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“Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.” (Abraham Heschel)

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Birthday Season Iteration #36 was a life-affirming experience 🫶🏻. Chicago has been so, so good to me. taken in EVER by @drm2834

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General 1Q2026 tomfoolery in no particular order. taken in Chicago, Illinois by @drm2834

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2025 was energetic, exhausting and a rebirth: in many ways a return to my “self.” Simply saying I love my friends is a massive understatement, and I’m humbled by those who have embraced and nurtured a more authentic version of me that I’d kept guarded for so long.

My word for 2026 is “deliberate”: now that I’m rooted it’s time to stop putting my life on hold—book the tickets, go on the date, maybe stop responding to work emails quite as quickly.

If 2024 was my “katabasis”, 2025 was certainly my “nostos” 🫶🏻 taken in Chicago, Illinois by @drm2834

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Au(tumn) slipped away like a bottle of wine (with a very heavy dose of yearning), and I’ve been on planes the whole time, but I’m always thankful for my friends who ground (and humble) me🤭🫶🏻
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Tips on how to survive Chicago winters please… taken in Chicago O'Hare International Airport by @drm2834

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When he says he knows a place and it’s the 3-story tiled McDonald’s in Porto 😏 . . . Or perhaps the ~Imperial~ McDonald’s in Porto.
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Traveling solo is always a mix of humbling and encouraging. As with our relationships with others, sometimes the most beautiful moments in our relationships with ourselves are the mundane, ordinary, everyday moments — contrary to popular trends, not every moment spent alone need be one of grand self-actualization or revelation. A moment spent consciously exhaling is not a moment “wasted.” All the time I spent alone sitting at cafes or at very long, European-paced meals was a gift that gave me space to consider that, perhaps, I like myself most when I give myself permission to be still and take a break from relentlessly racing from point A to point B: I’m grateful for that.
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Also thankful for short, but quality time with my favorite family across the pond 🫶🏻 @mairidmorgan @morgangary1 taken in Portugal by @drm2834

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Reflecting on the first half of 2025: busy! Uprooting my life to move across the country, busier than ever at work and just trying my best to be less of a hermit.
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Being a stranger in a new city has been lonely at times — I miss my doggo beyond words — but also fulfilling (I still love a mirror selfie though, some things don’t change). I’m physically and mentally in a better place than I’ve probably ever been, and I’ve definitely learned a lot about myself: both where I should give myself more credit and where I should (perhaps) be a bit more honest with myself. Grateful for those who have embraced me and excited for the future 🤗🙃 taken in Chicago, Illinois by @drm2834

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Birthday month was cute 🤗. 3 months in Chicago and I couldn’t be happier with the new friends I’ve made and the old friends who keep me honest; currently focused on loving them all with the same focused intensity as my love for the pita bread at @galit_restaurant.
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Special shoutout to @bad_pitches_chicago for embracing me at my most feral 🫶🏻 taken in Chicago, Illinois by @drm2834

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Lil’ March/April drop, in no particular order. Moving across the country solo was . . . a lot, but so many great things have happened as a result 🫶🏻. Ready for Taurus season ♉️🤭 taken in Chicago, Illinois by @drm2834

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@drm2834 will forever hold the title of MPPP, My Pretty Pretty Princess!!! Getting to install this BEAUTIFUL @mariatash Custom Creation with a MASSIVE VS1D and VS2G Diamond in a Silhouette and Cheveronelle cut set in White Gold was a huge dream come true for both David and I. His ear is BLINDING. This last hooray as you leave me behind in Houston, Texas is one for the books! I wish you the absolute best on your journeys to Chicago as PARTNER 🫶🏻 I love baby good luck, kickass, and leave them speechless!

Styled by @josephmtashstylist at Houston María Tash by @drm2834

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Farewell, Houston; see you soon, Chicago! After talking to about 84 people at work, I (think I) can finally publicly say that I’m moving (in less than 3 weeks 😱).
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But first, a love letter to my house: I was so proud to buy this as my first house over 6 years ago, and now that it’s time to pack up, it feels as though it’s all moving way too fast. So much has happened in this house, and sooooooo much champagne has been imbibed, here.
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Ready and looking forward to the next adventure, but for now I’m just a -bit- nostalgic for the memories made here and the friends and family I shared them with. 🫶 taken in Spring Branch East by @drm2834

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2024: Relentless and unforgiving; a year of extremes; katabasis—this past year had something to teach me, whether I liked it or not. One of my most challenging years has also brought great successes—including career achievements I’ve worked for for almost 10 years—but these also came at significant cost. It’s been a year characterized by introspection, palpable melancholy and isolation (often self-imposed), but nevertheless has been punctuated by moments of the purest joy with friends I cherish who have become my family.
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2024 allowed me little time to exhale, and somewhere along the way I discarded parts of myself that no longer serve me, like sandbags from a hot-air balloon, and more genuine parts of what it means to be myself are taking root: parts of myself that I am proud of and can honor and nurture, parts that are not controlled and driven by distrust, vigilance and self-preservation. This has accompanied tough lessons about the rewards (and consequences) of giving more of myself to fewer people and the price of trusting others with the most guarded parts of myself.
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Almost by necessity 2024 has been a year of “living in the moment”, but no one tells you that in doing so one can’t simply bury the past and avoid the future; the key being “living” rather than simply “being” in the moment. Charming.
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I’m leaving 2024 with a sense of vertigo: I’m in the healthiest physical shape of my life, my mental health has vastly improved, and I’m finally able to look at what I’ve accomplished with a sense of, well, accomplishment; but still, I carry a ponderous sense of being a stranger to myself and others and a feeling that I’m overlooking some essential piece that’s missing. Either way, I’m stronger and more capable for it all, and big things are coming in 2025, ready or not! taken in Houston, Texas by @drm2834

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Entering spooky season with my new (permanent) tarot girlies; the Libra Rising in me is beyond thrilled 🧝🏻‍♀️🧙🏻. I’ve wanted tattoos representative of these specific cards for a while, now, and @evgeniitattooer did an amazing job bringing my (very specific) vision to life: Truly, he’s so incredibly talented 🤩. Check out @gallery_mirai, too: a beautiful space to get stabbed for 8 hours!
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I’ll spare the internet my essay on these, as it’s sort of the point of tarot to embrace the liminality between symbolism and meaning within the context of our own experiences. Suffice to say, these will serve as profound and daily reminders of the importance of balance, truth and clear judgment: We have what we need; force of will and reasoned resolve can take us far. 🗡️🔮🪄 by @drm2834

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