The last time I wrote about the Couch to 5K program was back in 2019. I had shockingly just passed the dreaded Week 5 Day 3 where the program goes from alternative walking/running to a complete 20 minute run. Now, I’m sad to announce I’m restarting C25K all over again. I am almost ashamed to say that post was made in August of 2019. As of today, I have yet to actually complete a 5K. I say almost because I…
The first month of 2021 has been a month full of confusion for me. I have a bad habit of keeping things bottled up until everything has cleared up which is why I have been lagging on writing any new posts. Sadly, everything is still muddy in my mind, but I’m hoping that by writing through this, it’ll provide some clarity. Thanks Ms Afro Penny for the much needed nudge to put my thoughts into words (or at least try)…
Welcome to my 2020 Year in Review! 2020 flew by like nothing. It seemed like it was just yesterday that I was excited to see 2020 roll around. A new decade, a new start. Well, as we all know, that didn’t pan out quite as planned. Instead, a pandemic struck and before we knew it, we were just waiting for 2020 to finish to get to 2021. With that said, I wouldn’t say 2020 was a complete disaster. While many…
Ahh! I can barely contain my excitement! Out of all the posts I’ve written or plan on writing, this was the post I was most looking forward to writing, with possibly the exception of being debt free. As of Oct 9, 2020, I currently have a six figure net worth! For a while now, I’ve known that based on how much I was saving vs how much I was putting to pay off my debt that I’d hit the $100k…
This post is going to sound completely unrelated to anything I usually talk about, but this is definitely worth reflecting on. It’s about how my pursuit of financial independence has actually taught me a life lesson on makeup. Crazy right? Let’s sidetrack for just a moment. So what is this oh-so-significant topic that I just have to write about? It’s the fact that I’ve gone makeup free for 6 months now! And I can truly say that my skin has…
It’s been roughly three years since I graduated from pharmacy school and became a pharmacist and figured it was time for an update on my career as a retail pharmacist. Looking through my archives, I’ve written only 3 total updates on my pharmacy career in the three years since I started this blog out of 76 total posts. It’s not that I have nothing to say on my career, but rather, I’ve really come to view my career as a…
2020 is here! And I’m finally ready to go over my 2019 year in review after quite a bit of procrastination. I felt like so many things, yet at the same time nothing happened in 2019. It was really hard to generalize my 2019 into any specific theme, but I did finally settle on one. If I am putting it nicely, 2019 was definitely the Year of Self-Care. To put it bluntly, I can also rename this as the Year…
Last week, I went on a short weekend getaway with some friends. While I enjoyed it for the fun relaxing weekend it was, I knew that once it ended, it would be nothing more than just a blur (no alcohol involved) in a series of attempts to create a new spark into the otherwise boring life my late twenties has become. A lot of people find themselves in search of an identity in their teens but I find myself struggling…
Drumroll please… As of Oct 17, 2019 I currently have a whopping net worth of ZERO dollars! And if you thought I’d be depressed over it, well you’re wrong. I’m damn proud of my $0 net worth! I guess a backstory is needed here. Why am I happy with my $0 net worth? Because for the first time since I became an adult, I have positive net worth. I started undergrad at 18 by borrowing the first of many student…
I went on my first international trip this year to Japan and it was nothing short of amazing. I figured when the memory starts to fade away, I want to have something to remember it by so I decided to do a (very late) recap of my Japan 10 Day Itinerary for first time visitors. I did a ton of research before I went so I wanted to share my itinerary not only for me to remember but also for…