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Friday, December 16, 2016

Home for the Holidays!

I'm back in California!

I love coming home for the holidays to see family and friends. It makes me sad that next year I'll be living in Ohio, by myself for the first time, but I'm looking forward to hosting holiday parties at my apartment and having family and friends come visit just because. Ultimately, even though it's scary, I'm excited to see what's in store for me in the future. Ya girl has big dreams! I'm trying to live a lifestyle people would die for! We all already know I love to shop, but I love to travel too. I mean, who doesn't. I love spontaneous trips to the mountains for hiking or a trip across the world. Being immersed in different cultures is soooo cool. So best believe I'll be saving my merchant in training check for weekend and week getaways. Can we say YAY to starting off with 19 paid days of leave?

Even though I know adult life is a whole other ball game, I also know that God has equipped me with everything I need to be great! I just need to keep pushing forward and believing in myself. I'll be

uber excited to post on here about my new adventures, new friends, new failures, and most importantly new successes!

All in all, I'm proud of the woman I'm becoming and look forward to seeing how I'll continue to contribute to this world.

PS: Peep the new emojis! They're too cute!

Peace.

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Am I Working Too Hard or Being Lazy?

With all the responsibilities I took on this year, I found myself asking "Do I need a break or am I just being lazy?" I've decide when I'm delusional and everyone keeps asking me if I'm tired, it's time for me to CHILL. Most of the time I do need to take a break, but I'm just too hard on myself. See this habit of mine is a blessing and a curse. As I sit here and contemplate my decision to just "wing" my finance final, I realized I hate being wrong, not completing school work or just down right not caring. I know you're probably thinking "Well duh, that's what you're supposed to be doing which is why you're uncomfortable with not doing it." You see, I'm weird. I hate when I don't get the highest score on a test or pass a class with an A, but I still do just what's required. Which leads me to another commitment I've made to myself, but that's another story. Any who, another questions I ask myself is "Are you only doing just the minimum because it's about things you could care less about or are you just lazy?"

I'm starting to think I'm just honestly afraid of being lazy.

Although people tell me they're proud of me and I've accomplished so much, I'm still not content with my accomplishments. I don't feel like I've done anything AMazing, I just feel mediocre. Which, if I do say so myself, is sad. I have worked hard for several opportunities people would be thankful for and would make an Instagram or Facebook post about, but I just can't. Part of me feels like this is a good thing, but again bad at the same time.

Let's talk about the bad first. I feel at some point I need to know when to pat myself on he back. It's healthy to praise yourself, but then again not to much. Remain humble.

Now to the good part. This is basically what I've been trying to get to this entire post, lol. I actually like that I'm never satisfied with my accomplishments because that means I'll always keep pushing and trying to top myself. I was watching J. Cole's new documentary, I don't know if that's what you would call it, but he basically was reflecting on what keeps him going and being successful. He said he tries to top himself every album. Although I've heard this piece of advice before, for some reason is resonated with me differently this time. I think it might be because the entire time I was watching the mini docu, I kept saying "Dang, I wish I had their talent." But mid fantasizing, I realized their calling is not my calling and I need to focus on what I'm good at.

But what am I good at?

Sunday, December 4, 2016

Weekend Recap...So Far

So I'm already slacking 😑 But I'm going to do a recap of the weekend so far so I can fill you all in with my thoughts and outfits of the days.

Wednesday- November 30, 2016

Thursday- December 1, 2016

Friday- December 2, 2016

So, where should I begin? This weekend was exhausting and fun all at the same time. As I rushed to get my last assignments in before the last day of class, I hung out with my amazing amigos. I'm seriously blessed to have a great friend group. We had a very eventful week before having to study for finals. On Thursday I had the pleasure of getting my nails done. You'll have to follow my snapchat to see those up close and personal. Just know GOLD is in! I'm pretty obsessed with my nails btw.

The next day, World AIDs Day, I volunteered with my linesisters at an event on campus. It's very important to know your status and to wrap it up! Please stay safe people. Following that day, we brought the semester to a close with the All Black Affair hosted by Nxlevel. The all black and all white parties are always so fun! I loved my outfit, but let's talk about how I have learned to beat my face! I'm too hype! A little primer goes a long way. Be on the lookout for more beats, lol.

