Hello! I'm Dubhe. I'm a researcher and I used to run a beauty blog for 4 years. I blogged about the latest beauty product releases, reviewing them and finding more products I could recommend. Throughout those years, I would respond to reader comments or DMs about makeup or skincare products that I would recommend them with their skin issues. I am no dermatologist or esthetistician, but I'm glad that my readers, friends and family took my hobby and experiences seriously and trusted my words. Along the way, I would blog about personal growth, minimalism and small space living. It took years before I could find my voice and influencers and companies to recognize me. But when I finally did, I stopped and deleted my blog. All those late nights of creating content and back aches of taking bulk photos were deleted because of one realization.

My life and my blog was too complicated.

I needed time to reassess my life. There's a lot going on that I had to juggle my career, my social life, my mental health, my physical health, my research, my hobby. I knew (as of now) I had to keep them all to find balance with my finances and my happiness but I knew I still had a lot going on. Even with my blog, I embraced a minimalist life but I still had a ton of beauty products (which I defended - "this is for my blog"). Keeping up with the latest release of beauty products stresses me out and led me to buying more stuff and accumulating them.

But after this realization, there is one thing I was sure of -  I can't stop writing. Since college, I found that writing is something I love doing. I admit, I'm not good at it but I love crafting my thoughts into words and communicating with other people. Even in my research career, I have no doubt I enjoy writing. The reason I stopped blogging was to find my niche again, I want to find what I want to write without the stress, without the pressure. And embracing a simple life and incorporating it into every aspect of my life is an amazing journey that I want my readers to try as well.

So here I am. Starting a fresh new blog which I hope will help people from all over the world to embrace a simple life.

What to expect from my blog posts in the future:

• Minimalism 101: I'll be talking about how to be a minimalist for beginners.
• How to Simplify Your Life some topics will touch on travel, fashion, interior, finance, etc.
• 30 Day Challenges: This is inspired by Matt D'Avella's 30 Day Experiments where I will be doing 30 Day Challenges (every month) with respect to health, fitness, personal development, minimalism, etc.
• Personal Development: I will be sharing the things I learn from self-help books.
• Read the Bible With Me: My personal attempt of being closer to God, why not do it with the online community, right?
• Simple Beauty: As a previous beauty blogger, I still want to talk about cruelty-free, vegan, and organic beauty. 
• Transitioning to Low-Waste/Plastic-Free Lifestyle: Doing it one step at a time.