Liebster Award

Before the holidays I was nominated for the Liebster Award by Trissa, her blog is called Trissa Marie and it’s positively lovely. Her blog is packed with so many great things you can sew, make and bake at home, if you have time off from work or school you should really look through her how to’s. The Liebster Award is for small bloggers(under 200 followers) or bloggers who are just starting out to help them develop their reader and fan base.

Trissa provided me with eleven questions and I answered all of them below. Then you will see a list of bloggers that I have nominated for the award who have less than 200 followers on Facebook or bloglovin, these bloggers will then answer the questions I provided to them and the cycle continues!

There’s an incredible amount of meaning behind the name of my blog and I’ll be writing a lengthy post about it this coming January. The short version of it is that I want to be authentic, I want to be myself and I don’t want to boil myself down to a label or a stereotype. I’m human, I make mistakes and I’m just me. There is also another side to the name Choosing Human and it comes from my love of people and humanity. With every choice I make as a person or a consumer I want to do good by people, not corporations and big money. I try to choose humanity over saving a few dollars or some time. I’m a pursuer of human rights and social justice.

Human, I’ll explain this one in another post coming up in a few weeks.

I love adventuring with Conor and taking photos while we do so. It doesn’t matter if we are on a road trip, in another country or just trying to find a new tea shop; I love working with him to get to a destination while enjoying our journey.

My favorite aspect of blogging is having a place to share my story with others and discovering the story of others.

 Probably the banana bread. I love anything bananas and a nice moist banana bread is something I love to eat in the morning with tea.

My blog is a second home for me so all my inspiration comes from just my life, what’s changing, and the relationships I have.

Well I went to Italy and that was my number one dream so my second would be Thailand or Bali

I’m sorry but I cannot disclose this information. I can tell you that they are beautiful names and they might be very Italian but otherwise no one is allowed to know until I have kids.

I would travel with Conor to as many places as we possibly could given his school schedule. I would pay off our bills and donate some to my favorite charities (Mercy Corps, Invisible Children, Charity:Water, etc)

The best blog post I have written so far is “How I Changed and Healed My Skin Naturally”

http://goo.gl/TlzdEP I say this because it took me so much effort to put myself and my photos out there for the world to see. Especially since for so long I’ve been uncomfortable in my skin but now I’ve been getting messages from people telling me how much they valued the information I put out there and that is what made it all worth it.

I hope that Conor and I will be married, Conor will be in Medschool or heading into residency (I’m not 100% sure of the medschool timeline), I will have a masters degree or in a program. I would also love to see this blog grow!

• Answer the eleven questions given to you by the person that nominated you (see below). Please comment on this post with your link when you are done so I can see your answers!
• In your post, link back to the person/blog who nominated you and give a little thank you shout out.
• After completing the questions, nominate eleven bloggers with under 200 followers on the social media platform of your choice, and give them eleven  questions of your choice.
• Notify your nominees of their nomination, and provide a link to your post so that they know what to do.