Well that is about all that I missed. I'm going to make another post later about my Sunday adventures. So stay tuned!

Peace.

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Jukebox Wednesday

Hello all!

At my university, I am a resident assistant (RA) and I had program where the residents and I analyzed A Seat at the Table by Solange Knowles. Immediately I got an idea to create a program or event that would occur weekly where we listen and talk about different albums, old and new.

After further contemplation I decided I would be able to commit to a blog post more than an actual event every week considering my schedule is crazy.

So welcome to the second/first Jukebox Wednesday! (I wish you could make words dance) 😂

The first album I want to feature is:

24K Magic-Bruno Mars

My top 3 favorite songs are:

Calling All My Lovelies

Perm

Straight Up & Down

So if you haven't or have, go listen to this amazing album and let me know what your top 3 songs are!

Peace.

No More Homework PLEASE

Hello all!

Senioritis is REAL!

Teachers keep assigning homework. Yes, I know it's their job, but do they honestly think we are going to retain this information. NO. I only remember information to pass the test. I always think of alternatives for the education system because along with its many pros, there are many cons.

Luckily I've always been able to listen in class and retain most the information and not have to study for the test, but definitely don't remember anything after the test. It actually kind of bothers me because I feel like that time was wasted. After four years of college I feel like I should be able to write several textbooks, but that's not the case. All I have to show is my GPA. I could have been studying things that I enjoy and retaining information.

Now don't get me wrong, I have learned some amazing things in college that I can apply throughout my life, but what college contributed to my life that I'm most appreciative is improving my ability of knowing how to think and not what to think.

Ultimately, I don't want to just keeping going with the flow and doing what's easy, but actually doing my absolute best, 100%. I always say to myself, "What if I actually study?". From here on out I'm not just meeting the requirement, but taking a few more steps after to be that much more POPPIN'!

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

The Comeback

Hello all!

I am BACK! I know I haven't been very consistent with my blog posts, but I wanted to try again. It's okay to learn from your failures. Any who, I'm a senior in college and I'm moving to Columbus, OH in just a few months for my new JOB! Yay! I thought it would be very therapeutic to create daily blog posts with outfits of the day to go along with them. These pictures won't be Nikon quality, just iPhone 7 mirror magic so please work with me 😂

Along with my soon to come relocation to Columbus, OH, I had to make a big decision a few days ago that kinda pushed me to do even more of the things I said I planned on doing. This isn't to say that something was holding me back or I wasn't able to make posts anymore, but the situation that unravelled motivated me to actually do what I've been saying I needed time to do, GROW!

So get ready for some fly outfits, deep thoughts, and good vibes!

Peace.

Sunday, August 21, 2016

Babe and Museums

I'm back! I know I've been gone for quite a while, but I'm in the mood to blog. I've been feeling my style lately.

I had the opportunity to spend some time with my boyfriend before I went back to college. We went to the Smithsonian American Art Museum. It was the perfect weather for this powder blue dress from Urban Outfitters. I paired the dress with a cornflower blue, lace bralette from a boutique on Melrose.

This out fit works well with a simple sandal. I wore my oh so favorite Birkenstocks considering I would be doing a lot of walking.

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Comfy Layers

Since we're still in "Layers" week here at Styled by Chie, I wanted to share with you all an outfit from a couple of days ago. This is a great way to layer up for the cold weather, but still look stylish.

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Button up shirt- Forever 21

Black skirt- Thrifted

Leggings- TJ Maxx

Knee Socks- Forver 21

Boots- Belk

Jacket- Forever 21

Scarf- H&M

Hat- Juicy Couture

Seems like it was Forever 21 type of day :)

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Lovely Layers

On this day I layered my basic white button up from Old Navy with my warm, striped crew neck for a preppy look. I had been wanting to wear my new insulated skirt from Colombia for the longest and finally did with some black tights and my black Monks that the Lord so graciously let me come across. And of course a red lip makes everything better!

pc: Jonathan McKenzie (@ddreade)