On Wednesdays, I share a list of things I’m seeing, liking, thinking about, etc. This is my weekly bulletin board!
YOUR PURPOSE IS TO BECOME YOURSELF: This affirmation has sincerely helped me. There is only one of you!!! The more I practice being myself, the more in line my life falls. This sounds obvious — but is easier said than done. I keep repeating this to myself daily. "What would the truest version of Caroline do?” A great daily journal prompt. The most useful self-check.
MONDAY MONOTONY: This week, I had to leave my desk midday for a trip to the dry cleaner, the dentist, and the dreaded DMV. At 1 pm on a Monday, I was forced to sit and surrender to the present. I wanted to optimize the waiting time so badly. I kept asking myself, “What can I get done right now?” but there was barely any cell service, and I was sitting in a black plastic chair under fluorescent lights. So I just had to sit. While getting my teeth cleaned, I found myself trying to guess the time, calculating how long the drive back to the office would take. After 30 minutes stuck at the DMV, my mind and hands searching for something to do, I had to talk to myself. Everything else will get done. But I do not want to be done with my life. So here we are. Here is good.
No one can keep it all together. There is so much to do every single day! But if I keep meditating on my to-do list, I miss my life. Even when that life includes being stuck in a dental chair, or at the DMV, tapping my foot to “Man I Need.” A constant reminder I need — life is happening nowhere else but here.
SUNDRESS SEASON: I love this gingham mini from Zara. This Poplin blue dress is so cute. Colorblocked striped dress in my cart!
ART ALWAYS HELPS: Have you seen Remarkably Bright Creatures? I loved it, and we keep talking about it at Migrate. Breaking down why an octopus is a genius marketer in disguise —
SUMMER BUCKET LIST: It’s June! And I’m already bracing myself for the August feeling of — oh my gosh, summer is gone!!!! As a kid, the school-out summer feeling would be almost intoxicating. A new lease on life! How do we continue to channel this? What do you want to do this summer? Trying to ask myself before we get too deep into this new month. I loved this list:
I’m moving to NYC on June 20th, and a whole new adventure awaits me! People keep asking me what my plans are for when I get there, but really, I am just dropping myself off in the West Village. And then I’ll see what happens next.
MORNING MAKEUP: This summer balm gives an instant sunkissed glow. A bronzer and blush combined into a magic puddy. I wear this SPF under my makeup every day. I tried this self-tanner this weekend. Highly rec!!!
EMBRACING SWAY: As soon as summer hit, my routine took a hit, too. I have been swapping my 6 am classes for 6 pm runs and rolling into the office a bit later than usual. I have been drinking wine on weekdays with my friends. I keep telling myself, “It’s time to get back to it,” and then I read this. Everything is a cycle. A good life has sway. Summer of sway perhaps?!
POM POM PANTS: Seriously want. So cute styled with swim! This yellow pair is half off.
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Summer of sway! I love that!
Life is happening nowhere but here! Embrace the sway! Love love love