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Refresh Your Life for the New Year (or anytime you need a reset)
Creativity ► January 3, 2018

Refresh Your Life for the New Year (or anytime you need a reset)

It’s a new year, which means it’s the perfect time for a fresh start! Truth be told, I don’t think you need to wait until January 1 to start working on new goals or to refresh...

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Top 3 Goals to Crush In 2017
Creativity ► September 15, 2017

Top 3 Goals to Crush In 2017

2017… you’re going down. *cracks knuckles* Okay, so using “crush” in the title makes my goals sound a little more badass than they actually are, but I kinda want them to sound a little badass....

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What Provides Creative Inspiration For You & How Can You Tap Into That When Creativity Runs Dry?
Creativity ► August 18, 2017

What Provides Creative Inspiration For You & How Can You Tap Into That When Creativity Runs Dry?

Note – Some of the links in this post are affiliate links, which means that I’ll receive a small percentage of any purchase you make using them at no extra cost to you. This helps...

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3 Lessons for Creatives
Creativity ► July 12, 2017

3 Lessons for Creatives

I used to work with someone who has the same degree from the same university as me. In one of those small world moments, we realized that since we graduated just a few years apart...

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100 Days of Mornings + Daily Photo Project Ideas
Creativity ► June 16, 2017

100 Days of Mornings + Daily Photo Project Ideas

Hello, friends! I’m pretty far behind with sharing these updates, but since my last post was pretty photo-heavy I wanted to share my usual half months worth of photos. In my last 100 Days of...

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100 Days of Mornings + Tips for Daily Projects
Creativity ► May 4, 2017

100 Days of Mornings + Tips for Daily Projects

It’s time for an update on 100 Days of Mornings! This will cover April 17th – April 30th, so days 14 – 27. Before we get into the pictures, I thought I’d start with five tips...

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What The Affair Illustrates About Making Things Work
Creativity ► April 28, 2017

What The Affair Illustrates About Making Things Work

I recently watched the first three seasons of The Affair. For those who aren’t familiar with the show, it’s about a novelist named Noah who is married with four children. He has an affair with a married...

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100 Days of Mornings // Days 1 – 13
Creativity ► April 17, 2017

100 Days of Mornings // Days 1 – 13

Happy Monday, friends! It feels like it’s been awhile since I wrote a blog post… and even longer since I wrote a blog post that wasn’t a book review. To get back into the blogging...

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The Power of Creativity
Creativity ► March 6, 2017

The Power of Creativity

“What do you want to do?” This is the question I heard the most when I was a junior and senior in high school, looking ahead toward college. “I want to be a doctor or...

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Happy Friday // 04
Creativity ► January 27, 2017

Happy Friday // 04

Last week was long and hard to get through, but this week breezed by and was a lot of fun. I spent a bunch of time working on a creative project, that I’ll talk more...

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I'm Crystal, the storyteller behind Dreams, etc. I'm all about learning how to live slowly & sustainably, while also seeking adventure as we follow our dreams, etc.

May 2023. Savannah, Georgia. Lots of Mina. Lots of May 2023. Savannah, Georgia. Lots of Mina. Lots of new growth on plants.
The other day I realized that there is no Savannah The other day I realized that there is no Savannah on my feed and…well, Savannah is beautiful and needs to be there. These were taken in Lafayette Square on my second day in Georgia.
Picture it. It’s the day after Thanksgiving. I d Picture it. It’s the day after Thanksgiving. I didn’t go on my weekly dam walk earlier in the week when I was excited about it. On this day I was tired after a long week and my least favorite holiday. My bed was oh so comfortable. I forced myself to roll out of bed and journey to the dam. It was filled with people and I was pokey…taking my time to get there and even journeying down one of the other paths to avoid walking across the dam. (Which isn’t long.) I finally joined the crowd and walked across. And then came back, happy to have made my weekly journey. This is when the top layer of the water started to freeze.
From March: an old mini vlog from a bagpipe rock c From March: an old mini vlog from a bagpipe rock concert, which is mostly me trying the say bagpipe rock. Some word combinations are hard! 😂 There was a sign asking us not to film, which is why there’s no concert footage.
Some of my weekly dam walks have been therapeutic Some of my weekly dam walks have been therapeutic and while the walks haven’t fixed the problems, they’ve help me breathe and connect with the world and relieve stress. 💕
April 2023. We got more snow, but it also melted. April 2023. We got more snow, but it also melted. The dam was almost overflowing. The animals are beginning to emerge. Spring is here!
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! After a coffee st Happy Independent Bookstore Day! After a coffee stop (of course) a friend and I checks out two indie bookstores that we have never been to before. I definitely want to go back to Uncle Hugo’s and Uncle Edgar’s! Did you do anything for #independentbookstoreday

#indiebookstore #indiebookshop
After watching some shopping ASMR videos I had to After watching some shopping ASMR videos I had to try it.

#asmr #groceryshopping #groceryshop  #asmrvideos
I’m a little behind in weekly dam walk reels. Le I’m a little behind in weekly dam walk reels. Let’s go back to the third week in November when there was just a little snow on the ground and the footprints in the snow seemed notable.
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