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Hope your day is off to a great start! I'm currently writing this post from a coffee shop in my neighborhood. I haven't worked from a coffee shop in a while, and I almost forgot how much I love this ritual! It's so blissful to take two hours for myself and block out the surrounding world. I used to fear to be alone with my thoughts because I didn't know how to be kind to myself, but now alone time feels like a luxury. I hope you can sneak in a little alone time this weekend as well. It truly is quite refreshing. I also hope you find the links below to be helpful, entertaining or inspiring. I know I do! If you have any links you want to share in the comments below, I'd love to know what meme, article or video has put a smile on your face this weekend.
Weekend TV Guide: 10 Documentaries every woman in their 20s should watch
BYOB restaurants in NYC - Because we all need to save money this year!
BYO food bars in NYC - Great for all my friends who are on special diets
Terrible People: Ew!!! NEVER eat here! I hope this manager got fired for being so sexist!
Self Love - What you should focus on instead of focusing on finding the “love of your life”
Beauty Bar: I’m intrigued by this new beauty trend
Fashion Nerd: This is so interesting! I’m excited about this new fashion/psychology series. I’ve always been fascinated with psychology and have a deep connection to fashion. Here’s one I’m excited to read this weekend.
HBIC: An interesting resume tip
Black Girl Magic!!! Time to celebrate these amazing black women
Get It Together - This inspiring closet organization article plus the new Marie Kondo show on Netflix is going to help me feel more put together.
Weekly Highs:
This week was a whirlwind! A lot of stressful incidents happened over the past 7 days. But oddly, I’m in a much better mood than I’ve experienced earlier in the month. I guess a lot of shitty things happening all at once helped me re-adjust my perspective and focus on what truly matters and why gratitude is so important. The best part of this week was the fact that I proved to myself how resilient I can be.
Yes, I cried a lot. Yes, I let 95% of my weekly to-do list fall through the cracks and beat myself up about it. Yes, I have a loving boyfriend who comforted me and told me everything was going to be ok. Yes, I called my best friend Kendra to help cheer me up. I know I am blessed to have their love and support, but at the end of the day, we have to depend on ourselves in order to see the light again. Words of comfort from other people are nice, but they don’t magically change your mindset. Only you have the power to focus on the positive side of things. And unfortunately, that’s a skill that we all have to work at every single day if we want a sustainable positivity. I’m just grateful that all of my loved ones are safe and sound, I have a source of income in my dream industry and I can start planning to redecorate my apartment for the spring.
Weekly Lows:
I want to keep this part short and sweet because:
a.) I don’t want to sound like a whiny little punk and
b.)listening to me complain won’t help you on your path to success.
But I will briefly list all the poo things that happened in my life this week so you know how unperfect my life is. This way, you don’t feel so alone when poo things happen to you.
- Lost my Chanel wallet in a cab
- Was overcharged $152 by the terrible restaurant/bar Tijuana Picnic in the LES (which refused to answer the phone, return my email or speak to a manager when I went back to the bar).
- One of my immediate family members in Georgia was rushed to the hospital (this emergency made all of my other problems seem very small)
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