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Category: pursuit of happiness

Friday 7 Quick Takes (vol 72)

by Linda Nguyen on December 16, 2011 in pursuit of happiness

1. This week on Totes Awesome Channel, we talk about dreams. Youtube Link I dream about food a lot and once my friend and I both dreamed the same dream… [Continue Reading]

Girls’ Night In with Holiday Twist

by Linda Nguyen on December 5, 2011March 18, 2015 in Diary, pursuit of happiness

Thanks to Duncan Hines for sponsoring my writing. There’s no limit to the baking possibilities, so grab your favorite Duncan Hines mix and Comstock or Wilderness fruit fillings and Bake… [Continue Reading]

31 Stress Busters

by Linda Nguyen on November 20, 2011November 21, 2011 in Lists, pursuit of happiness

Last weekend, Barb Steinberg, LMSW lead a workshop on how to empower girls. One of the ways she mentioned was to have them make a list of “stress busters.” Stress… [Continue Reading]

Landing on My Feet

by Linda Nguyen on November 3, 2011 in pursuit of happiness

Anytime I’m faced with having to do something that terrifies me, I conjure up the memory of a very specific day when I was 23. I’ve done this when I… [Continue Reading]

Being First

by Linda Nguyen on October 18, 2011 in pursuit of happiness

My dad likes to teach me stuff. There are a few lessons that he has persistently instilled in me and hasn’t stopped. I’m starting to realize that he only repeats… [Continue Reading]

How the Internet Made Me Happy

by Linda Nguyen on October 10, 2011March 5, 2012 in pursuit of happiness

The internet really played a hand in my happiness this weekend. Friday night, I went out to a seedy karaoke bar to celebrate Alan’s birthday. The back of someone’s head… [Continue Reading]

Kismet?

by Linda Nguyen on August 28, 2011 in pursuit of happiness, Travel

Hello from Vancouver! I fly back home tomorrow and am terribly sad. I had my favorite cities being a toss up between San Francisco and New York City, but Vancouver… [Continue Reading]

Ten Reasons Why I Feel Out of Sorts

by Linda Nguyen on June 28, 2011 in Diary, Lists, pursuit of happiness, Travel

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very… [Continue Reading]

7 Life Lessons Learned While Eating Vegetables

by Linda Nguyen on May 26, 2011March 5, 2012 in Lists, pursuit of happiness

I’ve never attempted to start a good habit in such a structured and daily manner. For the past thirty days, I attempted to eat one serving of vegetables every day… [Continue Reading]

30 Days of Vegetables, Part 3

by Linda Nguyen on May 25, 2011May 26, 2011 in Lists, pursuit of happiness

Yesterday was the last day in my 30 Days of Vegetables project. I mark this occasion with the last of my 30 day diary and tomorrow a wrap-up list post…. [Continue Reading]

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Linda Nguyen is a Texas Native who recently moved to North Carolina. She’s a blogger and photographer and loves eating noodles. This is her personal blog. She also writes a food blog.

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