. I finally realized, that I haven't...

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my thoughts on valentine's day.

Valentine's day has always been one of those holidays that kind of feel ehh to me. I go back and forth deciding whether I like the holiday or not. It's so commercialized, but at the same time, I can never hate the idea of spending quality time with your significant other, best friend, or family, and letting them know how much...

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