Who says a vacation has to be expensive, or far? Not me. In fact, I think inexpensive vacations are the best – easier on the wallet and the conscience. This year for my birthday I decided to do something different. I knew I wanted a cabin experience in the mountains because I was in serious…
Author: Dani Monique
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Ten-Minute Tacos
I’m in grad school. I think I’ve established that with you all already. But what that means, if you haven’t done it before, can seem like “Oh, so you read every now and then,” right? Skip down to if you’re just here for the tacos Let me tell you what my day looked like today:…
So you have an education… Now what?
I’m about to finish my third degree, and while that is an awesome feat to accomplish I’d be remiss if I didn’t discuss the challenges that I see it comes to individuals with higher education degrees. Even the term “higher education” can be deceptive, and as an employee of a higher education institution, I have…
Living with Less
One of the most recent audiobooks I completed was “Investing with Purpose” by Mark Aarsdma. Initially, I thought the book was going to teach me the fundamentals of investing, but what it actually did was drop little jewels of investing knowledge I needed to receive before I should even think about investing. I decided this year…
No excuses, M,kay?
I started off on a fitness journey – seriously – last year. I guess it was a new year’s resolution, which I typically don’t do. But I wanted to commit myself to a better lifestyle, for good. I don’t have “small” genes in my family. To the contrary, I have an inherent fat gene that…
Hurt so good
So, I got my first pole injury tonight… I know. Maybe “injury” was too strong a word. But, this captures what happens in pole. There will be bruises and scars. There will be pain. There will be challenges. But, we keep going anyway. My obsession with pole started back in 2012. I was introduced to…
Leave nothing unfinished
This year marks a significant milestone for me: I will complete my Masters in Public Administration, with a concentration in Educational Leadership. This degree was by far the most difficult of the 3 degrees I’ve earned because my heart wasn’t in it. I started the program back in 2013 with the intention of “just getting…
From conversation to inspiration
A friend reached out for encouragement on going vegetarian… She had no idea she actually encouraged me to start begin a journey of my own.