tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56163879373946825322024-02-18T22:44:52.898-05:00Coffee Dates and HangoversMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040346616530520745noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616387937394682532.post-84229829013990187202017-05-11T15:14:00.001-04:002017-05-11T15:22:00.400-04:00Four years is a long time<br />
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Or is it? In the blink of an eye I've found myself at 28 years old, the only trace of this blog a nagging little reminder when I log onto my work Google Analytics and switch over email addresses. A mere four people a month seem to find it, and I often wonder how and what they think after scrolling through the posts of a "fashion" obsessed, cat obsessed, and basically self-obsessed 24 year old.<br />
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Looking back, it's easy to see how nuanced we tend to think we are at such a young age. No one else knows the struggle of being single, liking cats, wanting to get a tattoo, so let me blog about it.<br />
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Yet flash forward 4 years and it seems there are too many women who know the struggle. I.e. I am nothing special. I think of the failed past relationships and flings since stopping my little blog, and they're stories as old as time and nothing that isn't already well document on Thought Catalog or Elephant Mind.<br />
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In fact, it's nearly every day my girlfriends and I are sending each other memes and articles about dating in the modern age. You know the ones I'm talking about. The articles that have introduced us to a new language and seemingly new phenomenons with the onslaught of dating apps and online sites. New predicaments plague men and women alike and have only created a generation of single twenty- and thirty-somethings who are confused, angry, bitter, and bonding with their other single friends over these articles and satirical Instagram posts.<br />
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Ghosting, benching, cushioning, "what is monogamy," feminism, narcissism, mental and emotional abuse, passive aggressiveness, always thinking the grass is greener -- it's as if dating, the supposed simple act of getting to know someone new, has become so plagued and spun into an activity that I, personally, would rather avoid at all costs.<br />
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So what's the solution? Refusing to date and staying single in the name of contentment and "self-care" is a phase I've been through and am over with. I am ready to start sharing my life seriously with someone. Tinder, Bumble, eHarmony, Match, Coffee meets Bagel, Hinge and more are all tools I have had tiny amounts of success with. Meeting people out and in bars? Living your day to day life "not looking" for a relationship while waiting for Mr. Right to fall from the sky? Been there, attempted that, yet with my type A personality I'm left feeling like too much effort results in nothing while not enough effort leaves me looking aloof and cold.<br />
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So here I am back to my little blog, forcing myself into an outlet of writing that I've long neglected but can never deny the therapeutic effects it has on me. I'll be back, sooner than four years from now. With what, I'm not sure, but if there's one thing that's guaranteed, it'll always be entertaining.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040346616530520745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616387937394682532.post-25985872407127390242013-06-05T08:41:00.001-04:002017-05-11T14:50:36.150-04:00<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As I write this, it's another pretty drab day but I'm finding myself absolutely longing for spring and all the easy clothes that come with one of my favorite seasons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've rediscovered my <a href="http://pinterest.com/hellooomichelle/">Pinterest</a> as of late and have been gathering images of some of my spring style inspirations. I realized that since taking on positions where I work from home, my style has become increasingly based on comfort. Combine that with winter, and I admit I've been somewhat stuck in a rut, which makes spring all that more exciting.</span></div>
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Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040346616530520745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616387937394682532.post-53324263083518740702013-03-07T16:46:00.000-05:002017-05-11T14:50:36.157-04:00<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's been amazing lately to sit back and witness the hoops many women in my life are willing to jump through to find a guy -- not </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the </i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">guy, per se, but a guy to simply be there and appear in Facebook updates and Instagram photos. This article particularly</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> rang true during a period in my life when I'm purposely choosing not to date, because after all, without a man, what worth are any of us?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Anywho, enough of the sass. Here's my favorite excerpt:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Be ready to throw everything under the bus for when Cute Boy comes along, because you are not going to integrate him into things while still keeping strong personal importance on your private life. It’s all or nothing, slore. If problems should arise in the relationship, it is best to blame yourself entirely and focus on listening to Death Cab songs until you are ready to take the fall for everything from why the dishwasher is always loaded wrong to the shooting of Archduke Ferdinand."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Read the rest of the article <a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/how-to-find-a-cute-boy-to-love-you-forever/">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And, additionally, I'm a big fan of the article's author, Chelsea Fagan. Read more of her stuff <a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/author/faganchelsea/">here</a>.</span>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040346616530520745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616387937394682532.post-88823750245901699352013-02-28T19:41:00.000-05:002017-05-11T15:15:10.812-04:00<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, as I sit here and write this, I'm realizing I'm unusually calm for someone whose last day of work is tomorrow. I have a week of vacation coming down in Connecticut, and then back to Maine to start at new position as an associate site editor for a company in Boston.