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Continue reading →: Get Your SH*T Together: Post Grad Finances EditionI graduated from the University of Kentucky in December of last year, and I have been working full-time and living the post-grad life for about two months now. Today’s post is all about the steps I have taken to ensure my financial success. This is all obviously my opinion and…
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Continue reading →: 2025 Kindle Unlimited ReleasesLooking at the rest of this year, I am pretty darn excited about the releases we’re getting! I did already write a post on all the 2025 releases I was looking forward to, but today’s is all about the Kindle Unlimited releases. KU is about $12 a month for access…
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Continue reading →: NEW YORK CITY TRAVEL GUIDE – Bagels, Broadway, and Best FrandsNYC has been a travel goal of mine for a few years now, and I am so excited to say I finally made it happen in January. My high school friends (Best Frands) and I have been doing a tour of sorts of everyone’s campus, and this was a trip…
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Continue reading →: India: The Golden Triangle, Kochi, and UNESCO SitesKochi, India was the second stop of the Spring 2024 Semester at Sea voyage and seems to be a stop on many future voyages. The city of Kochi was a beautiful glimpse into the coastal Indian life, with fishing and tourism being the lifeblood of all people. From a cruise…
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Continue reading →: Top 10 Must-Read Fantasy Books on Kindle UnlimitedI’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Kindle Unlimited ($12.71 a month!) is so freaking worth it. Fantasy is a genre that scares some people, but one that I have loved since the 3rd grade. In my opinion, fantasy is the perfect solution for the more stressful times…
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Continue reading →: January Reads – A Month of Scrolling OopsI did not read the TBR… again. I will not be setting one for February just because I feel like these TBRs are almost added stress. January was a crazy month for me, with starting work full-time, having my sister home for winter break, and a big trip to NYC.…
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Continue reading →: 25 Books in 2025Disclaimer: I totally have not been consistent this past month and I am not proud of that. Starting a new job has been exhausting, but I love this creative outlet. So, starting now, expect to hear from me more! Last year, I did 24 series in 2024, and I got…
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Continue reading →: REPORT #8: Snow, Snow, SnowHi! For anyone who is newer, my name is Riley and I started this blog back in September as a creative outlet in the midst of a stressful senior year of college. I was wanting to tell someone, anyone that would listen about what I was reading, where I had…
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Continue reading →: Exploring Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur and PenangMalaysia was our first official stop of our voyage, and it was beyond any expectation. I truly had never even dreamed of visiting Malaysia and it ended up being one of my favorite countries we visited in the semester. We docked in Penang, and I was lucky enough to be…
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Continue reading →: Sister Picks My January TBRThis month, I asked my sister, Kaelin, to pick my TBR. For the first five, she chose off my physical TBR and then the last three were from my Goodreads (so Kindle or Libby). She said she tried to pick a variety of vibes for me. I have not completed…
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