Over the course of the last six months while COVID stopped our lives in their tracks, while protests began and are still going, and while I started to realize that our “normal” that was gone, really was just something that we had gotten used to, the one thing that helped… Read more
As a lot of us I would presume are home for a while curing this Coronavirus epidemic and can’t travel, so let’s talk blogging! I’ve been blogging now for over a decade but it’s been only 5 years since I started blogging more seriously here at Land of Marvels in… Read more
Over the years, this blog has been a lot of different things. It started long ago as True Colours (if you’re a follower that was around back then, you’re a rockstar for following for so long!) where it was basically a journal of my life. Then over time it morphed… Read more
It’s been a while since I’ve had a #BloggingDesk post but the topic of this one has been on my mind a lot lately. I have recently been seeing, mostly on Instagram, a wave of bloggers I have followed for a long time putting down other bloggers, whether by name… Read more
After my announcement about my bakery (I’m so excited for this venture!), some of you might be wondering what will be happening to Land of Marvels in light of a new venture that I’m hoping will keep me busy this next year. And while yes, Land of Marvels might have… Read more
It’s been a while since I’ve done a #BloggingDesk post but to be honest, I’m at the point with the internet and Instagram that this post is a long time coming. After blogging for more than a decade, I’ve seen the space change and morph over the years and with… Read more
As someone who has blogged for a number of years as a side hobby, I find it fascinating how much the blogging world has changed since I started out in this industry all those years ago. The way we blog, the people blogging – it’s all so different now. And… Read more
I’ve been working from my home office for about 8 years now and I personally love it. I work long distance for an architecture firm in Honolulu (as well as our sister office in Seoul, South Korea) and run my own design business, all from the comfort of my own… Read more
It’s been forever since I’ve done a #BloggingDesk post and I thought it high-time to do one on a topic that’s a big of a struggle for me in my life at the moment: when life just gets in the way of blogging. As most of you know, I don’t… Read more
I’ve always been labeled by those that know me as a “go-getter” personality and I pride myself on my organization skills, so put those together and I’ve always been able to have set goals, go after accomplishing them and get a lot of shit done, excuse the language. I get… Read more
7 years ago on the way back from our honeymoon in Europe, I started what was called True Colours at that time, a blog that ecompassed everything from my travels to my daily life. It was a small amateur endeavor mostly to give me an outlet to write and keep… Read more
In a world where there are a million and one blogs out there and each one has it’s own take on something or falls into a certain category, sometimes it’s hard to tell them all apart. Sometimes one lifestyle blog looks just like another lifestyle blog, or this travel blogger… Read more
Blogging regularly can be really draining – constantly having to come up with new content and talk about new subjects and often I find that I go through lulls of having a lack of inspiration. Sometimes I’ll go through a few weeks where I just can’t for the life of… Read more
I started working with travel brands years ago here on Land of Marvels when I barely had a following and even now that I have a larger following, I’m still not a “big blog” in the industry. The truth is, I work with a lot of travel brands based on… Read more
I’ve seen a lot of posts lately from bloggers I’ve followed for a long time talking about how much blogging has changed in the last 5 years. And it’s completely true. When I first started blogging it was an entirely different world. It was more personal. It was more sharing…. Read more