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Category: My Life

By Shaina Frantz Posted on November 15, 2022

My Love/Hate Relationship with Social Media

I took a break from Instagram. By a break I mean a looooong break over months of it completely off of my phone. This is not a sermon on how … Continue reading My Love/Hate Relationship with Social Media

Categories: My LifeTags: Life Things, My Lifely Adventures
By Shaina Frantz Posted on November 3, 2022

Morning Traffic

I commute to work every morning. As the sun is crawling out of bed I clamber into my car and head down well worn roads. After my day at work … Continue reading Morning Traffic

Categories: My LifeTags: Life Things, My Lifely Adventures, This Beautiful Life
By Shaina Frantz Posted on October 4, 2022

New Clothes

Yesterday I brought out my winter clothes. Since that time is upon us where the weather turns cold and summer dresses bring frozen legs. I opened the drawer they had … Continue reading New Clothes

Categories: My LifeTags: Life Things, This Beautiful Life, Thoughts
By Shaina Frantz Posted on September 14, 2022

Changing Seasons

The last two mornings have been brisk. I step outside into cool air that prickles my skin. The long shadows in the morning hint at something new, something changing. Fall … Continue reading Changing Seasons

Categories: My LifeTags: Life Things, My Lifely Adventures, This Beautiful Life, This Life
By Shaina Frantz Posted on August 31, 2022

Lessons From Teaching

In my experience, teachers learn as much as the students do sometimes, if not often. The list of things I have learned from my students, and from teaching, in the … Continue reading Lessons From Teaching

Categories: My LifeTags: Life Things, My Lifely Adventures, Teaching
By Shaina Frantz Posted on August 23, 2022

Journaling

Journaling, ya know, the ‘Dear Diary’ stuff where you write all your deepest secrets with a purple sparkly pen? Or maybe you think about bullet journals that look so gorgeous … Continue reading Journaling

Categories: The Writing LifeTags: Journal, My Writing Journey, The Writing Life, Writerly Things
By Shaina Frantz Posted on August 10, 2022

‘Adulting’ is Ridiculous

I have a quibble with the world. Many actually, but we are only talking about one of them today. I have a quibble with ‘adulting’. The phrase, the reasoning behind … Continue reading ‘Adulting’ is Ridiculous

Categories: My LifeTags: Life Things
By Shaina Frantz Posted on July 12, 2022

Moving a Life

Moving is a funny thing. Taking belongings from one place to the other shakes off the dust and brings things to light that perhaps I wanted to stay hidden. It … Continue reading Moving a Life

Categories: Living Simply, My LifeTags: Life Things, Living Simple, Minimalism
By Shaina Frantz Posted on July 5, 2022

Fear and Wattpad

About once a year, I take stock of my writing and tell myself that I should get serious about it, or relegate it to hobby status. Do I actually want … Continue reading Fear and Wattpad

Categories: The Writing LifeTags: Beautiful Stories, My Writing Journey, Writerly Things
By Shaina Frantz Posted on June 14, 2022

Contentment with Life

One day I picked my head up from the nitty gritty of life, looked around, and thought to myself. ‘This is the life I always wanted. I made it. So … Continue reading Contentment with Life

Categories: Living Simply, My LifeTags: Life Things, My Lifely Adventures, Slow Living
By Shaina Frantz Posted on May 24, 2022

Dear Younger Me

Dear Younger Me, You wrote so many letters to me, your older, hopefully wiser self, that I thought it would only be fair to write one back. I wish you … Continue reading Dear Younger Me

Categories: My LifeTags: Beautiful Stories, Life Things, Living Simple
By Shaina Frantz Posted on April 26, 2022

What College Taught me About Life

College. It seemed like a great idea at the time! For those of you who don’t know or have simply forgotten, for the last year and a half, ish, I … Continue reading What College Taught me About Life

Categories: Living Simply, My LifeTags: Life Things, This Beautiful Life

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