Cheers to 20 Years: It (Was) My Birthday + Blog and Life Updates

I'm writing the first and last bits of this post in July even though I wrote out my "20 things" list back in March (I guess you could say I was ahead of schedule). A lot has obviously changed between then and now, which I will address in the updates sections. For now, here are…

Lifestyle: 2019 Reflection + 2020 Resolutions

Welcome to my second ever lifestyle post since I migrated Cierra's Cynosure to WordPress! This blog truly has become true to its slogan: "books and a little bit of life." Today, I'm giving you a little bit of what my life has been like in 2019. It is safe to say that this year has…

College Diaries | First Year Reflection

Hi all! By the time this post goes live on Friday, I will have officially completed my freshman year of college at Oregon State University! Two weeks ago, I was seeing my "on this day" rewinds of my high school graduation on Facebook-----what even!! As you can probably guess, freshman year has been a wild…