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Dinners, Lunches, Recipes · January 27, 2022

Crispy Baked Sweet Potato Fries

A recent trip to the farmer's market led to us bringing home produce boxes with 6 massive sweet potatoes. With no idea how to approach such a large portion of sweet potatoes, I turned to a classic snack: the sweet potato fry. I'll admit, my sweet potato fry recipe has improved drastically since ...

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Recipes, Snacks · January 27, 2022

Chipotle Cheese Corn Dip

I've whipped up another dip recipe just in time for Father's Day. It's perfect for chips and dip and even smeared on Triscuit crackers. Trust me, you don't want to miss this! I used the Chipotle Chicken Dust available at Cotton & Co. Vintage Boutique in the Maryland general store. As a ...

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Declutter, Lifestyle · January 27, 2022

Tackling Your Bad Habits Isn’t As Hard As You Believe

After many weeks of attempting to tackle my bad habits, I can confidently say there has been a noticeable change! The primary bad habits I focused on were not drinking enough water and putting things off for later. I started being more conscious of my water intake and whenever something came to ...

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Lifestyle, Valentine's Day · January 22, 2022

How to Remain Untamed: A Guide to Romanticizing Life and Living in the Moment

Many of you have asked what it means to be an untamed optimist, so I've decided to kick off 2022 by sharing how I remain untamed. Keep reading, because it goes deeper than optimism and you may find it influences all aspects of your life. But first, I've got something else to address: It's been a ...

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College, Declutter, Lifestyle · January 22, 2022

8 Ways to Declutter to Make Space for Change

With the New Year still fresh in our minds, it's easy to get wrapped up in trying to reach our goals and yearn for noticeable change within a month. However, this is not a sustainable way of finding the drive that it will take to actually reach those goals. Change comes with time and consistency, ...

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Who remembers these journals? They were the very f Who remembers these journals? They were the very first product I ever made with my TUO photography on it and I still have a couple leftover 💕 I of course kept one for myself and have since filled it almost halfway full of journal entries straight from the heart

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Alright y’all, who’s ready for my Italian herb Alright y’all, who’s ready for my Italian herb cracker recipe?! 🙋🏻‍♀️ I made these for our trip to Deep Creek as we always stop by @fireflymarketdeepcreek and they made the perfect base for all the different flavors we got 🤤

I’m in the final stages of getting this posted, so keep an eye out!
I’ve been considering an update to last year’s I’ve been considering an update to last year’s post on fall earring inspiration… these definitely need to make it on there!
There’s always something to admire in the space There’s always something to admire in the space around us. This little guy was happy buzzing around (quite loudly) while I washed my car and I couldn’t help but watch him for a while. If you’re lucky, you can catch them leaping from one flower to the next, letting their wings dance around in the wind rather than putting them to work.
In case you didn’t know, the Untamed Optimist is In case you didn’t know, the Untamed Optimist is 7 years old as of August 2023 and I couldn’t be more proud of where it’s come in all these years. I know it’s been pushed to the back burner recently as my other business has picked up, but I can’t wait to make more TUO content for you in the coming weeks ☺️ thank you for sticking with me all this time, and get ready for new posts by #theuntamedoptimist coming soon!

I’m definitely sharing my Italian herb cracker recipe with you cause it was just too damn good not to, and I’ve got a few new ideas brewing for my local readers 😉 you’ll have to stay tuned for that one though!
There’s something so special about the wildflowe There’s something so special about the wildflowers that pop up around our garden spaces. The ones that are planted by the birds and cultivated by only Mother Nature’s touch.

Some might consider them weeds, but I know they serve a purpose. Take a moment to appreciate the ‘weeds’ in your yard today.
Our Hostas are blooming and I’m feeling grateful Our Hostas are blooming and I’m feeling grateful for the long lasting blooms we get this time of year. I made a point to scatter the Hostas around the garden beds earlier this season in an effort to do two things:

Toward the end of last summer, the hostas had completely outgrown their space and weren’t living up to their potential. Dividing them filled the otherwise empty spaces in our beds whilst allowing each individual plant to grow bigger to fill it in.

While the largest section of Hostas wasn’t quite as showy as last year, our garden is already fuller and will only fill in more as the years go on. Turns out, plants and people aren’t so different if you think about it 🤔
It’s important to be present in each moment as i It’s important to be present in each moment as it comes. I try to remember this as often as I can and my garden is often the best reminder.

Each bloom changes day by day. The colors and conditions are always a sight to see and I don’t think I’ll ever not look forward to it. Nothing beats an evening stroll during harvest season.

Ask yourself, how do you ground yourself in the present? There are more opportunities than you may expect.
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