I wasn’t planning to post a progress update this soon because it’s only been three months since I started running again. But I just wanted to share because I'm pretty proud of how things are going. When I first hit the road after years of being inactive, I could barely manage 3k witho…

I just submitted an 18-page essay for my Palanca entry. Yep, eighteen pages. Exactly 4,986 words I agonized over, paragraphs I rewrote a hundred times, and countless moments of dread in front of a blinking cursor when the thoughts in my head refused to make it to the screen. Now it’s done…

In a few days, I’ll be flying out of the country again. And for the first time, I didn’t buy new outfits for my travel OOTDs. Don't get me wrong. I don't splurge. My travel outfits are mostly just Shein and ukay-ukay finds. But in all 7 countries I’ve been to, I’ve never repeated …

After an extended, shall we say, hiatus from anything resembling physical activity (unless running errands counts), I've decided it's time to get moving again. Well, here’s the thing. It’s not some deep, life-changing epiphany. It’s also not for health reasons (though, probably it…

We finally got to see Jack Johnson live!  And he did not disappoint!  OMGAEOFIJASFJHGVOAHIJROARLOJSDFJAF!!! Allow me to share with you all a story of our greatest weekend in 2024 yet.  *deep breath* Here goes...  Jan and I didn't know about the Wanderland Music Festival until we saw o…

It all started when Jan went to Mr. Big's concert and all he wanted was to bring a small, minimalist wallet that could carry an ID, a card or two, and a little cash with him.  One month later, he now has three (3) minimalist wallets. All thanks to these YouTube videos that introduced…