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For most of my life up until I was about 22 years old, I really struggled to fall asleep at night. I had terrible anxiety some nights, other nights it was just racing thoughts, unable to get tired.

I recently met with Vanessa for advice on getting off the birth control pill because my periods before the pill were brutal and so painful and truly ruined my life like half of each month.

We cover everything from how to get over your intimidation around power tools, how using DIY helped her process and heal from the loss of her sister, and how she deals with burnout around social media when your passion turns into your career.

We are in the middle of the COVID pandemic as I write this and I never thought I would say this, but the thing I miss most is the gym! Only a year ago I had a pretty big phobia of the gym and even found working out at home kind of overwhelming to think about.

I absolutely love noticing and celebrating milestones, and I always feel inspired to reflect on the time that has passed and begin the new chapter with a fresh start. In honor of our 2 year milestone, I decided to write out 20 lessons I've learned from the first 2 years of marriage.

I realized the other day that I haven't really shared a lot from our wedding here because I was more active on another Instagram account and on Facebook at the time, so I thought I'd share some of my favorite photos.