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I'm Ilia Jones.  Minneapolis-based human woman writing and learning from each person and experience I encounter.  I write about things that inspire, challenge and move me and most things inbetween.  Welcome!  I'm glad you're here. 

Singlia:  Twenty Six

Singlia: Twenty Six

neh neh neh I GOT MY CITY DOING FRONT FLIPS

Okay good start, I turned 26 yesterday! (Eek)  I took the day off work on purpose so I could traipse around and treat myself to foods and pampers and such. 

My 25th year was one full of boring lulls and exciting highs and weird lessons and some cute dogs (but not enough).   Here are 25 things 25 taught me. 

1. Friends are the bomb

2. Having expectations is silly

3.  Sometimes finding out who you are requires wine (and sometimes it doesn't)

4. Yoga is the actual best. thing. in. the. world. 

5. I love dogs but spending 48 hours with two of them makes me v tired

6. I still hate the dentist with the fire of 1,000 suns 

7. I still love Mystic Pizza with the fire of 1,000 suns

8.  It's okay to be still sometimes

9. It's okay to NOT be still sometimes

10. Anthony Bourdain is my spirit animal 

11.  Meeting new people is awesome

12. Some new people are buttheads 

13. Boys with nice fingernails are great

14. There is a reason you're you and not everyone else

15. Things that are worth doing are scary

16. Don't balance wine glasses on soft surfaces - they fall

17. If you want something, go for it

18.  The people that enter your life could teach you some good lessons so be open to learning them

19. Being healthy is directly connected to emotions

20.  Don't be a dick because that's what people will remember

21. Being kind is the direct path to being happy 

22. Have faith in yourself 

23. Be confident even if you don't feel it yet

24. There are a bunch of great people in the world

25. I still could eat like a 14-year-old boy if I let myself (and I do sometimes) 

First night in Europe: Paris

First night in Europe: Paris

5 Ways to Cultivate Originality

5 Ways to Cultivate Originality