I’m not a mom. I have no desire to be a mom anytime soon and I don’t claim to know what it’s like to have a responsibilities at that level, including keeping another human being alive. But I do know what it’s like to be selfless for another living being, even when it requires I […]
Established in 2014 for soon to be upperclassmen collegiates, struggling post grads and confused twenty somethings, When Life Gives You Rubi is fast growing community of women from all over the world in their most defining years. Both the writer and readers share witty, embarrassing and encouraging snippets of their everyday life to let others […]
So much has been going on the past ten days I don’t know where to begin, but through it all I’ve managed to keep up with the challenge and capture some very big moments of this year. Tomorrow night I will be catching my flight to Washington DC, where I have a room in a […]
Not sure if you’ve noticed this recent trend, but I predict 2017 is the year everyone becomes a minimalist, or at least tries to. Maybe it’s because of the new Netflix documentary, maybe we’re all jealous of those girls on Instagram with picture perfect homes. It’s 50/50 for me to be honest. I know myself […]
Six years ago I was loading moving boxes into our family car, completely unaware that I had packed way too much stuff for a room I was going to share with two other girls. Yes ya’ll, I was placed in a triple dorm room. Three girls in one room, and two of them shared the […]
Dear iPhone 4s, Is it weird that I wrote the idea for this post on my new iPhone? The skinnier, shinier, better version of you. Or is the weird part that I feel guilty about it? It’s not that I wanted to go out and find something newer and better, but the time had come. […]
Renting my own apartment last fall was a big step for me. Although I moved out of my home when I was 18, I spent five years living in dorm rooms, shared apartments and group houses. Going from having multiple roommates to none is a pretty big transition, and while it’s not always the most […]
Not having a job is hard ya’ll. Actually, scratch that. Waking up late every morning and not having to style my hair is easy. Not having money to spend aimlessly is the hard part. If you caught my last post you might know that I recently quit my job in an effort to better focus […]
“It’s a crime against humanity!” I screamed at the metro worker who had stopped to ask me if was okay. Apparently my face was just as pain stricken as my feet. Not in my possession for more than 24 hours and my new pair of shoes, the ones I specially ordered because they didn’t carry […]
After moving to Washington DC with nothing more than a suitcase and a cactus, I quickly realized how important it is to have a community around you, whether it be in real life or online. For my first year and half in the city I survived off the support of my friends back home and […]
This summer represents change in my life. It seems as if yearly I go through this giant process that involves some big transition, like relocating or deciding to pursue a masters degree. Last summer I graduated college and had the intention to take a year off, but instead I packed my bags and moved from […]
When I first started my own blog I came across a post where a fellow blogger posted a photo for every hour of the day. (That she was awake of course.) After writing the idea down with the other hundreds of ideas I think of but never get around to transforming into a post, I […]
Interviews are about as stressful as first dates, except in this case your risking a better job with a better salary, not a guy who will make you fall in love with him until you discover he has a foot fetish and possibly a drinking problem. (Too much?) Whether this is your first time or […]
I don’t think it’s a big surprise to anyone that I’m not a football fan. I mean, have you met me? Probably not, okay, bad example. Football and I, actually sports and I, have never really been best of friends. In school I was never invested in who won the basketball game. It was gym, […]
