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Hello~ I don't know why but I feel SO energetic today

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Like, I did not even drink coffee but I feel so energetic

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I've been a homebody the last two days

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and I think right now my social battery has kind of recharged

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and I'm feeling like good

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But at the same time, I also just want to stay inside

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I finished all my work meetings for the day and I think I'm just gonna chill

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I don't have plans this whole week and I feel like I should make plans at some point

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Otherwise, I know myself and I'm going to stay inside if I don't have any plans

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Okay! But we'll worry about that later

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Let's try to get some things done

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Hello! So, I've just finished eating dinner and it's currently 9:00 p.m

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and I really want to do my nails

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I honestly feel so gross

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Like, they have grown out so much

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I don't know

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Whenever my nails feel gross, I feel gross

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And, I hate that feeling

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So, I'm going to try to get them done as fast as I can

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My goal is to sleep before 1 am

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So, let's see if that happens

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Hello~ So, I just finished all my work for today

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And, I'm about to go and get dinner with one of my girlfriends

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We're going to have a little girl's date and go get omakase

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And, I'm SO excited

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Like, New York genuinely has so many omakase spots

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And, ever since I moved here I feel like I've been to more in the past 4 months than I have in my entire life

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I'm obsessed right now

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So, I'm really excited to go grab dinner with her

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I finished doing my hair and my makeup and all I have left is to put on my jewelry

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And so, I really wanted to say:

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Thank you to Linjer for sponsoring today's video

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If you've never heard of Linjer before,

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they are a sustainable and hypoallergenic jewelry brand

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that offers high-quality and long-lasting jewelry pieces at a fair price

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They have so many beautiful and timeless pieces

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and offer so many minimalistic designs through their selection of rings, bracelets, necklaces, and more

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They are a sustainable brand that uses 100% recycled materials, ethically sourced gemstones, and conflict-free lab grown diamonds

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All their products are made to last so they only use fine metals such as sterling silver, solid gold, or gold vermeil

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which is sterling silver plated with 22k gold that's 5x thicker than regular plated gold jewelry

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So, with each shipment they're able to offset their carbon emissions

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As someone who really loves to wear jewelry, I try to invest in high-quality pieces and avoid fast fashion jewelry as much as I can

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And not only that, but I also really care about the brands of which I'm supporting

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And so, the fact that Linjer is a sustainable company

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whose goal is to empower individuals through high-quality pieces at a fair price

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is something that I really appreciate and can support

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Lately, I've been wearing their pieces a lot more

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and some of my current favorite pieces are:

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1) I've been wanting a tennis bracelet for so long

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And, I get so many compliments on this

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As well as the rings

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I am a big BIG ring person, if you guys did not know

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I always love to switch up my rings

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Change my rings

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These are some of my personal favorites right now

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I've been wanting a knuckle/mid-ring for the longest time

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And, I think this is so stunning

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This here is their white topaz silver ring

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and I got in a size four

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and it's just so pretty

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Here I've stacked their blue topaz ring as well as their open leaf ring

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and they're so stunning

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All these jewelry pieces are pieces that I wear almost every single day now

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And, I love to either wear them on their own

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or stack them with some of my other jewelry favorites

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that I've been wearing for a long time

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And, I get so many compliments on these

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I love how simple and minimalistic their designs are

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as well as how dainty they are

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They just look so pretty

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And, on top of that, they look the exact same from when I first got them to now

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And I've been wearing them so much

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So, I am actually obsessed with these

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If you guys are interested in any of these pieces

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or you're just interested in investing in high-quality jewelry pieces in general

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you can go to the link in my description box for more information

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as well as a discount code

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I hope that you're able to find something that you like

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and you feel just as good wearing them as I do when I wear these pieces

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I'm ready now to go out to my girl's date

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Super excited and I will see you guys there!

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I just got a call from my Amazon delivery driver

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that my groceries just have been delivered

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It's 6:00 in the morning right now

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I literally don't know the last time I woke up this early

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and I kind of just want to leave my groceries there but I know I shouldn't

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So, I need to get up

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but I'm so tired

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It's okay

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We'll get up

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Get my groceries

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Recently I've been really into meal prepping

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Like, as a part of my whole trying to be healthier, creating healthier habits, and everything

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I've been trying to eat healthier too

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Because when I first moved here, I was eating out like every single day

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It was fun but I gained a lot of weight

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and we're trying to get summer beach bod ready right now

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So, I've been trying to eat more at home

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Meal prepping more

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One of the things I've been kind of obsessed with lately is just cauliflower rice

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So, right now I'm meal prepping some of that

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Like, there's so many things where it's genuinely so easy to make at home

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and you don't need to go out to buy it

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Cauliflower rice is one of those things

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and I like to just make it and then freeze it

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And then, whenever I want to eat some cauliflower rice,

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I just toss it in the microwave and everything's all good!

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Part of creating healthier habits is eating healthier

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And I'm trying to eat less inflammatory foods,

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more home-cooked meals,

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and higher protein

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which I didn't realize that I just wasn't getting enough protein

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until I started paying attention to my protein intake

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And then, I was like "Oh."

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"I need to eat more protein."

