Rogue Habits

How to Create the Perfect Meditation Space in Your Home

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This year, we’ve become hyper-conscious of how our environment affects our lives. From Marie Kondo’s minimalist cleanse, to saying no to plastic straws in our drinks for the sake of the planet, it seems like we’re all coming to agree on being mindful of our spaces. It goes without saying that the space around us—our planet, community, offices, and homes—have[...]

The Power of Rituals—How One Small Habit Can Have an Immensely Positive Effect

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I have a confession to make: I'm the kind of person that can inhale a meal. You know when it's there in front of you one second and the next you look down and your plate is somehow empty? Happens. And coincidentally my boyfriend is the same (maybe not so coincidentally. You gotta to have some shared interests, right?) This is obviously not great for reaso[...]

Why I Left a Comfortable Life to Travel the World

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Three months ago, I boarded a ship, and left the United States. I lived in one of the most beautiful towns in California. I socialized amongst a wonderful group of friends, worked in the best CPA firm west of the Sierras, interacted with a large family, and dated the most beautiful, supportive woman I’ve ever known in my 27 years. And yet, I left. I le[...]

Change and Renewal With the Winter Solstice and New Year

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We received a long, dark Winter Solstice last night. This occurs when the earth is tilted on an axis and the northern hemisphere leans farthest away from the sun. An ancient definition of solstice is "standing still sun," but it is also thought to be the rebirth of the sun, which coincides with Christmas, the birth of the Son. Ancient cultures believed that [...]

Letter from the Editor: Rogue Habits Bazaar

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Curating is something that I've always had a passion for—whether it's furniture and decor for my home, finding gifts for friends in exotic destinations, or putting together an event. On each and every trip I’ve taken, I’ve thought to open a shop to share all of the culture and art I was able to experience—a place to put together all of the things I was inspi[...]

That Oceanic Feeling...or how I came to sort of, kind of, maybe believe in God

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There is a community of the spirit. Join it, and feel the delight of walking in the noisy street and being the noise. — Rumi I first encountered the concept of the Oceanic Feeling in college. It was art school, I was 21, at the tail end of my degree — a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography. I was hopped up on communit[...]

Beyond Nowhere: Headed West

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I headed west with a different understanding of myself, even if the answers weren’t as clear as I thought they would be; but no matter what answers I had thought I would find but still had not, I learned things that would impact my next steps. On a fundamental level I Iearned the essence of who I am doesn't just disappear because something I had chosen to de[...]

Beyond Nowhere: Middle America

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Somewhere between east and west, between coastal technology epicenters and my music city hometown there exists this strange, foreign world. It’s farmland, straight roads, square plots and cities with only a handful of last names. It’s land held over thousands of generations, where homemade cornbread is still served readily on the supper table, and where virt[...]

Beyond Nowhere: Heading East

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Beyond nowhere is a place my heart. Beyond nowhere is a place of lost and found. Beyond nowhere is a here now, a place of no particularity but a place where fires spark, where freedom soars and where I fall into my own —my space in this time, my backyard as far as my mind can see. Facing a major career defeat, one that had me questioning my life path and th[...]

Letter from the Editor: Rogue Habits Relaunch

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I have been guilty of going against everything that Rogue Habits is and all the reasons I created it. It is my passion project, my creative outlet, and my dream of a career, but I'd let everything else take over. I got caught up in the things that are easy to get sucked into--work, friends, relationship, and there seems to be less and less time for anything [...]

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