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2025 recap and realizations
I want to start off by saying this is the year I began heavily outsourcing my brain to AI. I’m not fully sure yet if that’s good or bad although, I used no AI to write this post. #PROUD. 2025 has been an amazing year for me despite it being a not-so-good year for the…
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Sundance & Bay Area Trip recap
I spent the last week of my winter break visiting some homies in my old stomping grounds (aka Northern California) and attending the Sundance Film Festival in Utah (a life long goal). I gave myself a $500 spending budget for the week and I spent $514 so I am very proud of myself for sticking…
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Get me off this mountain
TL:DR I have regrets about spending over $2k on a ski trip. I recently went to Black Ski, an annual ski trip for MBA students across the country. For many months, I’ve dreaded going on this trip but I thought to myself: “YOLO”. If anyone remembers my Mexico Pity Party post, the vibes on this…
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Getting my spark back
There’s been something off about me lately. I can’t really explain it but I just feel it. I’ve been feeling more uninspired than normal. I listened to this book recently called Everything I know about love by Dolly Alderton. I’m loosely paraphrasing, but, in the book, she mentioned how at some point the only joy…
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$146,142.85
That, my friends, (based on today’s numbers) is how much I need to make as a starting base salary + bonus in 2026 to live a comfortable life. Of course, my definition of comfortable is very privileged. I don’t want a roommate and I am assuming I’ll continue traveling to new, great places. That is…
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A travel year in review (2024)
I spent $13,000 plus 304,800 miles on travel in 2024. I saved about $3,048 by using miles (which I earned since 2022 from travel hacking) to cover some of the flights I booked throughout the year. My two words to summarize this year for me were change and unseriousness. Hey Siri, play “Night Changes” by…
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Worldview and Workview
TW: potential mental health triggers A few months ago, I was talking with one of my best friends about how I became more and more aware of my existence. We’ll call it an existential crisis. I didn’t have any life threatening moments or brushes with death. I just realized that shit, I’m gonna die one…
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Solo in Seoul (Part 2)
Wassup homies! In this post, I am gonna talk about the surprises and lessons I learned from my 2 week trip to South Korea. First, I’ll share surprises: Smoking: I didn’t know there was a heavy smoking culture here. I went to a club in Hongdae and left with all my clothes and hair smelling…
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Solo in Seoul (Part 1)
I just got back from a 2 week solo trip to South Korea. I’m so sad writing this because I had an amazing time & I can’t believe it’s over. During my visit, I stayed in 2 neighborhoods in Seoul (Itaewon & Gangnam), Jeju City & Incheon. In my first 5 days, I stayed in…
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A pity party in Mexico
TL;DR I spent $1742 in Mexico & I have a few regrets. I am writing this straight from the balcony of my Airbnb with amazing views of the ocean, living my blogger girl dreams. First of all, I want to start this blog by saying that my trip to Mexico was absolutely fabulous. I stayed…
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