After just 2.5 years, it’s really official. I’ve never had another state’s ID before (and they definitely take worse pics than Texas). I think I’m excited, but it’s bittersweet. Texas will always be home.
Category: thoughts
The Friends-As-Family Generation
Subhead: Making Friends in Anywhere. I’m constantly amazed at the number of thoughtful comments a post I wrote three years ago still receives. The topic: Making Friends in Austin. Turns out, while it can vary by location and number of young professionals, young singles, so on, making friends anywhere is a challenge. I’ve written in countless…
Welcome to You Are My Celebrity!
Hello. Curious how you got here? It’s okay, it’s confusing. This new blog is all the good stuff from the old blogs but not location-centric. See, this is the blog formerly known as this is life in austin & aspen, which WAS formerly known as this is life in austin until I partially moved and…
Learning more new things!!
Remember how I said I was learning new things this summer, and they were working with horses and getting awesome at sand volleyball? Well, add dirt biking and rock climbing to the list. I’m embracing the Colorado lifestyle and turning all adventurer-crunchy …
Spring cleaning
I wish I was talking about power cleaning, but I still haven’t found a new gym home … Nope, instead, a DailyHap-inspired mental spring cleaning about my athletic identity. I mentioned in my last post that I’ve always been an athlete (which isn’t true, as I didn’t really become an athlete until late junior high…
Learn something new! [video]
Athletic pursuits have made up my life since at least junior high, when I really started caring about basketball. I focused on that sport pretty quickly, and got to be pretty good at it. 😉 My identity has since at least partially been defined by being an athlete, so when it came time to learn…
Values
Today’s task on DailyHap.com is to write about something important to you, based on new research that reflecting on your values might help you lose weight. As a writer, part of me is like, eh, I don’t need to do that, I always write about stuff that’s important to me. And if the research is…
Yoga Questions
It’s Ashley Turner yoga boot camp week again (click here for my obsessions from last time) and it’s been a tough week so far. Not only is the physical practice incredibly challenging (more so than last time), but she’s raising questions … again. All of which is awesome, of course. What are you rushing toward?…
Get Happy with Me at DailyHap!
I teased you guys here, here, here, and here, and it’s finally HERE! DailyHap.com is a website designed to create a community of happy people and encourage people to openly, genuinely pursue happiness. It will guide people to Achieving Happiness 1 Day at a Time through a daily action item. It is also my labor of love, my grand adventure, and now that it’s…