by Kristina | Nov 13, 2014 | Advice, Life
Awesome poster from Ork PhotosAhh Seattle. The land of perpetual rain and grey skies where sunshine dare not enter. Home to tech giants Amazon and Microsoft and the awkward tech-nerds who come with them. A city of hipsters wearing socks with sandals and talking about...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by Kristina | Nov 3, 2014 | Advice, Favorite, Life
We all want to be happier. It just so happens that how to be happier is more simple than you think. We’re busy. Things move fast. A problem only compounded with increased age and added responsibilities. Our online lives are supposedly helping us in this...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by Kristina | Sep 26, 2014 | Advice, Life, Travel
Remember when you were a kid? You’d wait all year long counting down to the last day of school. Then, with great anticipation the last bell of the year would finally ring. You’d run out, blasting through the double doors, and immediately begin unabashedly...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Kristina | Mar 19, 2014 | Advice, Life, Mountains, Skiing
On February 19, I lost a friend to the mountains. Loren Miller was an expert telemark and downhill skier and an accomplished mountaineer and rock climber. While I was not one of Loren’s closest friends, I have known him for many years and spent a few...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by Kristina | Dec 31, 2013 | Advice, Life
Hangovers. They suck, and they get worse as you get older. Long gone are the carefree days of college where you could drink 5 nights a week and wake up every morning like a champ. Nope, you only get so many freebies, and you my friend, are out. But you’re in...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Kristina | Jan 13, 2013 | 30 Before 30, Advice, Life
Last year I put together a 2011 Year in Review where I listed all of the things I had accomplished and laid out some goals I hoped to achieve for 2012. As it’s the season of ‘Lists’ I feel inspired to do it again. So now for your reading...