6 Happy Things to Celebrate

Weekly Reminders to Stay Positive #14

summer night of my dreams

1. Good reads

Essays:

Profound lessons from Caroline Cala

Joy Sullivan’s best writing advice

Listen/Watch:

This Instagram account documenting how couples met: meet cute NYC

Two Podcasts: The check up with Dr. Mike & Scrubs and Soy Sauce

A video on the importance of ambition and planning by Vox: Why you’re probably not doing your dream job

Books I am reading:

• Emperor of Maladies - Siddhartha Mukherjee (Just as I thought I was the only person reading this, I got a comment from a nurse at the hospital I am volunteering on how much she loved the book)

• Land of big numbers - Te-Ping Chen

2. Visiting new and old places

Visited LA after seven years and got to see my college friends. California really is something else. I also visited Florida for the first time :)

3. Seeing my family. It’s always the best part of my year living abroad.

4. This Substack hitting 400 subscribers!! Thanks for following along, this has been a pleasure writing for close to half a thousand people. Consider subscribe if you have not already, I share essays on life reflections, travel, and navigating adulthood as a twenty-four-year-old (at time of posting).

3. My sister’s 18th birthday. She is off to college in the Fall, which is bittersweet for our entire family.

4. I ran my second 10K this past Saturday and hit a PR. Forgot how good long(er) distance running feels like!!

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