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My favorite things (and unfinished goals) of 2024

Posted on March 31, 2025March 31, 2025 by mxmage

Reading Time: 8 minutes(Posted three months late.) Remember how I talked in my past post about starting a new job? The first six months of that job were incredibly stressful and challenging, though it’s starting to calm down now. That, plus wedding planning, plus <gestures at the general state of the world> kept me from feeling motivated to…

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Personal update #3: I lost my job, got a new one, and regained my spark

Posted on August 12, 2024August 12, 2024 by mxmage

Reading Time: 7 minutesLong time no post. I’m here to share the final installation of my “personal update” trilogy, following my part 1 about winding down digital nomading and part 2 about getting engaged. This also serves as an explanation for why I haven’t posted here in such a long time. It starts off with bad news, then…

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“No reddit November” or what I learned from 30 days off reddit

Posted on January 30, 2024February 9, 2024 by mxmage

Reading Time: 12 minutesI’ve had an off-and-on relationship with social media over the years. I’ve had to take breaks from platforms when it felt like my relationship with them had become unhealthy, which helped reset my brain habits and my perspective on how I want to engage with that platform. During the pandemic, I started spending way too…

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My 2024 goals (and how you can help)

Posted on January 25, 2024January 30, 2024 by mxmage

Reading Time: 4 minutesWith my 2023 goals and favorites officially in the books, here are my 2024 goals (and how you can help!) Goal #1: Make blogging a habit 📝 Though I failed to properly blog about my travel adventures from the past year, I’ve got a lot of half-finished travel drafts lying around that I’d like to…

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2023 goals: calm hands, French failures, and more

Posted on January 16, 2024January 16, 2024 by mxmage

Reading Time: 6 minutesI covered my favorite new things from last year in 2023 faves. In this post, I’ll dig into how I did on my 2023 goals. In a follow-up post, I’ll share my 2024 goals. Sharing these feels vulnerable, since our goals are a reflection of our values at the time of our lives when we…

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My favorite things of 2023

Posted on January 9, 2024January 9, 2024 by mxmage

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis year, I’m splitting up my “annual faves” and my reflection on my goals into two separate posts. I’m still finalizing my 2024 goals, so I’m putting this post out first. Note that this is based on my personal tastes, which are subjective. This is not meant to be a debate-sparking “this was better than…

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Personal update #2: I’m engaged!

Posted on November 21, 2023December 28, 2023 by mxmage

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAnyone who looks at my blog most likely already has me added to some other social media platform (with a few exceptions, hence the new “about” section in the sidebar). If you haven’t already heard, I’m very happy to share that I recently got engaged to my partner of ten years 💖💍 When I referenced…

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Personal update: I’m (mostly) done with digital nomading

Posted on November 19, 2023December 28, 2023 by mxmage

Reading Time: 4 minutesHello, long-neglected blog. Over the past year, I’ve been so caught up in travel planning and traveling, that I failed to blog about any of it. I do plan to make up for that in the coming months. Which leads me to this update: After one full year of digital nomading across 16 countries, I’m…

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Goodbye 2022, Hello 2023!

Posted on January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 by mxmage

Reading Time: 9 minutesLong time no post! Since my last entry, I attended a workshop on blogging that got me re-thinking my blog strategy and layout. I had wanted to prioritize making those changes before posting again, and then life got busy as I traveled to SoCal, Montréal, NYC, Buenos Aires, and Patagonia (all in the course of…

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WiFi Tribe vs. Hacker Paradise: The Interview Experience (2022)

Posted on September 14, 2022August 31, 2023 by mxmage

Reading Time: 7 minutesI’m off on my first digital nomad adventure, living and working remotely from Oaxaca, Mexico for the next 4 weeks via WiFi Tribe. A few weeks later, I’ll do the same thing in Buenos Aires, Argentina via Hacker Paradise. As I jump into these trips, I wanted to share a bit about the similarities and…

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If you've stumbled here via mutual friends: I'm Renée, a San Francisco bay area-based content designer, nerd, and aspiring musician.

I use this blog to chronicle misadventures in digital nomading, fantasy fashion, creative endeavors, time+life management, and other things.

For my strictly professional blog, where I talk about content strategy, technical writing, team operations, and more, see docsmage.com.

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  • My favorite things (and unfinished goals) of 2024March 31, 2025
  • Personal update #3: I lost my job, got a new one, and regained my sparkAugust 12, 2024
  • “No reddit November” or what I learned from 30 days off redditJanuary 30, 2024
  • My 2024 goals (and how you can help)January 25, 2024
  • 2023 goals: calm hands, French failures, and moreJanuary 16, 2024

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