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Goldfish Kiss

A RAD BLOG BY REBEKAH STEEN.

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  • Well, it’s been at least three

    November 16, 2017December 12, 2018

    Well, it’s been at least three years since I wrote a daily health checklist. So, I  figured it was definitely in need of a revision, (and I promised I’d write a new one in this

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  • I’m Tired

    October 23, 2017December 12, 2018

    One morning last week, I did something out of the ordinary: I woke up before Levi, and just sat outside to drink my cup of coffee. You know, one of those simple pleasures of life:

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  • After I read this quote, I pretty

    October 13, 2017December 12, 2018

    After I read this quote, I pretty much felt like someone smacked me on the back of the head with a reality check. So yeah, I had these thoughts stuck in my cranium for a while,

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  • Simplify the list

    August 18, 2017December 12, 2018

    In the past week or so I had an mini epiphany. I came to realize that my daily to do list was out of control, both metaphorically and literally. And I’m just over it. It

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  • The wide open spaces Craving

    July 12, 2017December 12, 2018

    You know that famous Dixie Chicks song, Wide Open Spaces…She needs wide open spaces, Room to make her big mistakes, She needs new faces, She knows the high stakes. Well I might be listening to

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  • Everything’s Gonna Be All Right

    June 17, 2017December 12, 2018

    I had one of those mornings today. Everything had been snowballing for a few days, actually, and somehow all the different emotions, anxieties and worries just decided to come pouring out at once this AM. 

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  • Where did all the Smiling people go…

    May 26, 2017December 12, 2018

    Call me weird, but I like to say hi to people. I enjoy acknowledging someone’s presence when walking past them on a sidewalk, when running by them on a beach, walking by them on a

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  • In case anyone is looking for

    April 20, 2017December 12, 2018

    In case anyone is looking for a great read, or career change, try being a Daymaker.  This is the first page of the book, Life as a Daymaker, by David Wagner. I received it yesterday at

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  • It’s going to take some time

    April 3, 2017December 12, 2018

    So I feel Like I announced I was moving to Minnesota, moved, then immediately jetted off to Kauai and Puerto Rico. Oh wait that is what really happened. But, as thrilling as the last month

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  • The last one might be a

    March 30, 2017December 12, 2018

    The last one might be a lost cause, but there’s definite hope for all the others.  Here are some moves I’ve been working on, need to seriously work on (ahem, self doubt curb kick), and

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  • Sayonara Stress

    March 20, 2017December 12, 2018

    I just realized that as much as I love to talk about health and fitness, I’ve never talked about a huge obstacle we all encounter (big or small), or watch how it effects someone (in

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  • One thing that I 127% believe

    March 8, 2017December 12, 2018

    One thing that I 127% believe in, is that getting up and moving your body is the best way to wake up and feel better. Some days I have about five espresso shots only to

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  • 17 random thoughts for the new year.

    January 3, 2017December 12, 2018

    Hey heeeeyyy! I’m back. Apologies for disappearing unannounced for a week or two. I just was a bit overwhelmed, and to be honest, totally uninspired. Anything I would’ve posted would’ve been forced, or total crap.

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  • Om for the Holidays

    December 7, 2016December 12, 2018

    One Holiday tradition I have, is wrangling up the fam and attempting to get a group shot…using auto timer. Having an impatient husband, an extremely exuberant puppy, and a squirming toddler in the crew (last

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  • Happy Pills

    November 6, 2016December 12, 2018

    Ok, this blog is like a 96.5% positive, sunny, happy perpetual ray of sunshine. But let’s be honest, I’m human, a new mom, living in a new city, with a husband who works crazy hours,

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    Artist, fashion enthusiast with a small closet & massive fan of all things beach/nature
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    It’s rad jacket and Blublocker season, baby. 😎🧡 It’s rad jacket and Blublocker season, baby. 😎🧡
    Missing the ocean with every ounce of my soul, but Missing the ocean with every ounce of my soul, but it helps having a lake a few hours away that sure looks like an ocean. 🛶🐾❤️ 

Narrow cottage lined roads have the best light.✨💚

Hot mess status activated. 😎

 Glassy conditions, time for a swim. 

Stellar spot on the morning walk. ✌🏼☀️ #lakemichigan
    Here’s the last painting I did before I packed up Here’s the last painting I did before I packed up my office…and I haven’t touched a brush since. Feels weird, but the break helped get lots of ideas brewin’ now, too. 🎨🧡 Life’s a beach. Embrace the mess and get the tattoo. #goldfishkissart #watercolor #radart 

“Forever a beach” 8x8 watercolor on paper. It’s in le shop.
    Well, in life update news, we moved to Michigan. T Well, in life update news, we moved to Michigan. Two days after saying goodbye to Kili, I said bye to beach life, felt like a chapter of life I loved was slammed shut, and all the air and motivation was knocked out of me. Changes like this take time, and the idea of ever being truly settled in is a bit foreign to me. But, you just have to look for the little glimmers in ordinary days (what’s in all these pics), be present, get out and about, and choose joy while also giving those tears permission to flow. Ok, and say hi to every dog I can, while holding onto summer as long as I can, too. But I hear Fall is next level up here. 🧡

So, if you’ve been following me for a while, life’s taken us many places. I feel like I’m part chameleon and part lone wolf by now, and we will see what this new season brings. I have a feeling Lake Michigan and the upper peninsula will be my happy place, so hopefully we’ll make it out there a bunch. Life’s crazy. Wear a helmet and thank goodness for Facebook marketplace. And that I didn’t give away all my cold weather gear.
    Well, I had to say goodbye to my best four-legged Well, I had to say goodbye to my best four-legged friend, then to life at the beach in a matter of a few days. Life’s been heavy, full of random ugly cries, a bit of a blur, and my brain fog is at capacity, all while having one too many tabs open, too.

But I did manage to scribble down some journal thoughts before the move, and wanted to share. I love these things.

I’ll post a bunch of final beach pics and about life in our new location soon. But for now, I’m just taking it one day at a time.

Or in this case, page. Hope they’re somewhat legible. 🌊❤️‍🩹🖊️ #goldfishkisswriting #thoughts
    How do you sum up an incredible life in few slides How do you sum up an incredible life in few slides and words…I can’t. This loss is such a deep hurt, and the love is so pure. Kili pup, I miss you, and my heart is so damn heavy. Run wild, run free, soak up the sun, steal all the pizza, and find all the sticks and tennis balls, my best four legged friend. ❤️‍🩹🐾 

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