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My Journey to a Minimal Waste Life: Straws

My Journey to a Minimal Waste Life: Straws

Let me ask you a question: have you seen the turtle video?

You know the one.

It shows a sea turtle that was brought on a boat by scientists with something poking out of it’s nose. One of the scientists, using pliers, is trying to pull out whatever it is while others are holding down a squirmy, bleeding, turtle. After a whole lot of effort by both turtle and human, a straw is pulled cleanly out…

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My Journey to Minimal Waste Life

My Journey to Minimal Waste Life

It’s been a while since I wrote anything here. A combination of forgetting this existed beyond a platform for my resume, not feeling like writing, not having anything to write about, all contributed to an atrophied blog. That being said, it’s summer in New York City and the sunshine and beautiful weather has lifted the haze that blocked any creativity I possessed.

There were a few things that…

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“For what it’s worth: It’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald (via amortizing)

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The best damn doughnut you'll ever eat...

The best damn doughnut you’ll ever eat…

… is in Wall Drug, South Dakota. No, seriously it is. Just north of the Badlands which resemble the surface of Mars, sits Wall Drug which got its start by handing out free water to travelers with eye-catching signs along the highway. It’s really leaned into its namesake, trying to bring you back to the time of cowboys and the Wild West, but the wear and tear shows more and more of the plastic and…

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We'll always have Toledo. . . . #toledo #spain #travel #getclosegetcomfortable #alwaysbringtolietpaper #throwbackthursday #tbt (at Toledo, Spain)

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Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain. . . . #iowacity #oldcapital #iowamotto #iowapride #hawkeyestate #homesweethome #travel (at University of Iowa)

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Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain. . . . #iowacity #oldcapital #iowamotto #iowapride #hawkeyestate #homesweethome #travel (at University of Iowa)

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My favorite beach weather: 70 degrees and cloudy. . . . #easthampton #mainbeach #longisland #ihatethesun (at East Hampton, New York)

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Brb sightseeing. . . . #newyorknewyork #nyc #sboutofoffice #summer #boatymcboatface (at New York, New York)

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Only love can truly save the world.

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Just a reminder that our planet is awesome and worth taking care of. . . . #parisagreement #climatechangeisreal #protecttheearth #resist #nyc #flatirondistrict #sunset (at New York, New York)

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She's the best. End of discussion. . . . #happymothersday #momsarethebest #tbhifsheseesthisshewillprobablycry #travel #york #england #ruins (at St Mary's Abbey, York)

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Getting back on the workout saddle

Getting back on the workout saddle

Having fully recovered (no, really) from the plague/cold, I’ve been struggling to get myself back into working out. I’ve been enjoying the excuse to take it easy and relax. It helped that, until a few days ago, walking to the subway made me have a massive coughing fit so the idea of actively making breathing more difficult wasn’t appealing. Now that I can breathe normally, breaking out of that…

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#TBT to when President Obama and Michelle Obama danced with R2-D2 and stormtroopers at the White House #MayThe4thBeWithYou

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🎶All you need is love 🎶 . . . #graffiti #loveislove #brooklyn #nyc #saturdayafternoon #beatles (at Crown Heights, Brooklyn)

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I survived the plague

I survived the plague

Okay, it was just a cold, but it certainly felt (and sounded, thanks to an excellent cough that accompanied the congestion) like the plague. When the amount/severity of your cough makes you hurl, twice, it really makes you think. This is most definitely TMI, but I don’t really care #realtalk. What this all made me realize is that I will never take my lungs (and my health) for granted again. And…