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Cari
Hawthorne.

est. always becoming

Notes I'm sitting with, books shaping my world, and a little coloring book I made just for you.

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a few things about me.
📚 I love reading — always mid-book (or three).
🎵 Vinyl records are my love language.
🐾 My dogs keep me grounded.
🎨 Coloring is how I slow down.
✨ I'm a creative — it shows up in everything I do.
Getting to Know Me

Hi, I'm Cari.

so glad you're here.

This is my little corner of the internet — no agenda, no brand, just me.

I write notes when something hits me. I share the books I'm living inside. And I made a coloring book because sometimes you need to slow down and just be for a little while.

I'm not here to have it all figured out. I'm here to show up honestly and share what I'm learning along the way.

Books Vinyl Creativity Intentional living Good conversations Slow mornings
Thoughts & Reflections

My Notes

the unfiltered stuff.

Things I'm thinking about, sitting with, and feeling called to write down.

March 2026
✦ Latest

What Nobody Tells You About Coming Back to Yourself

It's quieter than you expect. There's no dramatic turning point — just a slow, steady recognition that you've been here all along, waiting for yourself to arrive.

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February 2026
Gratitude

Thirty Things I Know for Sure

A list I started on my birthday and couldn't stop writing. Some are silly. Some made me cry. All of them are true.

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January 2026
Mindset

On Choosing Peace Over Being Right

I used to fight for the last word. Then I realized the cost. Here's what I've been unlearning.

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January 2026
Life

The Season of Saying No

This whole year has been about boundaries. Not walls — boundaries. Learning the difference changed everything.

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December 2025
Year End

My Letter to Myself at the End of the Year

I write one every year. This one hit different. Sharing because I know I'm not the only one who needed to hear it.

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Bookshelf

What I'm Reading

books that are changing me.
Currently Reading
The Body
Keeps the
Score
Bessel van der Kolk
The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk
Progress64%
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✓ Finished · Feb 2026
When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chödrön
★★★★★

Broke me open in the best way. Read slowly. Dog-ear every page.

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✓ Finished · Jan 2026
All About Love
bell hooks
★★★★★

Changed how I understand love — not just romantic, but love as a daily practice.

Free Downloads

Discovering You

a little book I made for you.

Each page is a pause, an invitation to sit with yourself. Download, print, color, keep it.

Mandala of Wholeness
Page 01 · Centering
Blooming Into You
Page 02 · Growth
She Is Crowned
Page 03 · Worth
The Transformation
Page 04 · Change

New pages added every month. Tag me when you color yours — I love seeing them.

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