by Viry Medina

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Recent Posts

🔧 Your word of the year needs infrastructure (here's how to build it)

🔧 Your word of the year needs infrastructure (here's how to build it)

Between choosing a word and living it lies the missing piece everyone skips...

🌱 Why I'm calling 2026 my year of adventure

🌱 Why I'm calling 2026 my year of adventure

On choosing your word when life has already chosen chaos, and why my real new year starts in March...

🎯 When goals feel too heavy, try this instead

🎯 When goals feel too heavy, try this instead

One simple word might be exactly what you need to navigate this year with more ease...

💫 A different kind of year-end reflection (no guilt allowed)

💫 A different kind of year-end reflection (no guilt allowed)

Looking back at 2025 with gratitude for resilience and the people who held us through it all

🌱 Playing to your own timeline (even when everyone else seems ahead)

🌱 Playing to your own timeline (even when everyone else seems ahead)

A gentle reminder that your path is yours alone—and that's exactly as it should be

💤 Knocked out on the operating table (+ my favorite things of 2025)

💤 Knocked out on the operating table (+ my favorite things of 2025)

Sharing my 2025 favorites while I recover—and stealing all your best show & book recs...

Recent Posts

🔧 Your word of the year needs infrastructure (here's how to build it)

Jan 13, 2026

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6 min read

🔧 Your word of the year needs infrastructure (here's how to build it)

Between choosing a word and living it lies the missing piece everyone skips...

🌱 Why I'm calling 2026 my year of adventure

Jan 9, 2026

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8 min read

🌱 Why I'm calling 2026 my year of adventure

On choosing your word when life has already chosen chaos, and why my real new year starts in March...

🎯 When goals feel too heavy, try this instead

Jan 6, 2026

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5 min read

🎯 When goals feel too heavy, try this instead

One simple word might be exactly what you need to navigate this year with more ease...

💫 A different kind of year-end reflection (no guilt allowed)

Dec 30, 2025

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9 min read

💫 A different kind of year-end reflection (no guilt allowed)

Looking back at 2025 with gratitude for resilience and the people who held us through it all