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Finding beauty in imperfection
An unexpected role A few months ago, I was given responsibility for about 40 children and 15 adults. This wasn’t a role I had lobbied for or even expected. It came out of nowhere. Who was I, a newly married, childless young woman to take care of all these children?...
30-day challenge: Get Outside
Every spring, I feel I've shed the heavy darkness of winter. Suddenly, the sun is shining, and seemingly overnight, buds appear on the trees. Here in Chicago, spring is in full bloom, (along with an inordinate amount of rain). Unfortunately, because of my blog and job...
30 days of self-love journal prompts
The lie of perfection You sit at your desk, scrolling through Facebook and Pinterest, with a pile of tasks you’ve pushed off to the side. At first, you love catching up with what’s new in your friends’ lives. Soon, however, you begin examining yourself. Your hair...
5-minute self-care ideas for when you are overwhelmed
When I think of self-care, I think of spending a full afternoon sitting in the sun, reading, talking with friends, and eating delicious food. The reality is, though, most days I simply don't have the time for a full splurge. Most days, I run from one task to the next,...
Am I enough? 4 truths to remember when you feel worthless
I didn’t struggle with my self-worth until I reached high school. Suddenly, in high school, I was hyper-sensitive to what people thought about me. I auditioned for the top choir in my school my junior year, and because I had consistently...
How to get out of a rut
You know those days where you want to do something worthwhile but, at the same time, don't feel like doing much of anything? You check Facebook only to find yourself in the same position hours later, broken from your reverie only because...
What I learned from journaling for 30 days
What I learned from journaling for 30 days I spent the last 30 days trying to establish a habit of journaling. In this blog post, I'll talk about what I learned from journaling for 30 days and what you can take into your own challenges. You...
How to make journaling a habit + a 30 day challenge
Yesterday, I felt down all day. It seemed that I couldn’t get the energy to do anything productive. Instead, I sat and scrolled through social media all day, feeling bored despite all the content at my fingertips. Lying in my bed last night, as I reviewed the day in...
Stay grounded during the holidays
Staying grounded during the holidays is difficult, especially when all we see around us are advertisements yelling at us that we don’t have enough and that to be good enough we need to buy more and more. We have entered the time of year when the focus should be on...
Meet Annah
Welcome to Pure Living! I’m Annah, and I am building this blog in hopes that I’ll inspire others to live the life they’ve imagined for themselves. I write about vegan food and lifestyle, life, and self-love.
I’m a lover of chocolate, animals, and life.
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