Today marks my little sister’s 20th birthday. For those of you who don’t know Kiley, she is truly the most amazing person I know. She has the biggest heart and not one mean bone in her body. She is the most hardworking person I’ve ever met, and she gives everything she does 110%. She is passionate about traveling, fitness, and making the world a better place. She inspires me every day and I am so proud to be her big sister. Kiley, It has been a gift to watch you grow up. You have accomplished so much and I couldn’t be more proud of you. You have the best sense…

Hi friends! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! That being said, holiday season has officially started and as we all know, this time of year can be a bit stressful. Between finishing my first semester of college, starting a new job, and spending time with friends, I can say my life has been pretty hectic lately. However, I’ve come to realize that balance is key. Thankfully, I have a bit of a break this week and found some time to write. If you’ve been stressed out over school or work lately, remember to take time for yourself! I have two weeks until i’m officially done with my first semester…

When I told a lot of people I was planning on taking a gap year, some people didn’t think i’d actually end up going to school. However, I just finished my first week of college classes and it went pretty well. I took an English class over summer while working full time and ended up getting an A in that class. I actually wrote about my gap year in multiple assignments! After taking some time off from school I feel more motivated to do well in my classes. My last year of high school I had a severe case of senioritis. I absolutely dreaded doing any type of school work.…

One of the reasons I started this blog is to help people, even if that just means making them smile while reading my post. I also want to say thank you to everyone who takes the time out of their day to read my blog! In today’s post I want to remind everyone to never give up. If you’re going through something right now just remember it’s temporary. Everyone on social media post themselves living their best life and I’m sure a lot of people look at my instagram and think I have a perfect life, which is far from the truth. I have so much to be grateful for…

So you find yourself asking, “Should I take a gap year?” Well I was in those shoes once before and I decided to take one despite society telling me I need to go straight to college after high school. Taking a gap year was probably the best decision of my life and i’m so grateful I decided to take a chance and do it.  Why did I decide to take a gap year? At the beginning of senior year I went through the whole college application process despite having no clue what I wanted to do and honesty not even really feeling ready for college. One day I was talking…

Hello and welcome to my blog! For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Nina! I created this blog to write about traveling, self love/growth and my gap year experience. In all honesty, this has been something I’ve been wanting to do for a while. It wasn’t until this past year that I have really learned to embrace trying new things. Some of you may know that I decided to take a gap year after high school, I went to Hawaii and had the time of my life. I fell in love with Hawaii so much that I actually decided I will be going back in the fall and…