• me
    • publications
    • poetry
    • bookshelf
  • blog
  • contact
  • writing resources
Menu

Michelle Tran

about life, love, and following your dreams
  • about
    • me
    • publications
    • poetry
    • bookshelf
  • blog
  • contact
  • writing resources
×

Summer: Live Like It's Your Last Day

Miss Michelle June 13, 2012

← My Endurance Mentality"Love in a Box" and "Waiting for You"-The Workday Release →

Michelle Tran

  Welcome to my blog and my life! Follow me on my journey as I write, revise, edit, love, laugh, cry, and make my way through life.

 

Welcome to my blog and my life! Follow me on my journey as I write, revise, edit, love, laugh, cry, and make my way through life.

Subscribe!

Sign up with your email address and you'll receive a quarterly newsletter from yours truly!

Thank you!

View more blog posts about...

My life
travels
Writing
Books
Health/Fitness
  • February 2012 21
  • March 2012 1
  • April 2012 12
  • May 2012 21
  • June 2012 9
  • July 2012 16
  • August 2012 8
  • September 2012 2
  • October 2012 11
  • November 2012 1
  • December 2012 6
  • January 2013 23
  • February 2013 7
  • March 2013 5
  • May 2013 12
  • June 2013 4
  • July 2013 2
  • October 2013 2
  • November 2013 8
  • December 2013 15
  • January 2014 15
  • February 2014 19
  • March 2014 16
  • April 2014 14
  • May 2014 11
  • June 2014 14
  • July 2014 15
  • August 2014 13
  • September 2014 9
  • October 2014 10
  • November 2014 6
  • December 2014 15
  • January 2015 8
  • February 2015 3
  • March 2015 12
  • April 2015 17
  • May 2015 13
  • June 2015 17
  • July 2015 9
  • August 2015 4
  • September 2015 12
  • October 2015 4
  • November 2015 3
  • December 2015 5
  • January 2016 2
  • February 2016 6
  • March 2016 7
  • April 2016 12
  • May 2016 2
  • June 2016 4
  • July 2016 3
  • August 2016 3
  • September 2016 1
  • January 2017 1
  • March 2017 3
  • April 2017 1
  • June 2017 4
  • July 2017 1
  • August 2017 3
  • September 2017 5
  • October 2017 1
  • November 2017 3
  • December 2017 5
  • January 2018 3
  • March 2018 3
  • April 2018 1
  • May 2018 2
  • June 2018 1
  • July 2018 1
  • October 2018 2
blog RSS
Exactly one week ago, our lives changed in the best possible way. ♥️ Welcome to the world Micah Gregory Armfield. @palamoun
Exactly one week ago, our lives changed in the best possible way. ♥️ Welcome to the world Micah Gregory Armfield. @palamoun
Thank goodness for the slow down pace of Sunday’s. My mind feels like it’s racing a mile a minute knowing that the baby can come anytime now, yet I still need to finish revisions 🙄. Some pregnancy thoughts I’ve been having lately though: 🔸Braxton-Hicks contractions are no fun. They make it so hard to focus on anything. 🔸It’ll be weird to think that my daily life will not only be shared by my husband but a tiny human we created. 🔸I wonder if I will miss feeling him kick. 🔸Will he look up to me the way I looked up to my mother? 🔸I wonder how he will view his childhood knowing it’ll be so different from mine. 🔸I hope he takes after his father in the height department 😅😅😅 🔸Can’t wait to read books with him. I wonder if we will have the same favorites. 🔸I hope I can make my own dreams come true, so that he knows he can too. 🔸I’ll have these random daydreams of him in the future and wonder if they’ll come to life the way I imagined. Like for instance, when I woke up this morning I imagined him by my bedside asking me to make him pancakes for breakfast. Or I’ll be cooking and thinking of him in the living room playing in the background. Or when watching a movie with the hubby, I’ll think of him squeezed right between us with the cat perched behind us. 💙Definitely can’t wait until his arrival. Hoping all goes well and that we are both healthy and happy after the labor process. #pregnancy #37weekspregnant #roses #coffee #musings #sundayvibes
Thank goodness for the slow down pace of Sunday’s. My mind feels like it’s racing a mile a minute knowing that the baby can come anytime now, yet I still need to finish revisions 🙄. Some pregnancy thoughts I’ve been having lately though: 🔸Braxton-Hicks contractions are no fun. They make it so hard to focus on anything. 🔸It’ll be weird to think that my daily life will not only be shared by my husband but a tiny human we created. 🔸I wonder if I will miss feeling him kick. 🔸Will he look up to me the way I looked up to my mother? 🔸I wonder how he will view his childhood knowing it’ll be so different from mine. 🔸I hope he takes after his father in the height department 😅😅😅 🔸Can’t wait to read books with him. I wonder if we will have the same favorites. 🔸I hope I can make my own dreams come true, so that he knows he can too. 🔸I’ll have these random daydreams of him in the future and wonder if they’ll come to life the way I imagined. Like for instance, when I woke up this morning I imagined him by my bedside asking me to make him pancakes for breakfast. Or I’ll be cooking and thinking of him in the living room playing in the background. Or when watching a movie with the hubby, I’ll think of him squeezed right between us with the cat perched behind us. 💙Definitely can’t wait until his arrival. Hoping all goes well and that we are both healthy and happy after the labor process. #pregnancy #37weekspregnant #roses #coffee #musings #sundayvibes
