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Showing posts with label Personal. Show all posts

The Commentary: Best of 2018

Monday, December 31, 2018


Does anyone else get a weird sense of joy from year end compilations? Maybe it's because I have an obsession with lists, but I love them. I just have to know what the ten best books of the year and who had the best fashion moment. It's part of the end of year ritual. So it's high time The Commentary had it's own list:
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Word of the Year: Update

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Like many people, I pick one word at the beginning of the year to focus on for the next 365 days. This year's word is contentment.
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Friday Five || LDS Conference Talks

Friday, February 16, 2018

In recent years, I've been listening to more and more talks by leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I listen in the car, at the gym, as I curl my hair in the morning. In recent weeks I've taken to laying on my floor on Sunday afternoons and listening to them. It's been a wonderful way for me to bring light and stillness into an otherwise chaotic world. I have some old standbys that I've listed below. Enjoy!
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2018 Word of the Year

Monday, January 1, 2018

Happy New Year!

I usually make a list of resolutions on my birthday so I don't always make a full list at the New Year. Instead, in recent years I have started choosing a single word that I want to focus on. Past words have included learning and courage. This year, I wanted a word that could be applied to every aspect of my life in a relatively straightforward manner, so I settled on...
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2017 Highlight Reel

Saturday, December 23, 2017

In the immortal words of Albus Dumbledore, "Another year, gone." 2017 was incredible and there was so much that happened. But if I had to make a montage to play during a romantic comedy about my life, this is what would make that 2 minute clip.

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What I've Read Recently

Thursday, November 23, 2017

There are few things in life as satisfying as a good book. It's quickly becoming the season of winter nights, cozy blankets, and a cuppa tea--all of which are better when paired with something divine to read. I always seem to be in the middle of several books at a time, but here are a few I've read recently that are well worth your time.
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Family Time

Friday, June 30, 2017



A few weeks ago my family and I met in Orlando for some fun and sun (which didn't happen since it rained all week 😭). It was the first family vacation we'd taken in a while and the first since we've all grown up. Family vacation used to mean piling in the car and preparing for hours of interrupted personal space. Now we all get on planes to see each other.

This pattern is still so foreign. When did I get old enough for this to be the new normal?? While I'm still in denial about that, there's also a romance to it. There's a thrill to answering the inevitable question of, "Where are you going?" with "Family vacation" and knowing that your clan is descending onto an unsuspecting location.
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Bibliophile, Party of One

Saturday, April 15, 2017


If you know anything about me, it's probably the fact that I LOVE books. I impulse buy them all the time and typically have at least one, if not three, in my purse at any given moment. And, confession, I have two boxes of books still in my car.

A few weeks ago someone asked me why I love books so much. I fumbled something out about it being a way to unwind at the end of the day, but there's really so much more to it. 
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2017: The Resolution List

Friday, January 13, 2017

I love the New Year. It's one of my favorite holidays. I love the tradition of taking inventory of where we're at and making a plan for where we want to go. I used to be irritated when I'd show up to BYU's gym at the beginning of the winter semester and there wouldn't be an empty machine anywhere. But I had it all wrong. It was a tangible sign of all of these people trying to be better. I wish I had had the vision then to let that sight make me smile instead of roll of my eyes. But, I was a work in progress--and I still am.
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The New Normal

Friday, January 6, 2017

I moved to Boston almost a year ago and, frankly, I was terrified. I was starting a new job--my first "big kid" job and had no idea what to expect. I knew exactly four people in the entire state and my bank account was laughable.
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Jerusalem.

Thursday, October 6, 2016

I love this beautiful devotional about a place that changed me so profoundly.
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25 Things I Guess I Know, #1: Parents Know Basically Everything

Wednesday, August 10, 2016


These are my parents (and little sister). They know pretty much everything.
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On Nothing

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Have you ever had those times when you feel like your head is full of everything and nothing all at once? That's totally how I feel. I opened up this page and stared at it for a few days hoping that inspiration would strike. It almost felt like it was mocking me. Just this big, blank, white page waiting to be filled with thoughts annnnnnd....nothing. And a whole lot of it.
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Daily Bread

Thursday, June 30, 2016


Um, hi there. Super long hiatus, but I think I'm back. Hooray?

I've got an hour-long commute to work so I spend a lot of time in the car which means I spend a lot of time listening to TedTalks, podcasts, conference talks, and BYU Devotionals. On morning, on a whim more or less, I decided to listen to a talk by D. Todd Christofferson called Give Us this Day Our Daily Bread. Elder Christofferson paints this picture of needing daily nourishment, support, and contact with heaven. It's this daily nourishment that changes our nature, allows us to overcome life's great obstacles, and expands our capacities and strengths beyond our own. And to me, that's just the most beautiful and logical thing in this world.

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5 Lessons from a Job Search

Thursday, April 7, 2016


I'm settling into a new job and my life finally seems to be coming together. I've thought a lot about the last six months and all that has transpired since I walked across that graduation stage. As I've looked at some of my experiences, I decided to write down some of things that I've learned over the last little while.
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Jerusalem, If I Forget You

Sunday, March 27, 2016

I spent the summer of 2011 wearing a white v-neck at the BYU Jerusalem Center in Israel. It was a glorious sun-soaked summer spent roaming all over the Israeli countryside and cityscapes. I loved it, more than I could have every imagined. My fellow students and I quickly embraced the motto, "Jerusalem, if I forget you."
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Working the Work Out

Tuesday, January 12, 2016


As I've been focusing on finding ways to incorporate learning into my daily routine I have found an easy way. I start each morning by working out. I'm partial to blogilates, but sometimes I'll go for a short run or beg one of my siblings to play tennis.
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2016: The Year of Learning

Friday, January 1, 2016



As I graduated from my master's program in early August I had a small panic attack. I had never not been in school. And while I was looking forward to the prospect of never having homework again, I was terrified of the learning process slowing. I love to learn; I eat it up. Thus, in an effort to continue the growth I had while attending a formal education program, 2016 is going to be a year dedicated to learning.
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15 Things I Learned in 2015

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Another year has come and gone. Is anyone else pinching themselves and thinking we were just watching Taylor Swift in Times Square a few weeks ago?

As I took inventory of my year I decided to do something different than the "highlights of my year" reel. Instead I looked at what I learned from 2015, from the menial to the important.
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Surviving the Job Hunt

Wednesday, September 2, 2015
There are few things more exhausting and discouraging than looking for a job. Things that once used to be no big deal, like checking your email, become panic-inducing activities. And sometimes I feel a little like this:


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