November 23, 2020 Life As I Know It: November 2020 Last night my fiancé revisited Roosevelt’s famous quote, “A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor,” as we talked in length about the effects of the pandemic. I injected, “No, no…that’s not how the saying goes. I think rough seas…
October 31, 2020 Life As I Know It: October 2020 Growing up I used to say, “if I had to choose between a few small homes over one big one filled with things, I’d opt for small homes in a heartbeat! And while we’re nowhere near that, we’re one step…
October 22, 2020 Reviewing Rita Konig’s Create Academy Class It’s no secret I’ve fallen in love with interior design since tackling my apartment project last year through the guidance of an interior designer (click here). Initially, it was challenging to make so many decisions (throw in the added pressure…
September 30, 2020 Life As I Know It: Embracing Changes Talk about change. Last month, I left behind West Palm Beach (sort of), a city I’ve lived in for the last 12+ years, and moved into our new home in Miami. Though I kept my apartment in West Palm Beach…
September 28, 2020 Fall Thoughts: Past, Present and (Being) Patient My mind has been jogging through parts of the past, present and interchangeably the future that I’ve lost track of time. We’ve officially moved about a month ago (more on this next week), are planning a small civil ceremony and…
August 19, 2020 Life As I Know It: August 2020 It all started roughly two years ago when my fiancé and I had “the talk.” You know the one where you discuss marriage, kids and goals? I knew, deep down, a proposal was on the horizon just not quite then….
July 17, 2020 Life As I Know It: Birthday Edition I started to reconsider my birthday plans around mid-June. Normally, I check into a spa for the day and mentally check out. It’s the one day out of the year where I don’t look at my bank account and just…
June 8, 2020 “Beyond the Black Square” I recognize that having a platform where I can openly talk to 200k+ people at any given time is a tremendous blessing and responsibility — one I don’t take lightly. The more I listened, the more I knew what I…
April 30, 2020 Life As I Know It: April 2020 Earlier this week in my “Journaling with Brahmin” post, I talked about how writing is a therapeutic exercise for me and how much I like to go back and read old journal entries from years ago. It’s a cathartic release;…
April 24, 2020 Journaling with Brahmin I do one of two things when I’m stressed: move and write. If I’m lucky, that means clutching a familiar wooden barre, easing into a stretch with my toes already wrapped and warmed up for ballet class. I love the…