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used to think my childhood dream was to only be a used to think my childhood dream was to only be a ballerina, but i remember my real dream was to travel the world, document my life, laugh with friends, read books, experience cool things, AND dance 🥹📹🫂💗✨

in which case, i’m very grateful i got to dance my heart out when i was younger, and even more grateful to move on and live the rest of my fig tree life now. 💌
happy september 💗 what do you want to do this mont happy september 💗 what do you want to do this month?
12 years ago, i created this instagram account and 12 years ago, i created this instagram account and little did i know that so much would change in my life because of this space on the internet 𝜗𝜚⋆₊˚

ib @marikocreates 

honestly, i’m still trying to unlearn this but it’s a worthy journey :”)

if you followed me from the #bookstagram days, you’re a real og!

i didn’t think i’d ever have a healthy relationship with food/my body, but here we are 🥹💞

trying to find non-ballet photos from my 2014 camera was impossible 🙇🏻‍♀️🩰

sikeeeee biggest plot twist of my life 🎓

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i knew everything at 16 and nothing at 28, and i wouldn’t have it any other way ⭐️💞
happy book lovers day & women in translation month happy book lovers day & women in translation month 💞🌷✨ what’s your mbti?
#ad on this week through the lens of the color tea #ad on this week through the lens of the color teal, i realized that this color – through different shades of blue and green – is all around me. i’m so glad @sharpie released the S-Gel pen in Teal Crush because it truly is the color of the season. Available at Walmart. 🩵 #Sharpie_Partner
every summer, i try to learn a new skill and this every summer, i try to learn a new skill and this year, i finally LEARNED HOW TO SWIM! you will not catch me panicking or drowning in a body of water anymore 🙂‍↕️🏊🏻‍♀️🌊🐬🩵
happy august 💗⭐️✨ happy august 💗⭐️✨
love letter from me & my film cameras 💌 love letter from me & my film cameras 💌
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  • July 1, 2015

welcome to new york // part i

if you follow me on instagram and twitter, you’d know that i traveled to new york last week! (you’ll also know i haven’t been very active… SORRY.) i’m here for a five-week summer program with american ballet theatre, so the...

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  • June 8, 2015

xvii // happy birthday to me!

i kinda forgot to mention this in my ‘farewell & foresight’ post, but my birthday is this month! specifically, it’s in two days. *releases balloons and streamers* i’m going to be turning 17, which is SUPER OLD. i know a...

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  • June 4, 2015

bunheadventures: showstopper anaheim ii competition

this post is looong overdue. but i wanted to do a recap and share what it’s like going to competition so who cares if it happened, like two weeks ago? showstopper is always fun because everyone wins. literally, everyone who...

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  • May 31, 2015

farewell & foresight: may/june ’15

farewell, may! may was a month focused on blogging and ballet! i didn’t have much time to do school, but that’s alright; i’m nearly finished with all my classes, anyway. in the beginning of the month, i moved to self-hosted...

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  • May 15, 2015

FINALLY FRIDAY: 05.15.15

this is a feature on twirling pages in which xandra praises the day because it’s finally friday!! i suppose it’s a weekly recap, but i’m not entirely sure what this’ll end up being. confession: i’m actually not all that excited...

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  • May 8, 2015

FINALLY FRIDAY: 05.08.15

this is a feature on twirling pages in which xandra praises the day because it’s finally friday!! i suppose it’s a weekly recap, but i’m not entirely sure what this’ll end up being. this week was filled with late hours...

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  • May 7, 2015

moving to self-hosted wordpress

i’ve had this goal since i began blogging and i finally did it: i’ve moved to a wordpress self-hosted website! before i began blogging, many people had said wp self-hosted was too complex for new bloggers, and they wouldn’t recommend...

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  • May 1, 2015

farewell & foresight: apr/may ’15

farewell, april! april was a busy month filled with blogging! i wanted to focus more on my blog, but in turn, i didn’t read as many books as i would’ve liked (only two????). i tried keeping up my blog posts...

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