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This May, it will be three years since I graduated college. Not counting the four-month position I held the summer after graduating, I've now worked for four companies and have held five different positions within publishing: spotlight editor, web content producer, new media producer, associate editor, and now, associate site editor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For someone who's not even 25, I'm certainly proud to be where I am. But now, I'm realizing it's time to settle --something I'm oddly not accustomed to and am quite frankly worried about. I tend to get bored easily and like to be kept busy. I also like to be challenged in my work and have a variety of things to do -- something my last position didn't deliver on. But after a recent conversation with a former editor turned mentor and dear friend, I'm realizing part of growing up is choosing to settle down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's funny, since as a mid-twenty something, commitment is typically associated with getting married and popping out babies. However, for me, the challenge with commitment comes in the form of my career. I'm always curious as to what else is out there, and to be blunt, I'm typically approached with opportunities and no longer have to hunt them down. Change, in this respect, has become almost like a comfort. It's exciting, it poses the challenge I crave. But at the same time, as I complain about men my age and their inability to settle in relationships, it's dawning on me I'm the same way, but instead, with my career.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So I'm realizing, just as learning to accept change is part of personal growth, so is making a choice to stop moving and to settle down. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Unless you live under a rock, you've most certainly heard of the storm so aptly named Nemo that's hitting the East Coast as I'm writing this...</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And since I'm in Portland, we're expecting piles upon piles of snow for the next 48 hours. So, in an effort to make peace with the fact I won't be leaving my house for a solid two days, I've complied a list of my winter storm essentials.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> 1. A super-cozy wool sweater for the dipping temperatures and new polish for a bright manicure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">2. I've been on a Chai tea kick lately, and when mixed with a bit of almond milk, it's like pure heaven.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">3. A good book. I bought "The Shack" last week and am finally planning to finish the last few chapters I have left.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">5. Thermal leggings. Since I work from home, I tend to live in yoga pants. Throwing on a pair of warm, printed bottoms is a welcomed change.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">6. Mat Kearney's <i>Young Love</i>, <i>Nothing Left to Lose</i>, and <i>City of Black and White</i> will be on repeat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Recently, Mara of <a href="http://mainelymara.com/">MainelyMara</a> asked me to write up a short post on how to layer for winter.</span><br />
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But oh, what a life-changing year you have been.<br />
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I am growing. I am open to personal change, however hard it may be. I have learned to be reflective, to recognize when I am wrong, and to rise above what so many seem to be stuck in. I am on the track to genuinely love people in healthy amounts, but to not over-give my affection. I have learned to be increasingly wise with my time and my friendship, since I know it's good.<br />
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I am nothing. I am simply a blip on a map and I can not plan for anything. Planning, like I was this time last year, will only drive a person mad. I have let go, and I've let God. So much so, that I now have that tattooed on my right forearm. I am going with the flow. I recognize my issues with anxiety, and with a little help, I am enjoying life as it comes, instead of forcing life to be.<br />
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I am creative -- I love fashion, and tattoos, and outwards expression of who I am on the inside. My past relationship suffocated that part of me so I would fit a mold of who he wanted me to be. As frivolous as that sounds, I have never been more at peace with my appearance, my health, my physical fitness (hello future half marathons) and my self perception as a woman.<br />
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I am done -- no not like, forever. Just for this blog post. As in, I got nothing left to say. This is rare, but good, and 2013, I welcome you with open arms. <br />
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Today's awesome. Primary because a source crapped out on me last minute
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It's tricky writing about being an introvert. I completely enjoy people and their company, especially those of new friends who have been popping up left and right within the last month. But sometimes, it's those big personalities that really require me to close the door, shut off the phone, and take a break.<br />
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It's also those big personalities that often leave me feeling exhausted, drained, and remembering to not take on others' issues as my own -- a key lightbulb moment, if you will, that's happened, is still happening, and is something I'm going to need to remind myself not to do consistently in the future.<br />
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Caring about a person is one thing, but investing too much of your time and care into someone who doesn't -- and won't -- offer that time and consideration back is not a good thing. Simple, but true, and it's been a hard lesson to learn not only relationship-wise (even though that lesson has been firmly learned in that respect), but also when it comes to friendships. As much of a help, a springboard, a source of encouragement I feel I need to be, I have come to realize I can't be someone's God, someone's pure source of comfort, and someone's consistent source of affirmation.<br />
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It's exhausting. But thank God, he's taking that burden off of me, and at the same time, I'm learning to let go and build healthy walls as they need to be built.<br />
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In the mean time, let's drink some coffee and listen to Mumford. Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040346616530520745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616387937394682532.post-43533285829010048062012-10-18T08:50:00.002-04:002017-05-11T14:50:36.153-04:00<h2>
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My poor little blog.<br />
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I just keep forgetting about you.<br />
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<a name='more'></a> I guess I should give myself a break considering all that's (still) been happening -- getting into the groove of my new job, having yet another roommate move in, getting yet another tattoo, and learning to go about life with no regrets.<br />