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I think it's so important especially when you're younger to start building healthy habits

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Like, working out regularly, eating healthier

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So that, 1) you have those habits set in place earlier in your life

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and 2) it makes it a lot easier when you're older so you don't have to change your lifestyle dramatically or anything

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Hello~ so I just finished with my work meetings for the day

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and I am gonna go get ready to go to a cafe

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and then later I'm going to grab dinner with one of my friends

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One of the biggest pieces of advice that I got when I first moved to New York was:

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To be careful about who you decide to make your friends

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Every time I asked for advice, this was the number one piece that I got

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Before, I just understood it as general life advice, right?

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No matter what city you're in

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No matter what stage you are in your life

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You should be careful with the people that you surround yourself with

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But, in the context of living in a big city like New York

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It's completely different

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Because you're in such a big city, you're bound to meet so many people

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who have different personalities, different values, different morals, and different life experiences than you

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They might not necessarily be bad people

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But, it might just not be the healthiest relationship or friendship that you would want for yourself

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But, it might be fun

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And that's where I think the problem is

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When you're young and you're in a big city and you're meeting so many new people,

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it's fun and all these people might be fun

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Going out is fun

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Doing stupid things is fun

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And you might even know it:

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That there are things that you're doing that might not be the healthiest for you, but it's fun.

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It's so easy to surround yourself with the wrong people,

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build the wrong habits,

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and spend your time doing things that just aren't productive or healthy for you

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Another thing that I heard a lot when I first moved here was:

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A lot of people would tell me:

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"Mia, I wonder what kind of person you'll be in a year from now."

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Back then, I was honestly confused every time I heard that because

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I felt like the Mia of 2024 was not all that different from the Mia of 2023

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But, now that I've been here for four months,

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I can confidently say that I feel so different than the person that I was four months ago from now

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I've learned so many things

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Experienced so many things that I would not have experienced had I stayed in my hometown

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And, I think it's because when you move to a big city, it really tests your character, your values, and your self-esteem

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You're no longer held back by certain beliefs that people had about you or people who have known you for 10+ years

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But the thing is that's like a double-edged sword

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You can be whoever you want to be

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But, at the same time, you don't have the people around you who truly have been there for you for everything

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and truly want the best for you

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And so, it's really easy to fall into temptation and be influenced by the wrong people

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And, at that point, you genuinely really only have yourself to rely on and fully trust

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I'm rambling a lot right now

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But, I think my point in all of this is that

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Now that I've lived here longer, I'm trying to be more conscientious

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of the people that I'm spending time with and giving my energy to

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And, I'm really just starting to enjoy the comfort of my own company

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And, being alone because

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1) It really helps me stay grounded to the kind of person that I am

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and I want to become and reflect on the goals that I want for the future

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and if the decisions that I'm making now will help that or not

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But, it also really helps me reflect on the relationships that I'm building

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and the people that I'm spending time around

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because I fully 100% believe you are the sum of the top five people that you spend your time with

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You are who you spend time around

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Anyways, that was such a ramble and I need to do my makeup

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So, let's focus on that and then head out to the cafe!

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Currently on my way to dinner plans

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It's kind of chilly today

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Good morning~

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I need to start getting more vitamin D

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I keep being like cooped up in my place

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Being a homebody

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And so, now dragging myself out to go to a cafe

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By forcing myself to go to a cafe not only am I SO much more productive

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But, I'm actually exploring the city that I moved here to be at

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So! Let's try to get a lot of work done today

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because I need to be productive

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Hello~

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So, I just finished getting off of a FaceTime call with my parents

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To be honest, I think in the past week I've probably FaceTimed my parents like four times

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because... I think I'm starting to get homesick

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I've been knowing I was starting to get homesick a couple weeks back

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when I was just craving Vietnamese food

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I was just constantly looking up restaurants and then trying recipes out

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I even asked my parents to start shipping me food over because I just missed it so much

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And now, I've been like calling my parents like every 2-3 days

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It's not necessarily that I want to move back home

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But, I think in some ways the novelty of having moved somewhere new is starting to finally wear off

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When I first moved here, I was doing the absolute most

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Like, I was going out every single day

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Trying new restaurants

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Exploring new cities

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Going to different shops

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Meeting new people

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And, it was just like non-stop like: "Go go go" for me

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Eventually, I started getting tired and I started wanting to slow things down, stay inside more

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And, I also partially realized that it was just not sustainable for me

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Like, the goals that I want to achieve

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and how I want to improve myself over the course of the next year

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So, while it was really fun it was just a lot to handle

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and it was a nice way to get to know the city

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But, I think I'm at the point where I really want to focus that energy back on myself

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and focus on my career, making myself a better person, and just the friendships that I have right now

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Life is slowing down for me for sure

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and you know the homesickness is coming in

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But, over the next couple of weeks, I have a lot of exciting things coming

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This is like a little sliver of a break that I'm going to have before things really pick up again

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So, I'm taking it to rest a little bit

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You know, develop myself

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Invest that time and energy back into myself

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After this week, I'm just very happy with where I'm currently at

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and I want to continue building this routine and this lifestyle for myself here

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I hope you guys enjoyed this video

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And again, if you're interested in Linjer and investing in high-quality jewelry pieces,

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then you can go to the link in my description box for a special offer

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and more information

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And other than that, I wish you guys all the best

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And, see you in my next video!

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Bye~