As you all know, in less than two months I'll be in Beijing. Since semester ended, I haven't been seeing my Confucius Institute teachers and classmates. My Mandarin usage has gone back to absolute zero. I'm trying to keep everything on track, but if you've ever tried to learn Chinese -- especially

I'm always a day or two late with posting my monthly goals. I should learn to finish these drafts beforehand, but it feels a little "scripted" for me to schedule these posts on time. Honestly, I wouldn't really have the time to sit down right at the end of each month to reflect on what's happened

This is one of those "Life Lately" posts. April's been a really good month for me. I can't believe we're about a third of the way through 2015. It's been great so far, and I credit a lot of that to just letting the universe run its course. I'm not over-thinking a lot of my decisions, which can be

At this time, there are a number of people in my life saying goodbye to something they've known or have held important for a really long time. Friends have new jobs, new homes, new cities to call home. I've been seeing a tremendous amount of movement and growth for everyone, and it warms my heart.

I'm not entirely sure what happened, but my blog broke yesterday. I had to revise some of my coding and revert it back to what it sort of used to be. Thank goodness I use Squarespace and all of my past layouts are backed up! Anyways, I hope you don't mind this unanticipated change, I know I said