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I mean, that's all very time consuming.<br />
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If only I could sit in my pajamas all day and work on this little blog of mine.<br />
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One day, that's the goal. But in the mean time, it's technology, healthcare, social media, reading blogs, going to bars, refraining from bars, running like a motherf*cker, figuring out various health conditions, considering boys, giving up on boys, and buying clothes. Lots of clothes.<br />
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That pretty much sums up life as of late.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040346616530520745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616387937394682532.post-18534237570078341682012-09-19T20:51:00.000-04:002012-09-19T20:51:19.503-04:00<h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've been patiently growing out my hair for the past year or so, and it's finally gotten to a length that I'm loving. In honor of the upcoming season, here are a few of my favorite styles I'm dying to try.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But I love, love, love my new tattoo...</span></div>
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Today's one of those defining days in life that will always remain bittersweet.<br />
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Why? Well, it's my last day at the company I've been at for the past year. Sitting here today, I can't tell you how different it is leaving this company versus the previous one I worked at. For example, this is completely voluntary. I also had a terribly hard time making the decision, but in the end, money combined with the draw of New York (at some point, probably not in the immediate future) made it too hard to say no.<br />
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I guess the other reason why I had such a hard time making the decision is because of the vital role this company has played in my life over the past three months. After breaking up with my dead beat, now-ex boyfriend, these people were the ones who were there, inviting me out days after it happened and supporting me in all my decisions thus far. They're an amazing group of people -- a group that has come to extend beyond MedTech and is one I have a ball with.<br />
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Today is also interesting due to another situation that I'm not comfortable writing about, but it's sitting in the back of my mind and can end up being a pretty cool thing or a situation that will sit and eventually fizzle.<br />
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Only time will tell.<br />
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In the mean time, I'm spending my last day guzzling my venti Starbucks, listening to my favorites list on Spotify, and trying very hard to get some sort of work done. At 4, everyone's hitting a bar down town and then, that's it. I'm home to CT once again till Monday, and then I fly to New York for training. Life seems like a whirlwind, but, finally, I'm at peace with it.<br />
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Bring it on.<br />
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Let me start this off by saying I'm a glass of Pinot into the night and am feeling swell.<br />
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Which is a pretty good thing considering all the chaos that's very well about to ensue around me.<br />
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For starters, it's my birthday Saturday. Festivities begin Thursday night, followed by a drive down to Connecticut, another tattoo (I'm addicted), dinner and a concert with my sister, and then family over the next day.<br />
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Then, I am back to Maine for all of two days, purely to bid farewell to the company I've been with for the past year and, consequentially, moved to Maine for.<br />
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Crazy, right?<br />
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It gets better. I've accepted a position working remotely for a major publisher based in New York. I get another weekend home in CT, and then come the fourth, I am being flown to the city for three days of training.<br />
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Then, after that, it's me, myself, and I, exploring every coffee shop in the greater Portland area.<br />
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I'll save the ramblings for another time, for I fear the Pinot is really kicking in and my bed is looking all too good right about now.<br />
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On a completely unrelated note, I decided to grow a pair of lady balls recently. Best decision all week.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040346616530520745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616387937394682532.post-44714218005760863832012-08-16T14:28:00.000-04:002017-05-11T15:15:10.773-04:00<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What the hell. When life feels insane, receiving gems like this via Facebook is a precious thing.</span></div>
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I have to make a big one within 48 hours.<br />
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But this big.<br />
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And I am freaking. out.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040346616530520745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616387937394682532.post-18265636607809088552012-08-10T11:16:00.002-04:002017-05-11T15:15:10.733-04:00<h2>
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No, really. Give me a couch, a bed, and a closet, and I'm good to go. I don't live for Ikea and I don't spend my days perusing home decor blogs like some people I know. My condo looks semi-decent after I raided the sale section at Target, but other than that, it's decorated with random knick-knacks I've collected over the years from tag sales. Not to mention, the abundance of hand-me-down furniture.<br />
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I'm a clothes (and shoes and purse) girl, so I'd much rather spend money on something that can be worn as opposed to something I can simply hang on a wall. This got me to thinking, though, considering two of my most decorative-type friends are coming to stay at my condo for the weekend.<br />
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Both love creating a vision and going for it, whether bright, poppy accents all in green and orange or sleek black and red decorating along with an immaculate kitchen space. That's the other thing I forgot to mention -- no, I'm not dirty, but I'm also a spastic person that tends to leave crap everywhere.<br />
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So as my friends are getting ready to visit my little shindig of a home, here is some thought inspiration of what I wish I had the brainpower and time to do. Thankfully, I've accepted the fact my passions lay in other areas.<br />
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