I spent the summer of 2011 immersed in "YouTube Video World" via my stint at the YouTube Creator Institute and the subsequent hours I slaved over turning my channel ideas into reality. So then on July 22, 2011, iIMAGINEblank was born! It's been 10 years, 500+ videos, and A LOT of changing, growing, and figuring... Continue Reading →
Fall has always been one of my favorite seasons because of how full of magic it felt as a child. Anything could happen, you know? I could go back to school and be someone completely different. Someone with friends. Someone who was happy. Someone with hope for the future. Perhaps I don't have the opportunity... Continue Reading →
Last weekās YouTube video āBeauty and Insecurityā is one of my new favorites. I really try to be vulnerable in a super honest, if not necessarily flattering way about how we can tear ourselves and others down. I wanted to share a blog-version of the script this week in case youāre just a blog follower... Continue Reading →
When I moved out of the apartment my ex and I shared in February, I worried about my mental health. I had never really lived alone up until this point. Ā The closest I came was during my last two years at William & Mary where I had a single dorm room where I was also... Continue Reading →
Last week I came back from a holiday at home for Labor Day and found myself surprisingly sick. It crept up on me in a way I wasnāt used to. Because of my autoimmune issues, I can usually tell when Iām on the verge of sickness and my immune system has been beat down. But... Continue Reading →
Iām relatively new at this whole cooking thing. Itās not that growing up I couldnāt cook. In fact, whenever there was a potluck or community dinner, I delighted in researching a yummy recipe to try, cooking it up from scratch, and sharing it with friends. Admittedly, Iāve always had a preference for baking, partly because... Continue Reading →
One of my favorite summer activities is spending a day at Water Country USA in Williamsburg, VA, although it seems harder and harder to coordinate into my schedule every summer. As weāre now only 2 weekends away from the end of the season, I thought Iād missed my chance. But with a bit of personal... Continue Reading →
I mentioned in my previous post, Wherever You Go, You Take Yourself With You, that my friend Alanna and I had started doing some mini-writing workshops to help get our creative juices flowing, and I thought Iād share another product of one of our sessions on the blog. This one was in response to the... Continue Reading →
Do you remember what middle school was like? Or maybe youāre right now in the painful throes of it. For me, eighth grade was 15 years ago. It both feels like forever ago, but also like the awkwardness and embarrassment and true angst I experienced is buried just underneath the surface of my adult life.... Continue Reading →
A year ago this week I was nestled on the edge of the Appalachian mountains just north of Stanardsville, VA in a luxury yurt trying to unplug from the world and single-handedly repair whatever had gone wrong in my relationship with my ex. I wrote in my journal every day that week, analyzing his moods... Continue Reading →
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