April’s 40th Birthday Blowout

April’s 40th Birthday Blowout

I met April out of sheer luck at a time in my life when I was saying yes to absolutely everything. I had no idea how lucky I was when I first met her that day in her newly-moved-in house, as I yarnbombed the handrails of her basement stairs because she wanted people...

100 Ways To Add Magic To Your Life

100 Ways To Add Magic To Your Life

I believe that we have the opportunity to make every single day of our lives magic. Some days we make that happen, and some days we don't, but it's always our choice. Magic means different things to different people, and the past year or two, I've really gotten more...

5 Ways To Decrease Your Anxiety

5 Ways To Decrease Your Anxiety

Anxiety disorders affect over three million Americans every year, and that’s not including those who go undiagnosed and untreated. That’s a pretty big number, especially considering how little it’s understood. Anxiety and depression are the more common types of mental...

You’re Still Young

You’re Still Young

I've always loved the black and white image of the old lady on a ladder, painting graffiti. People often send me the link to articles about the lady who's over 100 and is "still" yarnbombing. It's great, I love those stories. I hope to be doing this stuff when I'm...

Honk If You Love Sunshine

Honk If You Love Sunshine

Continuing on with the Honk If You... series, I've got a "Honk If You Love Sunshine" sign to share with you! For this installment of the series, I went to the hipster-y Hampden neighborhood. Lots of people honked, but not as many as I would have thought, and for as...

Weekly Happiness

Weekly Happiness

So first up, it's that time of year: I'm heading to Playa Del Fuego from Thursday to Sunday. I have no cell reception and will be unreachable in pretty much every sense of the word. Thanks for being patient with waiting for responses, etc. till I return. Speaking of...

Weekly Happiness

Weekly Happiness

Hey babe! We're halfway through May! How are you doing with your goals? If you feel like this month is flying by, don't worry. Take a deep breath, put your feet flat on the floor, and close your eyes for just like thirty seconds. Ground yourself. It's okay; shit...

Self-Love Prompts: A Beautiful Person Is…

Self-Love Prompts: A Beautiful Person Is…

Self-Love Prompts is a series I started after creating a list of 50 self-love writing prompts. People like you select a prompt that speaks to them, work on it, and send me their response so I can share it with you guys!z We're continuing on this series with Kylie. I'm...

Weekly Happiness

Weekly Happiness

Hello gorgeous! Checking in to say hey and I'm sorry I've been so busy. That apology is also to myself because I have been very bad at scheduling Me Time. This week in particular. I actually hurt my lower back, like pulled a muscle or something, for the first time in...

Differentiating Between Attachment and Real Love

Differentiating Between Attachment and Real Love

I have just recently been informed by a dear friend that his dog has been diagnosed with an illness that will make his death imminent.  He, my friend, says that after being with him for the last 15 years and always by his side, his buddy is now leaving.  He is...