Flo-Rida — I went to visit my family in Cedar Key a couple weekends ago and we played on the beach, swam in the pool, stepped on oyster shells, drank champagne and laughed from Thursday until Monday when I flew back to SF. The trip was way too short, but it was amazing seeing my family for my dad’s birthday (closely followed by my parents’ anniversary and my birthday, which leads me to…).
I’m 28! — My birthday was on Tuesday and holy shit, I’m only 24 months away from 30! I have a lot of thoughts about this, which I think will be another post for another day, but I celebrated all week long with champagne, vegan chocolate cakes, flowers, happy hours, sushi and this weekend we’ll be rounding off a beautifully prolonged birthday week with a wine tasting adventure all over Oakland. I’m definitely feeling grateful for year 27, and–at the risk of sounding like a big, fat cheeseball–I can’t wait to see what happens before 29. This is another one of those years. I can feel the changes a’comin’.
GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM — I booked a flight to Vietnam, guys. For real. While y’all are here stuffing your faces with turkey and disgusting sweet potato casserole filled with marshmallows (WHY.), I’ll be shopping at floating markets, hiking in rice fields, eating street pho and basically living my best life. Yas, kweens, I’m spending Thanksgiving in Asia. This will be the first time I leave the good ol’ US of A since I was 15. I’m potentially doing this trip solo, too. SO MANY FIRSTS. I just applied for a new passport and let me tell you, I look 0% cute when a Walgreen’s employee tells me I cannot smile in a photo. I’m so freakin’ excited.
Room Makeover — The last time I felt inspired to decorate my room, chevron and mustard yellow were viable bedding choices for me and I created wall art with glitter and old planner pages. It was beyond time for a redo. I poured over Pinterest (obvs), and decided to make the most Free People-Basic room of all time (think WHITE walls, rainforest plants and mid-century furniture), but with prints on prints on prints of things that are uniquely, unapologetically me (think: Labyrinth, Nate Ruess and possums). This is the first non-work project I’ve been genuinely excited about in months, so I went balls deep. Like, I have no money now, which is kind of a problem considering that whole Vietnam trip thing coming up. Good thing I’ve got six months to save. Let the Ramen noodle dinners begin! I’ll post a full before and after situation soon, but in the meantime feast your eyes on the half-assed interior decorating projects I’ve attempted in the past here, here, here.
Work, Work, Work, Work, Work — I love my job. Dudes, I never thought that would be a thing I could genuinely say. Like, I saw and heard people saying they enjoyed their 9-5s in the past and every single time I rolled my eyes with the same vehemence I should reserve only for newly engaged couples drunk on love. NOT ANYMORE. It’s a real thing. You really can feel fulfilled, excited, challenged and effing PUMPED about your job. People always say not to settle for your spouse or whatever, but I’m here to say don’t settle for a shit job. You gotta do what you gotta do when you’re starting out–I most certainly did my time in less-than-ideal work settings, but when you’re committing over 40 hours a week to a company, that is A LOT of life minutes. Those minutes should not be spent hating your job, bitching about your job or feeling crippling anxiety about having to go to your job again the second the clock strikes Sunday. (ICYMI: I am a writer at Sephora HQ in San Francisco these days–everyone is impossibly fashionable, creative, intelligent, supportive and all-around badass.)
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SHAMELESS PLUG: I now work on the PLAY! by Sephora subscription box, so if you want to see some of my work first-hand (and try some amazing products for just $10 a month), sign up here!
Party in the USA — Miley and Ke$ha are back, guys, and they’re both disturbingly lacking in the glitter-puke department. They’re both calm AF and I’m confused and excited at the same time. Also, Noah Cyrus is my jam these days. Have you heard this one? I’m constantly updating my 2017 playlist based on my faves from New Music Friday on Spotify, so follow along here if you’re into that kind of thing.
I think that’s about it for now, but if you want to see behind the scenes business, follow along on Instagram. I’ve been obnoxiously into oversharing on my IG story lately, so come say hello.
What’s new in YOUR life?
What’s new in YOUR life?
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