Hello 👋🏼 September 🍁! I can’t believe we are transitioning to fall. I can’t help feeling like I’m going through transitions myself! Getting down to my last month of pregnancy 🤰🏻 and trying to get back into revising (yet again). It’s crunch time as I try to finish before this baby comes out! So time to get back in the writing cave! Many thanks to my beta readers for helping me get through this revision @krystalsquared @michellawrites @joanhewrites @planningforsun ❤️. In the meantime, I’ve also been filling up my well with awesome books 📚 that I can’t help but recommend: 🔸THE CRUEL PRINCE (YA) 🔸CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE (YA) 🔸Mic’s awesome MS that I got to CP 🤗🤫 🔸EVERYTHING THAT REMAINS (NF) 🔸GIVE A SHIT (NF) 🔸10% HAPPIER (NF) 🔸MINIMALISM: LIVE A MEANINGFUL LIFE (NF) 🔸THE PRODUCTIVITY PROJECT (NF)-currently reading 🔸DEEP WORK (NF)-currently listening As you can tell, I’m all about boosting productivity lately 😂hence the many non-fiction books I’ve been bingeing on. I’ve also been podcasting The Minimalists after watching the documentary and trying to incorporate minimalism into my life, so if you have any tips on that, let me know! As for the insta picture, one thing I do when my brain feels like a puddle after staring at my the computer screen is to pick up a similar book in genre to my MS and read a couple chapters to remotivate myself to make my own words pretty 😂. #writetip The cup was a gift from my MIL ☕️ and I love using it on the daily! #lifeupdate #pregnancy #writing #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #revision #bookstagram #books #writerlife
Hello 👋🏼 September 🍁! I can’t believe we are transitioning to fall. I can’t help feeling like I’m going through transitions myself! Getting down to my last month of pregnancy 🤰🏻 and trying to get back into revising (yet again). It’s crunch time as I try to finish before this baby comes out! So time to get back in the writing cave! Many thanks to my beta readers for helping me get through this revision @krystalsquared @michellawrites @joanhewrites @planningforsun ❤️. In the meantime, I’ve also been filling up my well with awesome books 📚 that I can’t help but recommend: 🔸THE CRUEL PRINCE (YA) 🔸CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE (YA) 🔸Mic’s awesome MS that I got to CP 🤗🤫 🔸EVERYTHING THAT REMAINS (NF) 🔸GIVE A SHIT (NF) 🔸10% HAPPIER (NF) 🔸MINIMALISM: LIVE A MEANINGFUL LIFE (NF) 🔸THE PRODUCTIVITY PROJECT (NF)-currently reading 🔸DEEP WORK (NF)-currently listening As you can tell, I’m all about boosting productivity lately 😂hence the many non-fiction books I’ve been bingeing on. I’ve also been podcasting The Minimalists after watching the documentary and trying to incorporate minimalism into my life, so if you have any tips on that, let me know! As for the insta picture, one thing I do when my brain feels like a puddle after staring at my the computer screen is to pick up a similar book in genre to my MS and read a couple chapters to remotivate myself to make my own words pretty 😂. #writetip The cup was a gift from my MIL ☕️ and I love using it on the daily! #lifeupdate #pregnancy #writing #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #revision #bookstagram #books #writerlife
So thankful to be surrounded by such wonderful women in Washington as I venture into parenthood! Many thanks 🙏🏼 to my amazing MIL and SIL for hosting and planning such a beautiful 👶🏻 🚿! And many thanks to everyone who attended and showered Micah and I with love 💕 and 🎁 gifts! #babyshower #itsaboy #35weekspregnant @cristinepeters
So thankful to be surrounded by such wonderful women in Washington as I venture into parenthood! Many thanks 🙏🏼 to my amazing MIL and SIL for hosting and planning such a beautiful 👶🏻 🚿! And many thanks to everyone who attended and showered Micah and I with love 💕 and 🎁 gifts! #babyshower #itsaboy #35weekspregnant @cristinepeters
Thank you family and friends for such a special baby shower! We are so touched by the thoughtfulness and we can’t wait for everyone to meet Micah! Such a great way to end our last #california visit of the year! 👶🏻 🍼 🚿 #babyshower #itsaboy #pregnant #baby #31weekspregnant #family #friends
Thank you family and friends for such a special baby shower! We are so touched by the thoughtfulness and we can’t wait for everyone to meet Micah! Such a great way to end our last #california visit of the year! 👶🏻 🍼 🚿 #babyshower #itsaboy #pregnant #baby #31weekspregnant #family #friends