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Failosophy

The Try Guys have a chapter in their book The Hidden Power of F*cking Up called “Failosophy.” After reading it, memories of failure, rushed to the forefront of my mind. Remembering those moments was emotional, but I did notice a pattern. Most of my failure memories were associated with fear, shame, and embarrassment. The try…

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The Pizza Predicament

Where to Begin? I’m not sure exactly where to start off this story, but I guess I should give a little background information. I currently live in a very small town in South Korea. There genuinely isn’t much here and our only claim to fame is a filming site for a movie no one watches…

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Bucket List

A bucket list always seemed like something people do when they are about to die. A Walk to Remember, anyone? But, as I’ve gotten older I realize that you need little things in life to look forward to. My mom told me what gets her through her nursing shifts, is knowing which vacation she will…

BookishThoughts

15 Books I Want to Read Again

Does anyone else have this problem where you want to re-read a book, but you feel like you shouldn’t because your TBR (to-be-read) pile is so high and growing every day? Yeah, me too. So many books have been floating around in my head saying “read me, read me” but I’ve been doing my…

MyYearofTry

My Year of Try – Following The Try Guys

I’m now 29 and want to challenge myself more than ever. This will by my year of TRY! Inspired by The Try Guys, I’m going to have my best year yet.

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A Day in the Life of a South Korean Middle School Student

I feel like this needs a disclaimer in case someone gets mad at me? I want to start off by emphasizing that I live in a countryside town in South Korea. Experiences in other, bigger towns will differ. My comparisons are coming from my own middle school experiences in a suburban Texas town. Not every…

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21 Books I’ve Been Meaning to Read

I frequently get newsletters from different publishing companies and other book websites. I like to get these since it keeps me updated on new and popular books. Recently, I got one from Penguin Random House with a book list called 21 Books You’ve Been Meaning to Read. While I’ve read some of the books, I…

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Don’t Expect the Worst

Lack of Information One day last month, all the students and most of the teachers went on a hiking trip! Trips and other school events are shared with the teachers through the weekly meetings and through the school messenger system. I’m at the weekly meetings, but I don’t speak Korean. Similarly, I am not able…

Running

Running Diary November 2018 Week 1

November 5 – 11 Blame it on the a a a a a a alcohol I have to be honest with you all… I did not have a productive week in regards to running. I’ve been getting over a cold, and my goal was to just go to the track two or three times and…

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5 Reasons Why I Want to Run

Why? Why running, Hillary? Are you a masochist? Do you enjoy inflicting pain upon yourself? No, I don’t enjoy pain. It’s one of my least favorite things. I’ve been in pain a majority of my life and can say with certainty that I don’t like it one bit. Okay, that’s being dramatic by saying I’ve…