If I'm being honest with you, I have a really long list of reasons why I could have used this season of my life to eat large quantities of ice cream in bed, binge watch Netflix as a daily event like it's my job or play a stream of depressing, unrequited love songs as the soundtrack to my life. While there's a time and place for Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and OITNB (hello, season 3!), I have made a very conscious decision to only allow these things in moderation, and for the things that resemble outward expressions of self-pity? I simply don't have time for those. My life has been on an incredibly fast-paced road to happiness and I'm overwhelmed at times to be where I am. When one door closed for me, a million others flew open and I've been embracing that daily.
After my Winter ended, Spring stole my heart and I felt pulled to start purging e v e r y t h i n g. I needed room for all the growth I was experiencing, so our apartment has been in a constant state of simplification + organization. I'm incredibly happy about how things are flowing and I've made a goal of organizing a different area of our life each month. In April, it was all about developing a filing system + implementing a budget / financial plan. I'm so, so pleased with how this turned out! I'll be posting a bit about each of those over the next few weeks, so if you're interested in seeing how I managed that, be sure to check those out!
May is dedicated to my closet, and I'm really excited about building a capsule wardrobe! I've been tossing around the idea of doing something like this in my head for long time, but after reading this post by Brittany over at Invasion of Personal Space, I discovered that what I wanted to do was actually a real thing! I was so inspired by her motivation to simplify + self discover her style that I decided there's really no better time than now to do it myself, too! I'm still tossing around my plan to make it work for me and I'm getting inspiration from others who have taken a similar challenge, but I'm so excited to implement it for myself! I'm gathering lots of ideas from different sources and since I'm a little late to the game for Spring, I'm combining the Spring + Summer capsule into one. So far I've purchased 4 button-up tops & 3 tank tops, as well as all the jewelry that I'll be wearing. I'm transitioning through the end of May and my goal is that by June 1st my capsule will be completely ready to go. I am SO excited about having it for the summer, and I'm hopeful that I find it to be something I stick with.
So that's sort of what I've been up to since I started blogging again. I never promised I would be posting frequently but I think I'll write more often. I've missed it so much!
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