You get some great, amazingly fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do?

Call my husband! He’s always the first one I want to call when anything great or exciting happens!

Describe your most ideal day from beginning to end.

On an ideal day, I’d wake up feeling rested and energized, ready to take on the day. I’d start my day on a nice walk outside in the warm sun and think about some of the things I’m grateful for.

After that morning stroll, I’d love to grab some breakfast with my husband at our favorite restaurant and spend time just eating and chatting about everything. Once we were done and had our to-go coffees (yes the restaurant does that & that’s why they’re top tier), I’d love to spend the day having fun with my husband, whether that’s going go-karting, bowling, or going frisbee golfing! Honestly it would be fun to do any of those activities with our friends too so we could include them too!

Of course, if this is an ideal day, I also don’t want to make dinner- so naturally my husband and I would have to get Chili’s LOL. We love their honey chipotle chicken crispers, and that just sounds like it would hit the spot. After dinner, I’d love to just go home with my husband and cuddle while we watch a movie or show or even something on YouTube.

This sounds like a perfect day and I can’t wait for warmer weather to at least be able to take a warm walk outside or go frisbee golfing LOL. Luckily the rest of these things we could do really any day, and I just feel so lucky to be alive and present to the blessings around me.

How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life?

I feel like life is constantly reminding me that I need to live it. None of us get out alive, and we don’t die with our diplomas and trophies… none of that material sh*t matters. Love is what matters. True connection is what matters. Empathy and curiously are what matters. Life continues to remind me to look to love and kindness, because although we may not all have the same struggles, we do all have our own struggles.

What’s your favorite thing to cook?

I am not a lover a cooking at this current phase in my life, but I can make some basic meals. I’d say my favorite thing to cook is an omelette, mainly because that is actually something I recently learned how to do successfully. Breakfast is definitely one of my favorite meals to cook, and sometimes I make my grandma’s recipe for homemade pancakes!

Write about your first name: its meaning, significance, etymology, etc.

Refer to my last post as to why I haven’t answered this question as well. I feel like my name isn’t very common so it’s easy to find me. And again, not important enough to want to be found, but this is just how my brain operates LOL

Name an attraction or town close to home that you still haven’t got around to visiting.

This right here will show you how paranoid I am. I refuse to actually answer this prompt because I don’t want anyone to figure out or know where I live LOL. Like I had an answer and I’m like anyone could google and figure out a close proximity to where I am. I’m not even known or important enough for anyone to want to do that, but this is how my brain operates.

I only answered it because I haven’t been getting any new prompts and I’m theorizing it’s because I haven’t answered a few, but also it could be just because it’s the end of the month!

Write about a few of your favorite family traditions.

Is it weird that I’ve avoided this post because it kinda makes me sad. I feel like there weren’t a lot of family traditions growing up in my family. Like we celebrated the holidays and I know for Christmas I could always open one gift on Christmas Eve, and I remember having Easter egg/basket hunts at my grandparents house, but other than that nothing comes to mind.

One tradition we currently have is getting together with our family to do a white elephant exchange every January as our late Christmas celebration! I do enjoy doing that, however this was likely the last year for the gift exchange, but we are still planning to all get together. Idk if we count a family girls trip every year as a tradition, but it has been happening for a few years now so I guess it is one!

Okay so I guess this prompt wasn’t that sad- and the good news is we can always make new traditions!

What books do you want to read?

I have a few books in my Amazon wishlist, but I actually just finished Verity by Colleen Hoover yesterday and now I’m very interested in reading more of her work. A lot of the ones on my list are self-improvement books, and I do still want to read those, but I am also not trying to make myself this never-ending project. Adding in some suspenseful fiction was fun, and I plan to do more of that!

What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time?

Honestly I love having conversations with good friends. Whether we Facetime or we go grab a coffee or go for a walk, I love catching up and just sharing our experiences about life and learning from one another.

Considering I also thrive in isolation, I love to make picture collages/vision boards and I love to write. I also enjoy watching trashy reality TV shows LOL!

List five things you do for fun.

• writing (journaling or poetry)
• picture collages / vision boards
• listen to podcasts
• dance/sing along to music
• facetime or grab coffee with friends