Life Lately: 2023 Summer Reflections
And while I love warmer weather, I will never not look forward to the first day of autumn and all that it brings. Crunchy leaves,…
Life Lately: Spring Reflections
I miss the old blogging days. It’s been a little over a decade since I started reading fashion and lifestyle blogs. People would post imperfect…
New Year, New Beginnings: Happy 2023!
To me, resolutions are actually finding answers to solve a problem. And maybe that’s why so many of us fail when we do set resolutions…
Hello October! | The Old New Me
I’ve been thinking a lot about this since this past Spring. And I’m talking more than missing my former fit and healthy body. It’s more…
Life Lately: Summer 2022 Lessons
This summer has gone by so fast that despite my arch nemesis: mosquitoes, I’m going to miss it so much! You know what else I…
Living Between Reality and the Online World
With technology advancing faster than ever, for some, it is becoming difficult to live authentically and in the moment/real time. If you’ve been around here…
Life Lately: Intentional Living
However, in today’s day and age, it is so difficult to slow down (with the exception of the last two years, of course). Lately, I’ve…
Valentine’s Day 2022: Self Love
Today is Valentine’s Day 2022 so before I begin, I wanted to wish you and your loved ones a very Happy Valentine’s! Remember love is…
2021 Thoughts
That said, I don’t have a 2021 recap of all the amazing things I’ve experienced or accomplished like I’m seeing most people sharing because the…
Asian Heritage Month: Learning to Love Myself
Of course, I’m speaking for myself and my own experience when I say this: being in the spotlight feels weird in general. I grew up…
It’s Just Different
What I do remember? I vividly remember how hard his nurse hugged me as I cried profusely in her arms. And as weird as this…
Life Lately: Creating Balance
Since Fashion Month is finally over for me at my day job, I’m thrilled to be back here on a regular basis creating content for…
Pivot, But Keep Moving
I surprised myself by publishing an article every week day while I working my full-time day job, so what’s with the sporadic publishing for the…
An Open Letter to 2020
While a huge part of me feels like this has been the worst year of my life, part of me doesn’t feel like it was….
What Living a Luxury Lifestyle Means to Me
I can’t because I’m the kind who prefers to hear the bad news before I hear about the good news. To say that 2020 has…
The Meaning of True Freedom
At this time, I was able to meet the man who sponsored my dad when he came to America. He told me that he poked…
Gratitude Unlocked: What I Took For Granted
Even going through personal things at the beginning of the year, I tried really hard to stay positive. Then the rest of 2020 hit. I…
A Meaningful Memorial Day
For those who are able to take today off, remember that however you spend it, gathering with family/friends, shopping, or barbecuing in your backyard, please…
As of Late, I’ve Been…Spring 2020 Edition
Even with 2020 throwing off nearly all of our plans for the new year, one thing’s for sure: we have been given a lot of…
60 Creative Things to Do At Home
As someone who’s almost always positive, I usually try and look for the silver lining in any situation. To me, it’s a way for me…
Life Lately: Time Well Spent
I just broke down one day. Truthfully, I couldn’t take it anymore and just needed a moment to cry my eyes out and throw myself…
When Life Throws You Curveballs
I’ll be honest. I’m not one to complain, but 2020 has NOT been the greatest start for me. When I ended 2019, I ended on…
Vogue’s 73 Questions
Several months ago, I watched Vogue’s 73 Questions with supermodel, Gisele Bündchen and thought it would be a great way to kick off the new…
New Year, New Decade: Happy 2020!
