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Sunday Recs (what I'm reading, watching, buying, etc.)
Skip Prime Days, Buy Local If you're in the Bay Area and want to support local small businesses, consider doing some of your holiday...

Desiree Aquino
Oct 6, 20242 min read


Fear - Part III
"Thinking will not overcome fear but action will." - W. Clement Stone, businessman, philanthropist, author This post concludes the...

Desiree Aquino
Oct 1, 20245 min read


Fear - Part II
"How does fear become so powerful? We can't see it. We can't touch it, yet it gets its claws in us and begins to control us." - Gena...

Desiree Aquino
Sep 26, 20243 min read


Fear - Part I
"The fears we don't face become our limits." - Robin Sharma, leadership expert and author Did you know that not all of our fears are...

Desiree Aquino
Sep 24, 20244 min read


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1. Watching the latest season of Slow Horses on Apple TV+. I feel like this show is still very much under the radar, despite the recent...

Desiree Aquino
Sep 15, 20241 min read


Fear of Change
"To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly." - Henri Bergson, French philosopher,...

Desiree Aquino
Sep 10, 20245 min read


Election 2024
What's real for me today This is a messy post. The words aren't as tidy and nicely wrapped up as I'd like them to be, but...

Desiree Aquino
Sep 5, 20242 min read


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Fall/Winter Outdoor Exercise As temps drop, you may need to gear up for the colder months while getting your sweat on. Here are the items...

Desiree Aquino
Aug 30, 20242 min read


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1. If you're into spirituality, one teacher who has helped me through painful times is Matt Kahn. My best introduction to Matt's work...

Desiree Aquino
Aug 25, 20241 min read


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Fall's around the corner! Here's some recommendations to transition into the season comfortably and well. 1. You can never have too many...

Desiree Aquino
Aug 20, 20241 min read


Purple
A poem You are not my first instance of purple. Your malevolent color, filled with loathing and shame. No. I met purple years and years...

Desiree Aquino
Aug 15, 20241 min read


Flames
A poem In every space we occupied, intimate and public. In every place we visited, familiar and foreign. In every moment we shared, alone...

Desiree Aquino
Jun 29, 20241 min read


Space Dust
A channeling I occupy a void in space where I feel you orbiting around me. Though not strong enough to pull you in, I sense the invisible atoms that connect us together no matter distance or time, like spidery whispery webs that stretch endlessly out from each of us. We speak a silent language. Clinging to the other body, the only other solidness we can find within millions and millions of miles. We rotate around each other in standard form, never growing closer nor moving fu

Desiree Aquino
Apr 1, 20241 min read


There is only one way to commit
A channeling My mind leads me to a precipice. Forcing me to strain my neck, staring into the blackness of my own sense of unworthiness. From the depths of that canyon come the whistlings of my worst insecurities: you don't belong here, you aren't needed. You are not loved. I choke back tears and twist and turn to get loose of this paralyzing grip on me. My breath shallow, my heart's rapid beat. It's a constant clapping in my head, an exorable drumbeat of betrayal. I cannot

Desiree Aquino
Jan 24, 20242 min read


The hands of men I've held
A poem The shoulders I've set my head upon The foreheads I've pressed with my own. Each different in ways I don't remember now Can't be...

Desiree Aquino
Jan 24, 20241 min read


Recs - What We're Reading, Buying, Watching, etc. (Week of September 27, 2020)
Make Cooking Fun! I've gotten back into cooking again after recently falling out of the habit. Here are some things I've found helpful or...

Desiree Aquino
Nov 29, 20221 min read


Recs - What We're Reading, Buying, Watching, etc. (Week of September 20, 2020)
Meal Delivery Kits I've lost count of the number of meal delivery kits I've tried. It seems more and more pop up every day, tempting us...

Desiree Aquino
Mar 21, 20222 min read


Recs - What We're Reading, Buying, Watching, etc. (Week of September 13, 2020)
1. Struggling to keep a new routine? If you're trying to maintain a healthier diet, exercise or morning routine, check out this article...

Desiree Aquino
Mar 7, 20221 min read


Creativity During COVID-19
These days, my definition of creativity is binge-watching a different Netflix series. I can't say I've felt or been very creative lately,...

Desiree Aquino
Feb 22, 20223 min read


Recs - What We're Reading, Buying, Watching, etc. (Week of September 6, 2020)
1. Are you, your school, or your company looking for resources around diversity, inclusion and social equality? Mindful Littles in...

Desiree Aquino
Feb 22, 20221 min read
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