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My 50 Books a Year Challenge | Darling Magpie

October 11, 2018 Danielle D'Ornellas
Photo by Alisa Anton on Unsplash

Photo by Alisa Anton on Unsplash

I’m a gigantic bookworm and my love of books has followed me through my entire life. So it’s no surprise that I’m a huge fan of the 50 Books a Year challenge and have succeeded more often than not over the last 15 years. Here’s some of my favourites of 2018 so far and what I’m reading next.

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In Life & Style Tags Books, Reading, GoodReads

How I Celebrate International Self-Care Day Every Day

July 28, 2017 Danielle D'Ornellas
Reading as a form of self-care: My current book stack.

Reading as a form of self-care: My current book stack.

I don't usually make it a point to do blog posts inspired by National 'Days' as I think there are too many of them already, but I only just heard of International Self-Care Day the day AFTER it was over! Maybe it's just not that big in Canada? Regardless, I spent some time thinking about it, and here goes!

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In Life & Style Tags Books, Movies, Mental Health, Self Care, Personal, Reading, Skincare

Self-care strategies for the holidays

December 21, 2015 Danielle D'Ornellas

Oh my, it's been awhile since my last blog post, hasn't it? I think this is actually the longest I've gone between posts on Darling Magpie since its inception! Why? Oh, mix in holiday events with end-of-year projects at work, some personal issues and a good heap of seasonal affective disorder? Add this all up and you end up with a mopey, mopey me. 

So to counter that, today's post is going to highlight a few of the things that help me get through the holidays in one piece!

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In Life & Style Tags Books, Face Mask, Personal, Self Care

The Covet Clique - August 2015

August 3, 2015 Danielle D'Ornellas
The Covet Clique - August 2015

The Covet Clique - August 2015

It's the long weekend here in Canada and instead of soaking up the rays or lounging on a deck, I've worked every single day. But at least it's given me a lot of time to browse for some fun summer favourites. It is a bit hard to watch people headed to the beach or a concert however. Therefore, many of these products will be a little summer-inspired to keep my mind outside instead of indoors ;)

 

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In Life & Style Tags Covet Clique, Primer, Benefit, Origins, Books, Boots, John Fluevog, Face Mask
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Looks like it's time for my monthly makeup! This time last year I was only two weeks post-eye surgery so I couldn't wear makeup at all and then all of ~ this ~ happened. I was going through my vanity recently, not that I've had to desire to wear stuf
Looks like it's time for my monthly makeup! This time last year I was only two weeks post-eye surgery so I couldn't wear makeup at all and then all of ~ this ~ happened. I was going through my vanity recently, not that I've had to desire to wear stuff again, and discovered that SO many of my products had gone bad, and, of them, how many were things I had barely touched. I'm not heading to MINIMALISM or anything, but it has been a bit cathartic to throw out things and really take stock of things, whether it's makeup, or just anything else in life. The one thing I feel grateful for in the last time is more of this time to figure out what *I* actually want, even if it's not what I expected one year ago.
Took a half day yesterday and ended up at the lake. It wasn't too cold, but the skyline looked amazing. I'm still pretty sad these days, not gonna lie, but it felt nice to do something outside and I hope this weather sticks around so I can experience
Took a half day yesterday and ended up at the lake. It wasn't too cold, but the skyline looked amazing. I'm still pretty sad these days, not gonna lie, but it felt nice to do something outside and I hope this weather sticks around so I can experience some new things soon. 💙
Today was a holiday, it meant I didn't need to go to work, but when work is just a desk in your living room two feet from your couch, it still feels like you're always at work and never at work, and always waiting until you just turn the laptop back
Today was a holiday, it meant I didn't need to go to work, but when work is just a desk in your living room two feet from your couch, it still feels like you're always at work and never at work, and always waiting until you just turn the laptop back on. Days have no real meaning, time has no meaning, the monotony is just what it is now. Today wasn't a good day. I didn't have to do anything and I couldn't really do anything. Stuff felt pointless, hobbies felt pointless. Everything felt hard and yet I still had to force myself through it. Here's to basically just muddling through. Because we're all gonna have these days and to pretend you don't isn't helping anyone, even yourself.
To celebrate our 14th anniversary, @thecjm and I made the best of it and ordered the set course from @alobaryorkville including some amazing scallops, a duck confit, amazing milk bread & a truly decadent millefeuille, streamed their Spotify playl
To celebrate our 14th anniversary, @thecjm and I made the best of it and ordered the set course from @alobaryorkville including some amazing scallops, a duck confit, amazing milk bread & a truly decadent millefeuille, streamed their Spotify playlist, made some cocktails & had a good night in. I even threw on a dress and tights so at least I partially felt like we were really going out! ♥️ Not our most exciting anniversary, but definitely in the top ten 😉.
First pic on the grid in 2021 is a makeup free, eye bag visible, sunshine selfie and I'm not mad about it. The last few weeks have been rough, but so have the last two months of lockdown in Toronto and hell, the last ten months in general. But it is
First pic on the grid in 2021 is a makeup free, eye bag visible, sunshine selfie and I'm not mad about it. The last few weeks have been rough, but so have the last two months of lockdown in Toronto and hell, the last ten months in general. But it is still nice to see some sunshine, even if it's bouncing off of 1 Bloor East & blasting me in the face as I try to read! 😂☀️
Looks like it's time for my monthly makeup! This time last year I was only two weeks post-eye surgery so I couldn't wear makeup at all and then all of ~ this ~ happened. I was going through my vanity recently, not that I've had to desire to wear stuf Took a half day yesterday and ended up at the lake. It wasn't too cold, but the skyline looked amazing. I'm still pretty sad these days, not gonna lie, but it felt nice to do something outside and I hope this weather sticks around so I can experience Today was a holiday, it meant I didn't need to go to work, but when work is just a desk in your living room two feet from your couch, it still feels like you're always at work and never at work, and always waiting until you just turn the laptop back To celebrate our 14th anniversary, @thecjm and I made the best of it and ordered the set course from @alobaryorkville including some amazing scallops, a duck confit, amazing milk bread & a truly decadent millefeuille, streamed their Spotify playl First pic on the grid in 2021 is a makeup free, eye bag visible, sunshine selfie and I'm not mad about it. The last few weeks have been rough, but so have the last two months of lockdown in Toronto and hell, the last ten months in general. But it is

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