December flew by as I enjoyed Christmas festivities and an end of the month trip to Morocco. I attended a Christmas carol concert with friends, did two rounds of celebrating Christmas with Mark’s family, and drank plenty of mulled wine and gingerbread lattes. At the end of the month, Markell flew to London and we had a few days in the city before joining my dad and uncle for a trip to Morocco, a new country for me. Here’s what I got into in December 2025.
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A New Years Experiment: One Month Without Social Media
On the afternoon of December 31, 2023 I made an announcement on Instagram and Facebook that I would be taking January 2024 off of social media and not returning until February.
I stuck with my month off social media, and now that January is over, I thought I’d share a bit of why I wanted to take this break, how it went, and what I think will change for me going forward.
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The first month of the year flew by even with a few rounds of snow that came to town. The year started off with a New Years party I hosted, complete with a colorful streamer photo wall, plenty of bubbly, and some dancing. Continue reading “A Recap of January 2019”
Is It Good to Be a Lazy Traveler?
Guys, after my December of travel I was exhausted. I moved flats early in the month, spent a weekend in Germany, and flew through Dublin to save money when going home to Washington, D.C. for the holidays which turned out to be totally chaotic – basically everything that could go wrong did go wrong on my outbound journey. By the time I arrived back in England in January, I was borderline ready to not leave my couch.



