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Why I'm Already Planning My Next Vacation

Let's than two weeks ago, I was in the city (of San Francisco, to be exact) for a quick weekend getaway. Though my weekend was filled with hikes and sight-seeing, it was still a vacation for me. But, more importantly, it was an experience of being in an environment that it outside of my regularly scheduled programming that helped to re-invigorate my creativity. That's one of the many reasons that I love traveling. (Side note: I finally let myself watch The World's Most Amazing Vacation Rentals on Netflix, and let's just say, I intend to be traveling a little farther than across the bridge to SF in 2022!) Besides getting to experience different people and different cultures (YES, even going...

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Pushing Through to Create

Are you working to have a creative practice in your life or to regularly schedule time for artistic, inspiring activities that feed your soul? If so, I think that's absolutely great. But what happens on the days when you don't feel like doing the creative work? What happens when the intrinsic motivation that you usually get from participating in your creative activity isn't a strong enough reason to make you want to get out of bed in the morning? What if you simply don't feel like writing or dancing or drawing on any given day? How do you handle that? For me, something that I've learned that I must do when I'm not feeling the natural drive to create is...

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Live It Up

This weekend. This month. This year.  What will you do to live a life with no regrets?  Happy Friday, friends!  REMINDER: We are currently accepting applications for our Official Brand Ambassador Program! LINK IN BIO. Apply by April 25th for our May + June program. ❤️💛💙💚  #DanceDazeDanceBoards#DancingColorfully

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Life Is An Experiment

We’re always testing and experimenting. We try on clothes, we try out new phrases (like “STAN” - 𝙒𝙝𝙮 is that a thing, Gen Z?! 🤣), we hang out with different friends, and we buy a random brand of jeans. An experiment is defined as “a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.” It’s not always that we’re always performing, as if on stage. It’s that we’re always trying to find the best fit—like those friends, those jeans, those words in our vernacular. And, as long as we’re not hurting others or being entirely untrue to ourselves, we should keep testing. Because finding that 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕗𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕗𝕚𝕥 (what up high rise, straight leg, stretch...

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