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Valentine’s Day: A Second Hand Gift Exchange

Valentine’s Day: A Second Hand Gift Exchange

I’m more than one month into my six-month challenge of shopping secondhand only, and I’ve been enjoying it more than … More

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Life has been looking a lot like this lately—resting in the coziest corner of our apartment watching the light slowly change across its walls. I’ve spent at least half of February sick 😷 There’s nothing quite like having a fever for four days to make you think about your life choices—particularly how horribly I take care of myself. Right before I got sick, I was only going to yoga once a week; not eating the best things to nourish my body; and feeling (and therefore acting) really mean. I was not coping with stress very well and ended up crying at work three times within a month. My body definitely forced me to have a bit of a time out, and it has been so very needed! Now that I’ve had a lot of time to rest and reflect, I can’t wait to get back to working towards a healthier lifestyle that is balanced and centered around the simple joys of life. • • Things I’ll try not to take for granted again: an ache and fever free body; being able to drive to get my own food; food that isn’t soup; breathing through my nose; fresh bedding; and just being able to do the things that I want to do. Hope you’re all taking care of yourselves at this time of year! • • Special shout out to my latest addition to my jewelry collection—this #gifted @mejuri bracelet from their latest tarot collection that has brought me sunshine on these cloudy days 🌞 #pleblife #mejuri

On our last drive up and down the coast of California, we stopped for coffee on the way to Santa Cruz and I fell in love with a white ceramic cup. ☕️ Brandon thought I was ridiculous for buying yet another cute reusable cup, but cute cups definitely help me remember to bring them with me when I’m out and about. I started with mason jars and now I’m here ✌🏻 • • So when, @wandpdesign reached out to collaborate, I was ecstatic! I love their new Terrazzo Collection because it reminds me of funfetti cupcakes! 🎉 🧁 They kindly gifted me this cup and it’s been a great addition to our collection. I am obnoxious and love to have matching his and hers cups so this completed our pair set. Brandon was actually the first to take this cup to its first cafe—and he did it all on his own! I’m so proud! 👏🏻 Guess we’re both a little ridiculous after all. // #wandpdesign #pleblife

I open my heart and I breathe in the winds of change—as though my lungs depend on them. — @tessguinery 🌬 • • Some things I’m learning about surrender so far this year: You can’t force it. You can’t just tell yourself to let things go and away things will go. Surrender is definitely not as easy as it sounds, and it’s not as simple as letting things go. Or maybe it is. It’s not instantaneous, at least not for me (maybe not for anyone), it maybe that’s part of my process. Maybe fighting it and being angry is what I need to do before I can release what I need and allow what’s to come. I think the first step is to surrender to my process of surrendering. I’m still figuring what surrendering looks like for me, but I think I’m getting just a little closer. // #pleblife

Low Buy Challenge Update: I have bought ZERO clothes so far this year.✌🏻I actually haven’t bought anything since Dec. 08 but it hasn’t been a very conscious choice to do so... • • This spending freeze wasn’t because I have a crazy amount of self-control (I don’t) or because I was so very content with my wardrobe (well, maybe in the beginning), but rather, I didn’t shop because I’ve been feeling pretty down the last couple of weeks. It’s rarely ever about the clothes anyway... • • In the past, I would use shopping as “therapy” and would buy things to make myself feel better, but this time around, the thought of buying new clothes overwhelmed me. In fact, there have been a lot of days lately I didn’t want to get dressed for work or to go out with friends, let alone to shoot for Instagram. Clothes felt like a chore to put on. I couldn’t wait for work or hang outs to be over just so I could go back to wearing leggings and an oversized tee at home. There have been a lot of days recently when I didn’t feel like I deserved new clothes or even some of the ones I do own. I even started resenting my clothes a little bit—hating that they weren’t all loungewear (ha) or that they were boring and basic. But again, it’s rarely ever about the clothes... • • I’m not sharing this because I want you to join in my pity party or pat me on the back for not shopping, but rather to show you that a capsule wardrobe can help a lot of things (decision fatigue, shopping addiction, etc.) but not everything. I’d say I have a pretty well curated wardrobe, but because I’m such a mood dresser, it’s important that I not only have clothes that make me feel good, but that I also feel good about myself. And so, over the next couple of weeks, I’m gonna focus on caring for myself, rather than caring about what’s in my wardrobe. For the next bit of time, clothes will be more function than form, and I’m okay with that. Shopping can wait, self love cannot. ✌🏻 // #pleblife #20in2020 #2020wehaveplenty

wrapped in grace, you will heal. you will carry the lessons you gathered in this season into the next one. — @morganharpernichols • • TGIF—Thank goodness it’s February! The second half of January was a bit of an emotional roller coaster for me so right now, I’m allowing myself some grace to step away from this space to heal and recenter as I need. In the last couple of days, healing looked a lot like resting—bingeing a lot of shows on Netflix and not feeling guilty about it; leaving my phone and laptop in my bag when I got home from work; enjoying alone time in our apartment while Brandon’s in class on Saturdays; not stressing about creating new content or new outfits for Instagram; repeating all my favorite, comfy clothes; spending money only on quality time with loved ones; watching the light change in our space throughout the day; journaling on the bed with fancy pens—and it has all been so blissfully wonderful and so incredibly necessary. In between the long work days, crying in meetings, and panic attacks, all the small moments I took for myself were so important and so precious, making practicing gratitude in those moments all the more helpful to being present. Taking better care of myself (and not feeling guilty about it) has been a journey in itself as I’m really horrible at it, but I’m getting better at it each year. ✌🏻// Bonus: My whole outfit is secondhand! //#pleblife #20in2020 #2020wehaveplenty

let it go let it leave let it happen nothing in this world was promised or belonged to you anyway. • all you own is yourself — @rupikaur_ • • The stories you tell yourself can be so gnarly and wildly far from the truth. The theme of the story lately that I’ve been telling myself is that I’m not enough. I’m not minimalist enough to call myself a minimalist. I’m not low-waste enough to be able to give others advice. I’m not stylish enough to be posting ootds. I’m not good enough for fellow coworkers to come observe me teach. I’m not cool enough to wear those shoes or that dress. The list could go on and on and on...but I won’t let it. • • This week has been a true test of TRUST and SURRENDER (two of my intentions for 2020). I spontaneously got the words “let it be” inked on my arm recently as a reminder for myself of those intentions (and also because it’s my dad’s favorite song 🎶). And so if you’re in need of some affirmations centered around trust and surrender: say these with me... I trust in the process of life. I am letting go and trusting it’s all unfolding as it’s meant to. I trust my own intuition. I am not my thoughts. I surrender by giving up attachment to results. Surrender is not giving up, but rather giving IN to what’s meant for me. I surrender to the universal flow. // #pleblife

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