Things I'm Grateful for in March

Hello beautiful people, how are you all doing this April afternoon? Today I'm going to talk about things I was grateful that happened in the month of March. These posts have become so much easier to write, because I actually downloaded the app for the 5 Minute Gratitude Journal. I honestly love it so much. I think it was $5,...

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What I've been Reading Pt. 2

I'm back again with another book post! As I mentioned before, I've been so backed up with work, that I'm not writing book reviews much anymore, but that doesn't mean that I stopped reading! I read just as much as before! Today I wanted to go through all the hard copies of books I've read (yes, that means I've read...

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So I did a Thing.

If you guys didn't notice, I spend a lot of this weekend revamping my site. The blog you all knew and loved as Ivefoundwaldo is now under my own name! You can now find me at melinaelisa.com! I've been hinting at it for a few months on Twitter, and I've given it a lot of thought, and decided it's time....

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Why is Slut Shaming Still a Thing?

I still remember the first time I was called a slut. Believe it or not, the word came out of my father's mouth. I was 18 years old, and was dressed getting ready to go out to a friend's house. I walked into my kitchen, where my dad looks up and down at me, and says something along the lines...

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Sharing the Love: Favorite Blogs At the Moment Pt. 3

I'm back with another post about bloggers I've been loving at the moment. There is so much talent within the blogging community, that I can't help but share the love. If you haven't read my past post in this series, you can read them here: Sharing the Love: Favorite Blogs At the Moment Pt. 2 Sharing the Love: Favorite Blogs...

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3 Posts I'm Lovin' Right Now | Episode 2

I got such an amazing reaction from this post, and I love sharing my fave posts, that I decided to continue this as a series on my blog! So, here are three posts that really spoke to me. 10 PIECES OF ADVICE I'D GIVE TO MY YOUNGER SELF I've seen loads of variations of this post. I think I might...

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Finding Myself With Every Book I Read.

I'm a book-lover. If you've been following my blog from the very beginning, you would know that I actually used to do weekly book reviews. I would post three times a week, and every Saturday would be a review on a book I've read within that week. For those of you who loved those posts, I am so sorry I...

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What to do in NYC!

So my lovely friend Cleia said she wanted to see more of NYC, and stuff to do there in a comment, and while she was strictly speaking in terms of YouTube videos, I also wanted to have a written format, so you guys can quickly reference too whenever you guys get the chance to go there! Now, there is so...

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An Unexpected Way to Get Out of that Winter Funk!

Winter always puts me in a funk, but you already knew that. I've tried going to the gym (it helps tremendously), and I go about 3-4 times a week now! I've tried getting more sleep, spending more time outside (nature wise), and going out more (less time hibernating and more time dancing my nights away). There's one thing recently that...

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Things I'm Grateful in February.

February has been such an amazing month for me. January took forever to go by, but February felt like it flew! I normally make this series only three things, but so many fun and amazing things happened this month, that I couldn't help but add a few more items to this list! I went to Dominican Republic I haven't been...

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