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Brooks Beach is an online space for normal girlies to romanticize their lives. In 2025 I decided I wasn't going to use ChatGPT for anything anymore, so nothing is ai generated. I’ll be sharing tips, tricks, and personal stories on everything from cozy home decor to budget-friendly finds We’re all about making life a little brighter with fun date ideas, cute thrifted items, and everyday joys
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Hey there! It's so nice to meet you! I'm Sam the creator and founder of Brooks Beach. Brooks Beach is an online space for normal girlies to romanticize their lives. I'm an artist and photographer living in Southern California. I'll share weekly blog posts that cover everything from personal stories to business ideas. It's a space to feel good, garden, have date nights with romantic partners and get togethers with friends, and lots of tips and tricks. So cheers to building a life that feels as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.
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How to Create a Thriving Indoor Herb Garden
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5 Books That Will Instantly Improve Your Mood
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How to figure out “who am I now?” Welcome back to my on-going series Becoming Her – Identity and Inner Growth I’ve been in the trenches of looking at the myth that we should already know who we are. At the big age of 31 I’m still very much figuring out who I am, and I […]
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I typically write myself a letter on my birthday, and do some birthday portraits. Last year was my 30th birthday and Kamala Harris had just lost the presidential election and I wasn’t particularly feeling my best, so I didn’t do it. Instead I wrote a list of 100 things I wanted. And I’m going to […]
I wonder, sometimes, what is “too much.” Sometimes everything feels like that. Sometimes nothing. Today my husband called me in the middle of the day – that’s surprising because at work he can’t typically call me. But today he was driving from one location to another and had the time. The problem is that more […]
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Are there archives of old newspapers? I’ve been wondering what writing looked like pre-ai. It feels like everything reads like ai now. Even substack a community that is theoretically full of writings also reads like ai. Then I started thinking maybe that was my own personal bias? Maybe I wanted everything to read like ai […]
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The 3 Bonus Things I’m Prioritizing for the Next Year in My 30s (and How I’m Planning Around Them Each Week) *Also – please remember that everything doesn’t have to happen all at once. Things are able to go slow when necessary. It doesn’t have to be 3 times a day it can be 3 […]
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Adulting has turned out to be a lot harder than I imagined it would be when I was a little girl. But it has also turned out to be a lot of fun. I'm embracing the dichotomy and sharing the good, bad, and embarrassing here. We're trying our best.
Creating a life that feels as good on the inside as it looks on the outside
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