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Book Review: Olga Dies Dreaming
Author: Xochitl Gonzalez Completed: mid-August 2025 Genre: Contemporary Fiction Synopsis: Olga, a wedding planner with big dreams, struggles to find purpose Story Summary: Olga and her brother Pedro are living the American Dream. Raised in New York, with strong ties to their Puerto Rican culture, they navigate life successfully. At…
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Unexpected Perks of Life Abroad
Here is my (continually running) list of some unexpected perks I have gained since making the leap to live life in a country outside of the United States: Overall, living outside of my home country has given me a greater appreciation for the simple and everyday moments where joy can…
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Menstrual Travel: A Burden/Blessing
For the past year, I have been living on a sojourn around the world. Partially by choice, but mostly as a manner of maintaining my Schengen days for my visa. That 90/180 rule is a tough gal to wrangle. As a result, and as the unfortunate carrier of a uterus…
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Self Dilution
There was a marked change in how I presented myself to the world in 2018. I started to feel the viselike grip of others’ perception of myself in a way that I allowed to smother me. Since then, I have become smaller and filtered out, a weaker version of who…
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Long Distance Besties and the Sanctity of the Phone Call
I love to hear my friend’s voices. It brings me such joy and delight to hear their inflections, their emotions, the swell of laughter as it bubbles up, the wistfulness or derision when discussing others. Now that I live overseas, such immense time can go by between calls. Lives become…
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Yearning: A Thought
I am taking a break, going celibate, practicing mindful abstinence Why? For the same reasons any else has ever done it. I have lost my way and the feeling of connection. A reset and focus on myself and what drives me will remind me of who I am. Bring me…
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Like I Never Left
Only I really did. Working on building my own commitment and sustainability as I strive to achieve new things in my life. I am sitting in at a little airport café in Verona, Italy, wondering how life can feel so normal and inconsequential, while I am experiencing things that hundreds…
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On Friendship Breakups
What do you do when someone you care so deeply about reveals that they have been unhappy in your shared relationship for months? When they state that they don’t like who you are and no longer want to be around you? Completely blindsided, you apologize profusely and earnestly, seek to…
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On Obsessive Crushes
Well, I did it again. I started crushing WAY too hard after a couple dates and romanticized someone that wasn’t worth my time. To be fair to them, I had verbalized outloud to myself that I wouldn’t let myself fixate, and that I would leave them as a beautiful memory…
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On Side Hustles & Internet Safety
I was tricked and bamboozled into virtually babysitting. I have been working on a virtual website to teach English for a few weeks and recently gained two new students, 11-year old twins. They are quite sweet and energetic, so the struggle has of course been finding ways to keep learning…
Dimples on the Edge 