Alana Reina

Monthly Check-In and Spotify Playlist: June 2022

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

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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March Spotify Playlist

March Spotify Playlist

Happy Monday and happy March 1st y’all!! I love when a new month starts on a Monday – it just gives what it’s supposed to give! All the motivating and fresh start vibes I love. Plus, the days are getting longer, the temperature is creeping up, and Spring is right around the corner! This is the first month that I feel somewhat settled going into the month – last month I was on my trip to Arizona when February started, and nobody is settled when January starts! I started a new job last month, and although I am not fully settled into it, I am definitely starting to get settled into my new routine, so it feels nice to start a fresh month off in that routine! Some things I am looking forward to this month: a beautiful photoshoot I did with some of my girl friends yesterday, which we…

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A Beginner’s Guide to: Using TikTok and Making Videos

A Beginner’s Guide to: Using TikTok and Making Videos

Let me guess: a couple weeks (maybe even a few days) into quarantine, you downloaded TikTok and SWORE it was a dumb appyou were too old for, but just needed a bit of entertainment for a few weeks until this damn thing was over. And then a few weeks went by, and this damn thing didn’t end, and you got sucked deeper and deeper into TikTok addiction…it’s ok sis. You are me, I am you! This is a safe space!! Now that we are here, what’s next? Chances are you have spent HOURS scrolling through videos, laughing your ass off, maybe even sharing some videos with friends on TikTok or on Instagram. It’s been fun and all, but now you’re thinking “damn if these teeny boppers can make all these videos, why can’t I??”. Except you don’t know where to start and every time you try to, you just get…

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March Book Review II

March Book Review II

Happy first day of March! It’s a brand new month with new opportunities to achieve new goals. If you are like me, then reading more is ALWAYS a goal – one that I am better at some months than others! In January, I read 10 books and then only about 2-3 in February. Granted, I started a new full time job in February, but we can all do better right?? It’s been a MINUTE since my last book review, and I am so happy to be back to writing them! When I first started my blog two years ago, I was diligently keeping a list of every book I read, which made it super easy to reference when I wanted to write a book review. Last year, I totally dropped the ball on keeping track of the books I was reading, and thus totally slacked on writing any reviews! But…

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