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My May 2026 R.E.P.O.R.T.

Some of you might have been around when I joined TikTok and wrote up a R.E.P.O.R.T. since it was a TikTok trend (which I realize as I include these links that they were done on two different websites, so maybe this R.E.P.O.R.T. will be more exciting content for you). Well, I had written this R.E.P.O.R.T. up originally to post on Substack, but since I haven’t really been all that active on that platform, I thought I would go ahead and share it here.

My Weekend of Birthday Surprises

For today, I wanted to reflect on how the weekend went for me. From being a responsible adult to expecting surprises, I think this was a very calm weekend to usher in this year of my life. I’m hopeful that the rest of the year is just as calm, with more joy if I’m lucky.

Sunday Sums and Parts For May 10, 2026

The idea here is that I was playing with all the summaries and parts of my week, playing off of the sum of all the parts saying. The parts will be recapping things I’ve done on different corners of the internet, and the sums are different things I’m turning over in my brain. Maybe we will like it enough to continue doing it here, or maybe it will shift and change into something else somewhere else.

6 Things to Love About DuckTales

Today is National Donald Duck Day, and I would say that Donald Duck was one of my favorite Mickey Mouse characters growing up. And as an adult, I fell in love with the rebooted version of DuckTales. So today, I wanted to talk about why I think DuckTales is a great show and why you should check it out.

28 of My Favorite Things

By: kristimyblog May 12, 2025May 12, 2025

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This week, I am going to turn 28. I don’t really know what to say about it that I haven’t said before when it comes to my birthday. I don’t know if I can claim to dread it, but I’m not necessarily excited about it either. It seems to be another day on the calendar, which leads me to wondering if this is what transitioning into adulthood is?

Maybe this is what it is like to feel like I’m coasting? I’m not sure, but in an attempt to focus on the positive things, I thought I would share some of my favorite things today. Since I am turning 28, that is the length of this list, so if this is your first time here, this is a good opportunity to get to know me

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I’m Back on YouTube?

Why do I continue to let the perception of others impact how I see myself? I don’t know, but I am trying really hard to move past that. And that starts with coming back to YouTube, and maybe everything else too.

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Trying to Pull Together My Life List

While I would say that I am pretty content with my life, finishing The Life List Netflix movie did make me think about the child-version of me and whether she would be happy with where I’m at now. It was hard to reconnect with my inner child, because I think that I have consciously and unconsciously worked to try and hide those urges away where the light doesn’t shine. So while I was able to pull together this list today, I imagine that it isn’t full and complete to the little girl I once was, and maybe that’s okay. Maybe I’ll meet her again one day and ask her.

6 Hair Products That I Loved (But Didn’t Have Time to Share Before I Moved)

I am going to talk about the hair products I loved here on the blog today, with all of my honest thoughts (and maybe a reminder to purchase them again when I can). If you didn’t know, I am in the process of trying to grow out my natural hair, which is why I chose to focus my attention on those products here today.

Forever Stuck in My Girlhood

Girlhood feels like such a big topic to talk about that I don’t think I could really ever cover every aspect of it, but since it’s on my mind, I wanted to talk about it for today’s blog post.

My Thought Progression in 2024

By: kristimyblog February 3, 2025

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There was a rumor that TikTok would be banned in the United States, but TikTok is still around and I will give it credit for finding the idea for this blog post from there. Specifically, my sister Kimmy did a TikTok post consisting of a photo of her from each month with text of a lesson she learned in the corresponding month. It was so cute that I wanted to do it too, but I also feel like I’m learning so much all the time. It would be hard for me just pick one lesson to share for each month.