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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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We’re back home from a little getaway and already missing these @airbnb vibes, especially getting dressed with an even smaller wardrobe. . . I tend to be an overpacker when it comes to traveling, but this time around, I challenged myself to pack my clothes AND Brandon’s clothes for three days in a small weekender bag. And I did it! 💪🏻 Including my travel outfit, I packed three tops, three pairs of shoes, two pairs of pants, one jacket, and one jumpsuit (as well as a pair of leggings and a sweatshirt for loungewear/pajamas). And for once, everything (as you will soon see in posts to come) got worn! 🙌🏻 I’m hoping with some more practice that this will become my packing norm. . . There’s a new blog post over at THEPLEBLIFE.COM recapping our trip to Santa Cruz (link in bio) 🌊 #pleblife

After curating my perfect wardrobe to be filled with some pretty awesome black pieces over the last year or so, I’m definitely feeling a little bolder this Spring season to add the tiniest bit of spice. Thanks to body positive boss ladies like @shannydoots, @callmeflowerchild, and @marielle.elizabeth, I’ve been inspired to stray a teeny bit out of my comfort zone. I don’t think I’ve owned light pants...ever, until now. I always thought it was only for people with certain body types (aka not mine) that could wear and pull it off well. It was definitely a risk buying these @hackwithdesign linen pants off of Poshmark since you can’t return them, but after hemming and hawing over a few days, I bit the bullet and decided to give them a go. Now they’re all mine, and I’m so happy to have them in my wardrobe this season! They’re so comfortable that I almost don’t give a damn that they’re not the most flattering on my body shape. Life’s too short to worry about all that anyway!✌🏻Here’s to loving our bodies and wearing what we want! . . #pleblife

Happy almost Earth Day all you beautiful people! 🌎 . . I’m so happy to be spending this day driving back down the beautiful California coast and enjoying this corner of our beautiful planet! But first, coffee...in a reusable cup of course! I’ve made it a habit to bring our reusables (a minimum of our coffee cups and water bottles, if not also a kit with utensils and metal straws) with us when we travel to do what we can to help our planet. It’s all in the little, everyday things!

Always take the scenic route 🚙 . . We woke up in Santa Cruz this morning! Yesterday, we spent the majority of the day taking our time driving up the coast of our beautiful state. We’ve been so lucky to have done this drive four times together in the last five years, and it never ever gets old. This is the first time we’ve done it in Spring, and man, oh man, California is in full bloom! 🌼 Can’t wait to take in even more nature and delicious food for the next few days! . . Wearing a comfy travel outfit that was perfect for driving & sitting in the car for 6 hours: @equaluprise black traditional fedora (gifted); thrifted @madewell linen tank via @poshmark; @mienstudios studio pants; and @dolcevita espadrilles mules. #pleblife

“Our stories are not meant for everyone. Hearing them is a privilege, and we should always ask ourselves this before we share: ‘Who has earned the right to hear my story?’” — @brenebrown ✨ . . I’ve been thinking a lot about access and vulnerability a lot over the last few months. With social media (and text and email), it’s so easy now to think we have instant access to each other. It’s so easy to think that we know each other based on what we choose to post here in this space (and even what we choose to share in real life). But the truth is, we don’t truly know each other, do we? Not really anyway. . . I’ve struggled with vulnerability for my whole life. It’s a work in progress for me. It’s been hard for me to see it as anything but weakness. I’m very emotional, but I don’t like to talk about my feelings. The practice of talking about them was not encouraged when I was growing up as a child, so I’ve most definitely come to be an emotional stuffer as an adult. I often envy those who can tell their life stories easily and openly to anyone and everyone; or those who can cry and be emotionally free in public. I’ve tried, but I can’t. I’m quiet and introspective most of the time. Most things don’t bubble up to the surface for me until I explode from carrying too much. It could be days, months, even years before I confront things in my past. Or it could be something as simple as seeing a bridge blanketed with marine mist as if it were hiding and protecting itself from onlookers that made me realize that yes, there is beauty in vulnerability, but there is also beauty in mystery and armor. That my level of vulnerability is just fine where it is. That I don’t need to be as open as others because that is not who I am. And that’s okay! That writing (long-winded captions) is my way of being emotionally free. That my story matters and doesn’t need to be told to everyone or all at once. . . So, love yourself enough to protect your story. Your story matters. You matter. 💛 And yes, I got all of this from a bridge today. #pleblife

“Don’t compare your life to others. There’s no comparison between the sun and the moon, they shine when it’s their time.” 🌞🌛 . . I have so much to be grateful for. I got to hang out with some Instagram babes today: Hanna from @sotelaco and Sally from @callmeflowerchild 💛To continue the conversation from yesterday’s post, when I’m spiraling down the rabbit hole of comparison, what helps me get out of is to remember that I’m here to connect with likeminded people, and to be inspired by those people to live better and more sustainably. So thank you to everyone who has inspired me to be a better human!✌🏻 . . 📷: @callmeflowerchild 🌿 #pleblife

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