by rmontalvan | Nov 9, 2019 | Blog
With my birthday in July and three months down this journey, it feels like I have so much to do a so little time to do it. I made these goals to challenge myself and to push me to my absolute limit. Machu Picchu still feels like a far-off dream and I’ve been putting...
by rmontalvan | Nov 8, 2019 | Blog
Sitting on Sophia’s couch, she and I sipped wine and could barely keep up on the movie playing in front of us. Wine and movie nights with my best friend was a tried and true tradition and our way of trying to save money by not going out. There was a lull of silence...
by rmontalvan | Nov 7, 2019 | Blog
“Quick question for ya’”—a once simple saying is now a trigger for PTSD. I clutched the tablet and pulled it close to my chest. My smile hurt almost as much as my bleeding, blistered feet. “Who do you have for cable and internet?” I forced through my painful smile....
by rmontalvan | Nov 5, 2019 | Blog
Firstly, I have not forgotten about my 26 goals. As I sat on the couch over the past few weekends, elbows deep into a bag of cheese puffs and rewatching “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before”, I thought about writing. Then I thought about how great it would be to watch...
by rmontalvan | Aug 12, 2019 | Blog
When looking at my 26 goals before I turn 27, sometimes I begin to feel extremely overwhelmed. I start to wonder, what the heck have I gotten myself into? But every day, I wake up and tell myself, “I have control”. I’ll repeat this over and over until I believe it. ...
