I’m thirty today! Woah. I started writing this blogpost last year when I turned 29. Things were rapidly changing. Many of my friends got married. Others moved away. Suddenly, my idyllic world of having everyone I love within a 10-mile radius was dissipating. And it was FREAKING ME OUT. Thirty is the year you think…
Birthday
On Turning 27
This time last year, I wrote about shaping my path. Since then, I swam Alcatraz and solidified my blog further. I traveled, rode go cars around the city, and got scuba certified. But I also hit some bumps along the way. I ended a relationship that left me mentally and physically injured; I lost my…
RECIPE: Double Decker Cake
“This is Shikha.” “Oh, you are the one who bakes the cakes.” This was the exchange that went down at my college graduation when I met my friend’s dad. It’s not the weirdest introduction I’ve ever received (that would go to “Oh you cook? That’s DOPE.”), but it is just as accurate. And honestly, it’s…
Thankful Thursday: On Turning 26
In two days, I’ll be turning twentySEX – yes, I’m adhering to that vernacular to highlight the fact that I am still young as ever. This time last year, I promised myself I would stop making excuses, and I think I did a pretty good job at that- I got to travel the world,…
Weekend E.A.T. – Birthday Celebrations
I’m officially 25! And it feels….old. Just kidding. Sort of. Four years ago, I took a personal leadership class in college where we wrote what we wanted to be doing by the time 2014 rolled around. I still have that essay, and this year, I’m ready to follow through. One of my goals for this…