Big Birthdays

This Thursday marked three years without a drink. And in seven days I will turn twenty-nine. On that day three years ago, I was starting over. Internally, everything felt wrong. While to outsiders it looked like I was holding everything together, inside I was a mess. I had hit a dead-end. I was more terrified […]

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26 Things I Learned at Twenty-Six

1. Cultivating a better sense of self-not everybody’s doing it. Not everybody gets more mature,  driven, or self-aware as they grow older. Don’t waste your time on these people, there’s too many awesome ones to surround yourself with. 2. Sometimes you’ll hate your day job. Don’t give up. 3. Follow your passions. They are the surest […]

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Out with the Old, In with the New

As I am closing out the last few weeks of my mid-twenties, and preparing to kiss twenty-six a sweet farewell, some changes need to be made. The change most relevant to you, my lovely readers: the blog name 26 and Stumbling. It occurred to me about a month ago that I hadn’t considered the fact […]

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