The Best (and Worst) Things about Living in Miami

I moved to Miami officially a year ago, and I am absolutely loving the Miami lifestyle so far! I had been wanting to move here for at least 3-6 years, and intuitively knew that living here was the right choice before I moved. There is no better feeling than living in a place where you feel fully in alignment – meeting the right people at the right time, doors opening left and right, and generally feeling at peace. After feeling very out of alignment living at home in the DMV for seven years prior to moving, it feels like my life started over again! I know many people feel scared of moving and starting over in a new city, especially in your 30s (see this blog post for why I think you should!), but we need to stop thinking of our 30s as being too late to start over. No…

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Five Reasons to Move in Your 30s

Most people feel like they need to “have it all together” in their 30s. Despite crushing interest rates, astronomical inflation and a seemingly never-ending stream of “unprecedented events”, millenials still feel enormous pressure to have already ticked off all the boxes of a “happy life” by now, or at least be well on our way to doing so. But what if we haven’t yet, and are nowhere close? Or worse, what if we HAVE and are still miserable? As someone who has lived in 6 cities as an adult (if you count my three months in Granada, Spain for a semester abroad, which I definitely do!), I can tell you with certainty that my experience of living in different places have been the most significant and enjoyable parts of my life. I recently moved to Miami – which I had been planning for over 2.5 years – and it changed…

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Five Life Lessons from the First Year of My 30s

Every year around my birthday, I always take some time to sit and reflect on the last year of my life. I try to see what lessons I can learn from things that I have gone through, and move into the next year with intention. Last year, I posted an article about what turning 30 means to me and what I had learned so far. Although I am only a year into my 30s, I truly feel as if I have learned, grown and evolved so much already. This past year’s theme has been about loyalty, genuine friendship, and being more conscious about where I put my energy. Here are some of the major lessons I’ve learned so far this past year: Choose your friends wisely This seems pretty simple and self explanatory, but is not so easy in practice. Over the course of your life, you will come into…

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Monthly Check-In and Spotify Playlist: June 2022

I don’t know about y’all, but May FLEW by for me! The first week of May was spent scrambling to prepare to fly to Israel for my grandma’s funeral services (I missed the actual funeral and shiva, but got to visit her gravesite), then going to Israel for a week, and then spending a full week adjusting back, and boom the month was over before I knew it! I started off May getting ANOTHER ulcer flare up, which most likely was caused by the grief of losing my grandma but was also exactly a year after I got it in the first place, making me think it was back on some “anniversary tour” 🙄 It was horrible timing before my trip, and definitely bothered me while I was there. Luckily, I met with a new doctor a couple weeks after getting back, who FINALLY confirmed my suspicion that I have…

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Monthly Check-In and Spotify Playlist: May 2022

Happy May everyone! It is finally starting to feel like spring here in DC, and I could not be happier about the warm weather! After going to Phoenix in March (see my travel guide here), I had no tolerance for winter anymore. The weather has been playing GAMES lately, so it better stay warm from here on out! Anyway, I don’t know about y’all, but April was TOUGH for me! I have been really struggling to adjust to living with my family again (for the second time…smh), since getting back from Arizona, and it really came to a head last month. Between constant bickering and screaming matches with my siblings, painting my room and then moving all my stuff back home from storage, having a full on mental breakdown, and then having my grandma pass away after spending two weeks in the hospital, it’s definitely been a lot! (Thank you…

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