I've been working from home full-time for the past six months or so, and full confession: I love it! Although I did it in small doses in New York City (once a week when I worked at ONA, and then sporadically at Vimeo and Gimlet), this is my first...
Forget all of the fancy apps and websites: the vast majority of my productivity relies on a $1 yellow tablet.
It's nothing too fancy. I always keep a yellow tablet on my desk (now that I've written this, I bet you'll spot it in the background...
In addition to my personal travel and fun blog-related trips: I’ve been doing a lot of business travel over the past few months: as part of my job in sales, I visit companies and agencies based in San Francisco, Portland and Seattle.
Although the...
To be honest, I don't have too much exciting news to report from my first few days in San Diego. David and I are totally in love with our apartment and our neighborhood: it seems like we have more excellent restaurants, cafes, bars and shops within...
I read somewhere recently that comparison is an addiction to losing, and, oh man, did it hit home.
One of the biggest things I struggle with is comparing myself to others—friends, acquaintances, strangers on the internet—and feeling like a...
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Christine Amorose Merrill
C'est Christine is my little slice of the internet to talk travel, lifestyle and twenty- and thirty-something struggles. After stints living in France, Australia and NYC and lots of (often solo!) travel around the world, I currently live in San Diego with my husband, daughter and two pugs.