Valentine's Day is next week, and I won't even sit here and pretend love is super great. In fact, for the first time in my life I actually hate the word love and everything it encompasses. I am no longer the starry-eyed, hopeful girl I once was. The truth is even when you try your hardest and give everything you have to someone else, it doesn't always work out. I'm not a Debbie Downer but it sucks to feel isolated, alone, and unimportant. So if you're lucky in love, please do tell me your secrets.

Podcasts are all the rage right now and it seems like everyone has one. There's literally one for every subject under the sun. My subscription list contains everything from true crime and politics to design and the Babysitter's Club (no seriously it exists!). One of the most popular subjects is health and wellness. There's nothing like having a modern-day radio program give you a new perspective on ways to improve your wellbeing.

January is the Monday of months. It's cold and dark. There aren't many movies out that aren't scraping the bottom of the barrel of ideas. Good new music is hard to come by. I don't feel like doing anything except hibernating in my bed. The gym is way too full (but will begin to taper out in the next couple weeks). But yet, the illusion is everything will be a fresh new start. A time to hit the reset button and start over.

My goal over the past couple years has been to get out and explore the city I live in. Seems like a pretty simple task, but it wasn't at first. Thankfully, I have two super great friends that frequently like to try out new places and things so they are never short on ideas. I realize there are actually a lot of really cool places especially in the Downtown area which is changing its reputation. It's becoming a really awesome hub for cool places to go and things to see