Hellooooo and happy new year, friends! The new decade has started and just like how I like my car, I love starting with clean slates!…
2020: Right For Me
I’ve never been one to make resolutions nor have a “word” for the new year. For some reason, neither have worked well for me. What…
As of Late, I’ve Been…Fall 2019 Edition
And just like that, the last month of the year and decade is here! Within these last few months, I’ve been reflecting a lot, making…
Giving Tuesday 2019: The Most Valuable Thing You Can Gift
Since we’re past , I wanted to take some time to talk with you about an even more important event: Giving Tuesday 2019. A few…
Thanksgiving 2019: 30 Days of Thankfulness
Happy Thanksgiving week! Every year for the last five years, I’ve shared on my personal Facebook page things/people I’m grateful for to acknowledge my blessings…
Singles Day 2019: The Importance of Being Single
It’s Singles Day 2019 and who would’ve thought I’d be writing about this topic?! “Not I,” said, me (if you got this reference, brownie points…
Finding Joy: 50 Things That Make Me Happy
I hardly ever complain about life and the things it throws at me. However, that’s not to say I don’t get annoyed with bad things…
Birthday Thoughts: It’s Never Too Late
I’m so glad I took today off my day job to attempt to do things for myself. You know that whole self-care thing? Yeah, I’m…
Fall Intentions
Fall is a time of reflection, transition, and change. Today’s post was going to be Monday Motivation-related, but I thought I’d change it up a…
Enough is Enough
Enough is enough. People not participating in conversations because they’re afraid they’ll say something stupid to holding themselves back from doing what they love because…
I’m Not Just a Blogger.
To be honest, I absolutely detest being generalized into this group. And this leads me to today’s article. I feel like I need to be honest…
Choose Your Life
Late last week, while I was in the middle of attending a conference, listening to a speaker, I learned that my friend, Phil Young, passed…
Why I Have Not Promoted the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale
As you can see from that post, it was not sponsored. I was not paid nor was I gifted product to promote the sale. I…
More Than A Number
“I’m sorry. You can’t give blood. You’re two pounds underweight.” I walked away from the blood drive during my senior year in high school so…
Life Lately: True Happiness & Being Yourself
Today’s semi-random real talk post is going to be informal as I want to catch you up on my life lately and share my thoughts…
I Went On a Month-Long Spending Freeze and Here’s What Happened
I’m a woman who loves to shop. Actually, to me, shopping is considered retail therapy. Aside from reading, shopping is what I do when I…
How to Navigate Addiction Within Friendships
This topic isn’t easy for me to talk about as I’ve had to experience this indirectly directly (if it makes sense) for over half a…
2019 Lunar New Year
Chúc mừng năm mới, friends! And in case you didn’t know, I just wished you a Happy (Lunar) New Year! Today, many Asian cultures are celebrating 2019, the Year of the Pig. The Lunar New Year isn’t just celebrated by the Chinese. Vietnam, Korea, Laos, Singapore and many other Asian countries also celebrate Lunar New Year. And since I’m Vietnamese and part Chinese (and French), I thought I’d give you a small snippet of what today’s celebrations are all about!
My Experience With Racism
Please note that today’s post is not directed at any one ethnicity over another. The words that pour from my heart onto my keyboard that…
Taking Time to Celebrate: My 2018 Achievements
At the beginning of each year, I like to take time to reflect on where I began and finished in all areas of my life….
Cheers to a Happy 2019!!!
Happy 2019, loves! Here we are again. It felt like yesterday when I was celebrating 2018 with you! I cannot believe another new…
As of Late, I’ve Been…Winter 2018 Edition
And just like that, Christmas is over. That is absolutely insane to me! What happened to December? The holiday season has flown by so incredibly…
Fall Edition: As Of Late, I’ve Been…
Can you believe Thanksgiving is next week already?! I feel like I have so much to do, but on the brightside, I already started shopping…
Authenticity: What It Means to Be Yourself
This is me. Actually, this is the silly side of me. Still me though. And if I’m being real, this really is me when I’m…
Summer Reflections: Life Update
I’m feeling incredibly refreshed, excited and more than ready for the future than I’ve ever been my whole life. And what have I decided my…
Coffee Date No. 17: Summer Season
Happy Monday!!! And just like that, this is our halfway-through-2018 coffee date with each other! It’s June, guys. J-U-N-E!!! This year has gone by way faster than…
It’s Okay to Not Be Okay
I’m just going to get to the point. I’ve been dealing with anxiety again lately. My stress is at an all-time high, I’m having trouble…
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