January 2012
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2012 memo →
(Save and) Spend — Allow room to indulge in a bit of materialism: save up for the beautiful tangible things in life - especially the ones that stir up intangible feelings in your heart, like a Yamaha R15, a spontaneous travel ticket bought on the day of the flight, a picture book, expensive wine just because you can, a shimmery glittery dress you’ll probably only wear once, a ‘leap’ tattoo near...
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“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.”
– Oprah Winfrey
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“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making...”
– Neil Gaiman’s wish for 2012
10pm on New Years Eve and I am lying in bed, watching The Big Bang Theory marathon. I am lame and I don’t really care.
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“Someday, we’ll run into each other again, I know it. Maybe I’ll be older and...”
– Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin
December 2011
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“I want to talk to you. I want you to hear all about everything. I want to tell...”
– Why I Can’t Talk to the Person Who Knows Me Best
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“Kind of defines you, doesn’t it? You know like, one moment you’re gliding along…...”
– Hitch
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December Emotions
nostalgia n. The nebulous feeling that visits you at 2am, dancing around in the shadows of your mind, effortlessly escaping your attempt at describing it well and good; it lingers – in the pauses between breaths, the crevices between light and dark, the grey area dividing heart and mind – and sets up residence in your soul, tattooing itself onto the inside of your eyelids so it never leaves you...
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“Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.”
– Alphonse de Lamartine
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“Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard...”
– Henri J.M. Nouwen
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Christian’s helping me with my Spanish. I’ve completed two lessons of my Rosetta stone and I know about 15 words, haha. But I told him all of the ones I know and he’s going to use them instead of the English version when he speaks to me to help me remember.
This just resulted in a rather amusing conversation as he was playing Skyrim and chasing a ghost on a horse. I know the...
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“When in doubt, don’t.”
– Ben Franklin
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“Our individuality is all, all, that we have. There are those who barter it for...”
– Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume
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“When we’re incomplete, we’re always searching for somebody to complete us. When,...”
– Tom Robbins
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“ Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze...”
– Tori Amos
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“The truth doesn’t always set you free; people prefer to believe prettier,...”
– Jodi Picoult