ALL POSTS
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TMT: Who are you if not your work?
Hey all! I haven’t delivered a TMT in a while, but today I have something more personal to talk about. Let’s begin. Lately, I’ve been sitting with the question, “Who are you if not your work?” or even more simply, “Who are you?” I’ve realized that I tend to define myself by what I produce,…
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My Starfit Christmas Collection Favorites🧣🌨️
Hello all! We are already a week into this year’s 25 Days of Christmas Chronicles! Today’s post is a collection of my favorite winter Starfit items. If you don’t know what Starfit is, it is a NYC-based, female-owned business! Also, you can purchase any item on the Starfit website using my discount code NICOLE78266 for…
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Happy Saint Nicholas Day! Here’s My Christmas Room Decorations (Tour)! 🛷🦌🎄
Hello everyone! Welcome to Day 6 of the 2025 Christmas Chronicles! 🎅🏻 Today is the Day of Saint Nick (also my name-day)! Today I will be sharing a glimpse of my room with you, and hopefully inspire some of your own decoration set-up. Each year I look forward to decorating my space, making it feel…
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Senior Activities: Painting my Parking Spot, Sunrises, and Senioritis?🌻
I am already a semester into my senior year. 😕 As per usual, I need a sappy, sentimental, yet fun and exciting post to detail all of the senior activities I have participated in. I cannot grasp that the 4 academically monumental years of my life are coming to a close. I do think I…
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Christmas Shop With Me (Cracker Barrel, World Market, TJMaxx, Target) 🎁
Hello all! Welcome to Day 3 of the 2025 Christmas Chronicles! Today, I’m taking you all along to browse stores for Christmas decorations! Cracker Barrel 🛢️ This was my first time shopping at Cracker Barrel, and I found their decor the most surprising. They had adorable Christmas houses and salt and pepper shakers. Look at…
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You Stole Christmas. (a poem)
I remember the fir scented candles that lined aisle 17,Every other aisle smelled like Christmas, hot chocolate or hot ciderStacked with wreaths and reindeer on bath mats,Fake snow and gingerbread men,And every aisle in between smelled like acrylic megastore floors. Our shoes squeaked as my sister and I ducked away from you,You didn’t chase us…
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Dinner at a “Top 100 Most Scenic Restaurant in America,” Saratoga horse race, visiting Spa State Park, and an overview of my dental internship
Hello all and welcome to part two of my Upstate New York travels! If you haven’t already, go read part one first!: A Summer in New York🪻Lake George, Congress Park, & more (pt. 1) In today’s post, I’ll be sharing some of my favorite memories from my trip, as well as travel hot-spots that I…
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My Inconsistency & the Start of 25 Days of Christmas 🎄
Hi there! I’m Nicole. I thought I’d might as well reintroduce myself since I’ve been missing in action for almost three months. I suppose to an ordinary person, this would be an embarrassing thing to admit, but I’m quite over all of the extreme emotions, and instead, I’m trying to settle into a peaceful understanding…
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Meet Ian, an Incoming Freshman at Caltech 🦫
Students, back-to-school season has officially begun! For us Juniors and Seniors, it is the perfect time to find inspiration and motivation to strive for our very best. With schedules packed with SATs, college applications, school clubs, and more, things may feel overwhelming. I hope this interview with Ian Kim–Class of 2025 graduate and incoming freshman…
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A Summer in New York🪻Lake George, Congress Park, & more (pt. 1)
I have been a stranger to New York for 2 years… but just 4 years ago it was the place I called home. This summer I returned to New York State to intern at a dental office (future dentist here! 🦷). While I did not visit the renowned city I once lived in, I did…
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🌞 Kayaking in Crystal River, FL 🧡
Hello all, I hope your summer is going well! 🌿 In today’s post, I’ll be sharing a little glimpse into a recent day trip to Crystal Springs, where I had the chance to go kayaking for the first time in Florida! I’ve paddled and kayaked before (mainly in Mexico), but this trip was a new…