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I took this selfie after my last school day as an

I took this selfie after my last school day as an exchange student in UNAV. That was back in May 2017, and I had no clue what was next for me when I got back home. Wish I could go back in time and tell the Mica of May 2017 that she could never have imagined what came next. ❤️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
I’ve learned SO much over the years, so I hope you don’t mind that I share them with you here. Swipe ⬅️ for the “secrets of adulthood” I learned in 2019.

Everybody, meet my Theme for the Year: Courage ove

Everybody, meet my Theme for the Year: Courage over comfort. 🌱🌸 (Can’t wait to document all the ways this theme will manifest throughout the year.) Do you have a theme for 2020?

Oh, don’t mind me, just putting this on my feed

Oh, don’t mind me, just putting this on my feed with faith I’ll have a bedroom-slash-office this big one day — hopefully sooner than I think. 🤷🏻‍♀️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Also YAAAAAAY for the upcoming new year!!! I have SO. MANY. plans for you, 2020! ✨✨✨
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(Also, yes the holiday break is also my favorite time to do a social media break too. Anyone else find their screen time drastically decrease this time of year?)

Happy #MakeItHappenMonday, you guys! As we’re he

Happy #MakeItHappenMonday, you guys! As we’re heading feet-first into 2020, setting exciting resolutions and goals for ourselves to make it the best year yet, please remember this: make goals for your /own/ life, not for other people’s. We’re all better off for it. 💫
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📚 Quote taken from fellow INFJ Deborah Ward’s book, Overcoming Low Self-Esteem with Mindfulness.

💫 Looking onward and upward for 2020 — repeat

💫 Looking onward and upward for 2020 — repeating to myself every day that I’m prepared for what I prayed for, I’m prepared for what I prayed for...
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I’m so excited at the thought of the new year, not as a fresh page but as an electrifying continuation of this exciting year. ⚡️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Whether you make your 2020 a fresh page or a continuation (make the year whatever you want it to be, my dudes), let’s go make it a great one. ❤️

I have such talented friends, look at this amazing

I have such talented friends, look at this amazing drawing my friend @_maxinemiller did of me 💕 (She did it for Inktober) I LOVE when creators create ❤️😭❤️😭

Gratitude. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Gratitude.
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Lately I resolved to go back to a practice I haven’t done in a few years, ever since I was inspired by something I read in @brenebrown’s Dare to Lead:
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So I’m back to writing down things I’m grateful for and then sharing them with others. (I recently read that joy is meant to be shared, and that was so beautiful to me.)
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So let me start by being grateful for:
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🌱 the past weekend that I spent with my favorite people in the world
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🌱 the 6 years of being with my everything-partner (yep, especially dance partner 😜)
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🌱 and for being able to wake up every day doing what I love with people I adore and love working with (and there have been so many over the past few years — if we’ve ever worked together, please know how much I appreciate you!)
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What are you grateful for?

Following through on my thought last week about sp

Following through on my thought last week about spilling some tea about…um…caffeine. ☕️ According to a study and a LOT of believers, there’s actually a really, REALLY effective way to use coffee – and it’s called a ⚡️ coffee nap ⚡️
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📌 Here’s how it works: When you drink coffee, then take a 20-minute nap afterwards, you get even MORE energy than if you’d taken the coffee or the nap on their own. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
I love taking my own coffee naps on really “off” days where I feel super sluggish, especially towards the afternoon. Currently trying to swap coffee out with tea to see if it has the same effect; will report back if I feel anything. 🍵
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✨ Oh, and if you work at an office full-time, see if you can do this during your lunch break. (Take those unpaid lunch breaks, yo.) Or during your actual afternoon coffee break?
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Lemme know if you’ve ever tried this or want to try this. (Again, I don’t do it every day, but it REALLY helps when you just need a literal energy boost.)
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📸 Beautiful latte art and photo by no other than @romeasegurado himself

Pulled up photos from my Bilbao trip a couple year

Pulled up photos from my Bilbao trip a couple years back, and seeing this one again – where a little bridge you can barely see appears to be connecting two buildings – reminded me of that beautiful @traceeellisross quote: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
“𝕀 𝕒𝕞 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕀 𝕒𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕀 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕞𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕪 𝕞𝕖.”🌱
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Today felt like a good day to remind myself (and to share with you guys too) that every day’s a little bridge you can barely see that connects where you are to where you want to be. ❤️

Am I the only one who can’t believe it’s nearl

Am I the only one who can’t believe it’s nearly the end of November?
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We’ve got under 40 days until the start of 2020. I’ve already started evaluating my 2019, and wanted to share a few questions I always look back on each year:
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🌻 What’s the BIGGEST thing I’m proud I did this year?
🌻 What were the biggest stumbling blocks to my happiness? (Confession: mine usually have to do with overthinking and procrasti-planning.)
🌻 What can I do better starting today to get over these stumbling blocks?
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⚡️ Bonus: I also do weekly reviews with similar questions. I just hate letting months go by before I realize that I’ve been self-sabotaging or been complacent at something I’ve wanted to make progress on.
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📷 Obsessed with these gorgeous calendar cards from @skyfolio ❤️

Perks of dating a barista, I guess. 😉☕️✨

Perks of dating a barista, I guess. 😉☕️✨
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Also while @romeasegurado nerds out about coffee, I’m over here nerding out about caffeine and the way it impacts our productivity and sleep.
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Might talk about it at length someday but in the meantime visit the link in my bio to read one of my fave posts about the science behind coffee shop productivity.

If you've been hanging out with me on my Stories,

If you've been hanging out with me on my Stories, you'll know I've been reading @brenebrown's Dare to Lead. And this artcard (free on her website btw!) is now my phone's wallpaper because I want to remind myself every day that whenever I show up/set boundaries/do the work/be a fuh-freaking human with flaws and mistakes and failures, I give other people permission to do the same.

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