picking crowns

Screen Shot 2019-10-23 at 10.57.46 PM.png

Hi, my name is Nadia.

Welcome to my space. Here I'm allowing myself to whisper and ramble and scream out loud. If you're here to listen, welcome.

All in Thinking

Jun 19
Jun 19 "I embraced grace, boldness, and vulnerability in the same breaths, and...sang a resounding ‘hell no’ in the face of all the things I’d insisted on loving unrequitedly."

Jan 3
Jan 3 "So this Jordan year – in all its supposed glory – has not been that glorious. I have not felt like Michael Jordan for one single moment."

Apr 26
Apr 26 "Remember becoming? Not the frantic-un-productive doing, but the consistent-do-what-feels-good being? I’d forgotten about that."

Dec 29
Dec 29 "I’m writing this as a sort of toast to my (and your) 2020. Here’s to...completely and wholeheartedly loving those who see you and celebrate you in return."

Dec 1
Dec 1 "Life can get hairy in the day-in and day-out. It’s made in the moments and, apparently, the promises kept in those moments."

Oct 30
Oct 30 "So how do you revisit those too fast moments, indulging in them and their memories, without your heart falling out of your chest?"

Oct 6
Oct 6 "But I think we’re slowly winning big over the months and years, and winning small every single day. And that's damn fantastic."

Sep 25
Sep 25 "I have to make the most of those awake-and-not-at-work moments...so that all of my moments, even the 8 am meeting moments, feel a little fuller."

Sep 16
Sep 16 "Dedicating this one to giving the friendships I have the credit they’re due, and also giving myself the permission to do this post-college friend thing right..."

Sep 8
Sep 8 "There’s something comforting about creating home for yourself. Daunting, too. Nostalgic, always. And creative through and through."

Sep 3
Sep 3 "Growing up is hard to do already but coming to terms with how far out the milestones I thought were just on the other side of graduation actually are is like alarming."

Aug 23
Aug 23 "Life’s a lot bigger and wider on the other side of a college diploma. So big and wide that you might just get swallowed up if you don’t take the millisecond to realize you’re getting swallowed."

Aug 6
Aug 6 "What a word and a truth for anyone’s life but especially mine, someone endlessly trying to surrender and ride as best I can."

Mar 6
Mar 6 "I began writing for myself, and locked up...my words are honest, they’re simple. They make my thoughts feel rare. Here they’ve felt obvious. "

Jan 21
Jan 21 "I’ve had plenty of wonderful days, some that could compete for best days, but I certainly didn’t wake up on those mornings with unbridled optimism..."

Oct 26
Oct 26 "I just witnessed someone doing what I want to do with this site a lot better than I’m doing it...Facebook announcements can be pretty damning in that way."

"I just witnessed someone doing what I want to do with this site a lot better than I’m doing it and it pissed me off. Facebook announcements can be pretty damning in that way."

Oct 7
Oct 7 "It should be a requirement to see the good in every situation, or else any situation can and will become an Ithaca situation."

"It should be a requirement to see the good in every situation, or else any situation can and will become an Ithaca situation."

Jul 26
Jul 26 "Despite the irrational worrying...I realized that wherever I go, there I am, so I might as well enjoy that moment."

"Despite the pretty irrational worrying, I can still muster a reflective thought every once in a while. In one such rare moment, I realized that wherever I go there I am, so I might as well enjoy that moment."

Jul 5
Jul 5 "I’ve fallen into a bit of a writing rut. It’s silly really but I overheard someone at work say 'well, blogs are just so dead' and I thought to myself 'oh, she must be right.'"

Mar 30
Mar 30 "...But I’m getting better at recognizing when holding on is not only futile, but also detrimental, and when adaptation is not only easier, but also liberating."

Apparently, there’s no greater mirror to peer into than the honest opinions of those you spend the most time with. Life for me has at times been a hell storm because of how narrowly I defined and then meticulously followed the scheme for my success. The right college, the right relationship, the right job – all defined within an inch of their lives.