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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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  • April 1, 2020

thoughts on staying present & hopeful

hello friends, if you read my letter last week, you’d know i was contemplating starting monthly editor letters and… here we are! honestly, i’m not sure where this is going or how i want this to work. however, that’s the...

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  • March 23, 2020

a short list of good things

because we all need a little positivity at the moment

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  • January 15, 2019

an open letter to the grishaverse

dear grishaverse: i have a bookshelf in my room and another one in my hall. the shelf in my room is kind of like my VIP shelf, only the GOOD good books go there. any book that takes place in...

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  • December 8, 2017

confessions of a perfectionist

i don’t remember when i became a perfectionist. when i was younger, i never paid attention to details and would always go with the flow; actually, i still do that. but as i sat there the other day, deleting a...

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  • June 1, 2017

An Open Letter to Freshman Me

dear freshman me, the next three (and most likely four) years are going to be wild for you. high school is somehow everything and nothing like you expected simultaneously, but hey. you’re surviving it. you’re scared of change, i know....

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  • January 16, 2017

dear future me / 2017 edition

i love writing letters – not typing letters but writing. putting a pen on paper and squiggle-ing stuff is somehow more authentic than clicking buttons to produce the same squiggles. is it because there’s no backspace to fall back on?...

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  • January 5, 2016

DEAR FUTURE ME / 2016 edition

this post is going to be a little sentimental and a little motivational. after all, this is a letter to my future self. (inspired by a lovely video created by troye sivan) i’m a firm believer in goal setting. if...

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  • June 6, 2015

an open letter to lara jean song and jenny han

dear lara jean and jenny, i thought i was done with you; i should be done with you. i read both of your stories and wrote reviews for the first book (to all the boys i’ve loved before) and the...

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