I'm the girl, Gracie. Here at GML you can follow my journey of dreaming, working, eating, loving, and blogging my way through life in NYC.


some good reads.

Back before I was a blogger, I was quite the avid blog reader. Over the years my time writing blog posts seems to have taken over the time I spent reading them. Not to mention…well, most blogs just don’t seem as entertaining to me as they used to be…

BUT. There are still a ton

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scenes from the weekend.

You know the drill…

Friday’s trip to Montauk was especially nice because we had a car instead of taking the train. One of the main reasons why?

Fully stocked kitchen – check.

Driving is oh so much prettier than taking the train.

Friday we had a fun night out with friends.

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4 ways to overcome the fear of failure.

“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” Paulo Coelho “Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” F. Scott Fitzgerald “Remember that failure is not the opposite of success, it is a part of success.” – Unknown

Failure. It’s one of those things that

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get on with your beautiful life.

This one just has to be shared today…

 

scenes from the weekend.

Back to Montauk we go!

My record-breakingly small weekend bag. Who am I?

There’s this trend of the weekend weather starting out horribly.

But nothing a few hours of watching Portlandia on an iPad can’t fix.

The rain didn’t keep us from a fun Friday night out.

Saturday we

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it’s okay.

It’s okay to give yourself a day off from…whatever it is you need a day off from.

It’s okay to feel beautiful, confident, and strong. Post a selfie while you’re at it.

But it’s also okay to feel weak. Don’t be so hard on yourself.

It’s okay to listen to a song over, and over,

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6.5.13 | words.

(all images found via tumblr and pinterest)

What quote(s) are you loving right now?

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lessons lately.

1. My summer has officially started, and I wasn’t at all ready for it.

2. On that note, I’ve accepted that I’ll be living out of this suitcase for most of the next 3 months.

3. I’m currently loving (and suggest subscribing to) the Brave Girls Club daily emails. Thanks to Andi for introducing

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5 ways to boost your confidence.

If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook you may have noticed that I recently began contributing to The Huffington Post as a blogger. Since my posts here on GML tend to be on the less-than-wordy side, I figured I’d share my Huff Post articles here as well. Enjoy!

Some women may have been

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scenes from memorial day weekend.

It started out gloomy.

But the sun always comes out.

We danced.

We ate.

We stayed out late.

We even started a church.

Needless to say, it was a great weekend and just what the doctor ordered. There’s nothing

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