Synonyms for Optimism: Archive

This week I learned how to play chess and karaoked in a bar for my first time. Feels like a triumphant way to end the year!

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I just made a list of my goals and it’s weird how so many of the goals wouldn’t be on the list if I hadn’t studied abroad. I haven’t written out a list of long-term goals in awhile because I’m always focusing on what I should get done in the current quarter or school year, but it feels so good to have them written down. I don’t know exactly what I want to do...

Dec 27th

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Saw The Artist with my mom and sister today. It was such a charming film and now I’m in the mood for 1920s-30s inspired things :)

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I’m excited about my new mugs (I brought a Starbucks Dublin one home and got a super cute mug from my sister) and the Keurig coffeemaker I got for my birthday. I can’t wait to decorate my room at the Swamp (what my future roommates call the apartment) with international touches — a cool UK telephone booth frame I got from Jen, a map of the world where you scratch off where you’ve been that...

Dec 26th

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Dec 25th

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Yesterday the following came in the post: My Sephora order A book from Jen My new iPhone Whiskey I ordered from the Celtic Whiskey Shop in Dublin All of these things arrived early, and showed up on my birthday! In addition, Skrillex’s new EP was released. That was some good birthday timing!

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Dec 23rd

Jen and I had breakfast at Kimmie’s Coffee Cup today and then saw the absolutely adorable film Hugo. Such a lovely pre-birthday celebration :)

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I love that I can get a tour of my friend Tom’s house in Tasmania via Skype and feel like I’m having tea with him in his kitchen. Can’t wait to Skype more of my friends who live in other countries!

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Dec 20th

It’s so nice to be home! I had breakfast burritos, fresh fruit, and loads of coffee with my sister this morning, and I’m vegging in my new Topshop pajamas. The agenda for today includes: dinner at home with my family, painting my nails, reading The Unbearable Lightness of Being and watching a period piece with my mom and sister. I got the Australian novel Shantaram as an early...

Dec 20th