I’m about 10 days out from my trip to Haiti and I am feeling a bit anxious. But first, some updates. Everyone keeps asking me when am I going to Haiti, so here’s a reminder: December 26 – January 2. Eight days. I had optometry clinic training this weekend, a follow up from my training [...]
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I think I am a Christmas Grinch and didn’t know it. As the Christmas season gets more intense, people keep asking me, “have you finished all of your Christmas shopping?” I look at them like they’re smoking crack because Christmas shopping rarely ever crosses my mind. I don’t buy Christmas gifts, not even for my [...]
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One day last summer, I became increasingly frustrated with my life and decided to do something about it once and for all. One specific event triggered this epiphany, but it wasn’t about what happened, as much as it was about what was I going to do about getting my life where I wanted it to [...]
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A month ago I decided to fly home to LA for a week because I knew I would not be able to come home for Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. I usually like to spend a few weeks in LA when I fly back, but this time I could only stay for a week, as [...]
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Last week when meeting some new people, I was invited to watch a Karaoke League competition. Karaoke LEAGUE? I thought. Since when do people compete at karaoke? In a league? I was told that it’s serious business. To the point that it almost sucks the fun out of karaoke. But that’s what also makes it [...]
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I’m home in LA for a week. By the beach. I’ve missed it. I’m here visiting family. I probably won’t be able to make it back for Thanksgiving, and since I am going to Haiti the day after Christmas, I probably won’t be able to go home for Christmas either. Every time I come to [...]
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If you had told me a month ago I was going to raise $950, let alone $1,170, for Haiti in less than 30 days, I would have looked at you like you were crazy. For those just now jumping into this blog series, I am going to Haiti with some doctors and med students to [...]
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Yeahhh. Things have been a little hectic over here in LizLand HQ. Healthy Changes I’ve been thinking a lot about my health lately. Well, more than just thinking, I started making some changes. I’ve written about it mostly on my Tumblr, but I will probably move my health discussions elsewhere, either on a separate Tumblr, [...]
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Is it cliche to post TED videos and tell people to watch them right now? Hopefully not yet. Anyway. Watch this TED video I’ve posted. It’s Elizabeth Gilbert (of Eat, Pray, Love fame) talking about creativity and the creative process. I know ya’ll are Eat, Pray Love‘d out, but bear with me. It’s 19 minutes [...]
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So. I got baptized last Saturday. At the beach. A New York beach, at that. This might seem like it came out of nowhere. I think that was by my own design. You see, I joined a church back in June. A church I’ve been attending since March. I’ve been looking for a church to [...]
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Hi, I'm Liz!
I'm a sophisticated, educated, successful, career woman. An Orange County girl at heart (by way of rural New Mexico), trying to get used to living in Manhattan. It's a long story.
