Maybe it’s the constant need to feel like I am doing something useful, meaningful, impactful, etc. Or maybe it’s because I was raised in an immigrant household where I saw my parents not being able to take time off and just be still. Over time, as I have gotten older, I have intentionally started to…
Y’all, I am so embarrassed by how much time I have spent on social media in the last couple of months—it’s honestly disgusting. I have a couple of theories about why I was spending time on Instagram like it was my left limb, but I am not about to trauma dump. Instead, I am going…
I recently experienced that moment every blogger both hopes for and dreads: discovering that people you know are reading your work. It started when someone asked my sister if she knew about my blog. “Yeah, I knew the day she created it, lol,” she replied. My immediate reaction? Horror. OMG. The realization that my sister’s…
It’s officially wedding season for us Desis, and it’s already got me doing mental gymnastics. Back-to-back weddings from September all the way through April is a lot to handle! Planning, prepping, and double-checking calendars is how we survive this chaotic but fun season. Its my favorite season since we get the opportunity to see so…
Can you believe we are two weeks into the new year?! Where has the time gone? I hope everyone has had time to rest and enjoy the holidays. I set yearly goals—big and small—but I wanted to do the fun Instagram trend this year of “ins and outs,” and I thought I would share it…
The last quarter of 2024 was something else—I’m not even sure if I have the right words, let alone the mental capacity, to recap it. And I’m not going to do that here because this blog isn’t my personal journal. I try to keep things positive, so I wanted to share my top three memories…