mizChartreuse || redefiningSuccess

If you would have told me a year ago that I would pay over $50 to wake up before sunrise, take CTA downtown, and run nearly five miles, I would have scoffed the day you were born. But I did just that earlier this month, and it’s one of those things that make you question [...]

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One of my part-time adventures is working at the South Loop Bongo Room. The cute, cozy breakfast restaurant is always so busy on weekends; people line up in droves before we open on and will even sit on a waiting list for over an hour. It’s quite the phenomenon to me, but it’s cool to [...]

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As I’ve shared before, I enjoy photography– the art of capturing moments, especially when taking walks with the intent of simply being open. In the way artists sometimes don’t know what they’re going to create until they’re in the moment, creating, I don’t usually know what I’m going to capture until that certain subject or [...]

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Earlier this year, my girl Angelique turned me onto the powers of AMIN.O. ENERGY; a dietary supplement which claims to “support recovery before, during and after exercise,” by utilizing “free form amino acids for rapid uptake,” which helps you “train longer & harder with beta-Alanine.” It also contains “natural energizers and antioxidants” and “supports nitric [...]

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I’m a flower-loving, nature-seeking girl at heart, but who doesn’t love natural beauty? I don’t think there are many humans who prefer manufactured concrete and welded metal over living mountains and water. I strive to travel and disconnect from the grid as often as possible, but that doesn’t always have to entail a $400 plane [...]

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