Monday State of Mind - Live Your Life to the Fullest

 Monday State of Mind - Live Your Life to the Fullest

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102 year old Millie Bailey, an American World War ll veteran, civil servant and volunteer, had a last dream on her bucket list, she wanted to go sky diving.

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Cheesy Holiday Movies ~ You Know There's Nothing Better Than a Holiday Rom Com

I admit it and I always will, I am addicted to Rom Coms and the holidays are a feast for me and all Rom Com lovers.  We love the predictable plots and glow in that Happily Ever After ending that never ever fails us and if we can get some holiday cheer, well that's whip cream on our hot chocolate.

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Instyle Magazine ~ Zendaya Is Entering Her Boss Phase

Yes, I know all the pics of Zendaya are the definition of fashion, but this really was a great interview.  

Our perception of someone is merely the pictures on a page, the characters they play and that is still based on "our perception".  So it's nice to read an interview and just learn something about that person. Like working in an industry notorious for bad deals and contracts, Zendaya admits she had to be forced to read her contracts, by her parents. Who knew that someone as natural as she seems to us, can over analyze herself out of a scene.  

 "I've worked consistently since I was 13 years old.  So when I had nothing but free time, I was like, "What do I do with this? What are my hobbies?" I don't have hobbies-I do my hobby for a living.

"If something  is not perfect or the best, then I feel like I might as well have not even done it"

"I think my biggest flaw as a boss is I'm a procrastinator" 

 

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Shelf Portrait with Marie Claire

Always on the search for a good book, some of the best insight into the latest books, are recommendations by various magazines.

So combing through Marie Claire's IG account, I found they have a really kool series called 
Shelf Portrait, where various authors, comedians, actresses, etc., share their favorite books on their bookshelves.  They have all kinds of suggestions from self care to horror to beloved kids books.  Some are old, some are new and some are actually their books and why shouldn't your book be one of your favorites. 

Wanna know what Lana Condor or Julianna Margulies considers the best book ever written? How about Bridgerton author Julia Quinn, what's in her library and it just keeps getting better with Tia Mowry, Priyanka Chopra, Jeremiah Brent, Gina Yashere and even Alanis Morrisette. And who doesn't LOVE Dolly Parton!!!!!!

I've posted a view videos below and you can scroll their Marie Claire Youtube Channel for more!

Laura Harrier Shelf Portrait

 

Juliana Marguiles Self Portrait

Alanis Morissette

Dolly Parton Shelf Portrait 

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Erin Jackson Just Became the First Black American Woman to Win a Speed Skating World Cup

On November 12th, Erin Jackson became the first Black American woman to win a speed skating World Cup title. History has been made and her future looks promising for the 2022 Olympics in Beijing China.

Watch her historic win below!

Looking to learn more about this historic moment and to find out more about Erin, I was able to learn a lot from NBC Sports, like the fact that she's won both national and world championship titles in inline skating and her career in speed skating has been a rocket pace.  Starting in 2017 and only being on ice an accumulative 4 months, her first ever competitive speed skating event was the 2018 US Olympic Trials, where she placed third and made the team.  

To learn more about this historic event and to learn more about Erin, Oh So Worth a Read, 
Speed Skater Erin Jackson Sprints to First Career World Cup Win, by NBC Sports. 

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A Crime on the Bayou ~ A Documentary Film by Nancy Buirski

A Crime on the Bayou, a Documentary Film by Nancy Buirski, (The Loving Story), is the true story of Gary Duncan, who in 1966, in the south of New Orleans was a young Black fisherman who tried to break up a fight between white and black teenagers outside a school.  He gently lays his hand on the white boy's arm.  That night police arrest him for assault on a minor.  

This is his story of the fight not only for Gary Duncan's innocence, but for the right to a simple trial by jury.  But what makes this Oh So Worth a View, is the bond between he and his Jewish attorney and the history they made in the court system for blacks and for the right to stand trial by your peers, and not to be tried and judged by a "judge". 

Watch the official trailer below and you can watch the documentary now available on Starz.

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