My 30 Things To Do By 30: Update

Can you believe that 3 years have passed since I made My 30 Things To Do By 30 list? Can you also believe that the 23 year old that started this blog is now officially “in her thirties”… or does that start when I’m 31? Anyway, life definitely comes at you fast and keeps going whether you’re ready for it or not. Since writing that post, I have learned so much about myself and made some life-changing decisions. I have also had some amazing times and some pretty awful ones, but that’s life right? As time goes and we grow, many things change including our wants and needs. I didn’t accomplish everything on my list and I am fine with that. Some of the things I don’t even care for anymore, while others I definitely do want to work towards in these next years, like fluently speaking another language, visiting Japan, and making travel photo albums.

Here is an update on everything that I checked off my list:

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How I Celebrated My Birthday

*Taps mic* Hello, is this thing on? Testing one, two.

It’s been a while since my last post… and honestly, I’m okay with that. I think I am finally over the “Omg I haven’t written on the blog so long—the horror” moment. Even though I haven’t been active here, I have contributed to the Food Culture & Co blog and created content for Instagram and Tiktok these past months.  If you do follow me on my socials, you might have seen that I recently celebrated my birthday and what a fabulous time I had! This year things were different and here’s why…

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Dining with Derencia: Sapodilla Restaurant

According to my mommy and one of my best friends, I’m always eating. Like, they really think they know me! I mean they do, but still. What else can you expect from “Ya Fave Festival Girl”? I have to eat. As a child,  I was an extremely picky eater. At 16, I visited Luciano’s for lunch and tried calamari for the first time and that opened the door, or my palate really for foodie adventures. Fast forward a few years and I found myself regularly posting reviews on TripAdvisor, having people ask me for lunch and dinner recommendations, asking my friends to take photos of their food whenever we went out and just a little taste of whatever they got, of course. Like, I have to try it too. I figured with all the food photos I have in my phone and reviews all in my head, it was time to write. I’m happy to introduce my new blog series: Dining with Derencia!

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