Ask any person who has ever lived with me (especially my college roommates and/or my mother), and you will quickly learn that I was not exactly the cleanest person growing up (or throughout my college days). While I’ve always known HOW to tidy up and the importance of BEING tidy, I’ve just always had a …
Even now that I no longer work full-time, I still want my weeknight meals to be quick, easy, and at least relatively healthy. While this tater tot casserole isn’t going to win any blue ribbons for creative combinations or out-of-this-world flavor profiles, it DOES come together easily and quickly, and I think that it …
It’s hard to believe that almost two weeks have passed since my last installment of this series, but since I have a decent amount to report, I guess it makes sense. A recap: Last post (Vol. II), I set some specific goals for these last two weeks– start tracking what I eat again (mostly …
It’s no secret that I sometimes miss being in school–I miss the external push of deadlines and teachers, I miss the exposure to literature and views that I normally wouldn’t think of, and I miss the feeling that I know, for at least that one thing, that my progress can be measured, tracked, and assessed. …
Now that it’s basically almost fall, I figured I’d better get around to finally posting these pics from our family sleepover party from, um, a month ago. I also figured I’d better do an update on how we did on our summer bucket list. (Of course, if I was really wanting to spend 4 hours …
About two weeks ago, I started a post series (inspired by this blog) to help me get into healthier habits, as I’ve let certain things slide pretty badly over the past few months. Each of these posts will be divided into sections (nutrition, exercise, progress, etc.), and I’ll be giving an update in each post …
Well friends, I’ve finally done it! Largely thanks to my friend Andrew (with some awesome new logo help from my calligrapher dad), I have relaunched the blog under a new name, with a brand new look! My blog originally started as Autodidactic Ambitions back in 2008 (with a very short stint under the name Cahshplinko …
I’ve found that it’s often the goals that scare me the most (and the goals that I usually want the most) that are the ones which are hardest to follow through on. It probably stems from my tendency to be a perfectionist (aka, why try at all if it’s not going to turn out exactly …
