With everything going on in my life, I haven’t been blogging much lately. Luckily I have a guest post to share with y’all today on a topic near and dear to my heart: hormonal contraception. When I was 24, my menstrual cramps became intolerable. I spent an entire day bedridden from pain during each menstrual cycle. After a few months, I started taking birth control. My cramps greatly lessened. This medication improved my quality of… [Read More]
August 2017 Goals // July Recap
Well. July didn’t exactly go as planned. Or rather, the hopes for productivity didn’t totally happen. As anticipated, I was depressed. (Still am). Add in a slew of Crohn’s problems, and you have me not doing much for a month. But I accomplished my biggest goal–I launched a new website to promote my mom’s book! Other than that, let’s see how I did with my monthly goals. Take the Belle Brita Reader Survey Note: This… [Read More]
July 2017 Goals // June Recap + 3rd Blogiversary!
Tomorrow we celebrate a great day in history… The day Belle Brita launched. Yes, my first-ever blog post here was on July 4, 2014. If I could do it over again, I would not have my first blog post be on a holiday. Hence why I’m blogging about my 3rd blogiversary a day early. Related: 7 Lessons I Learned in My First Year of Blogging I’m amazed at how far I’ve come as a blogger…. [Read More]
30 Before 30 Recap: Hits and Misses by My 30th Birthday
Earlier this month, I celebrated my 30th birthday! In fact, the celebration continues today as the last day of my birthday month. I created my 30 Before 30 list shortly after my mother died. At the time, I was still in this weird limbo of grief, a combination of numbness and denial. I was both productive and ambitious during this time period, but then my grief really hit me, and I’ve struggled to stay organized… [Read More]
21 Life-Changing Moments in My 20s
Happy birthday to me! Today, I am 30. It’s so weird to leave my 20s. In a few weeks, I’ll recap my successes (and failures) of my 30 Before 30 List. Related: 30 Before 30 Update, with 5 Months to Go They say that comparison is the thief of joy. As I compare myself to the bloggers I envy, I realize just how true that is. In many ways, I feel like a failure. I look… [Read More]
June 2017 Goals // May Recap
Wow, May flew by. I feel like I say this every month, but where did the time go? How is it already MY BIRTHDAY MONTH?! Even though I only blogged three times in May, I accomplished so many of my goals. Sometimes behind-the-scenes blog work dominates my time. You might not be able to see everything I did, but I worked on several important projects that will (hopefully) pay off later. Like… I forgot to… [Read More]