Saying hello
Hello, strangers. Long time no see.
Life has been full of ups and down since I last wrote and shared a blog post. I have also changed, and become more of who I’m supposed to be since we have last talked. I have rediscovered my passion for reading, fashion, and for all of my small nerdy obsessions which change weekly. Being around people who love all your little quirks, and learning who are as a person is a game changer.
I’ve been active on Instagram this entire time. That has been a bridge to keep my feet in the content creators world, even though blogging was my first love back in 2008 on my first of many blogspot blogs. I have also dabbled in bringing back my YouTube channel this year. Like I said,
I’m rediscovering all of the things that make me uniquely me.
This past year, I’ve really been discovering my life of fashion again. I blessed with the chance to visit Paris and London with my mom in the spring, and then I visited Amsterdam for a weekend last September. Traveling, especially internationally always inspires me.
When I travel, I like immersing myself into the culture and visiting places the locals love, while sprinkling in some tourists spots.
My favorite days are always the slow moments and days. Walking around the place I’m visiting, listening to music via my wire headphones (adds to the romantic vibe), grabbing a coffee and pastry, sitting in a park with a picnic, people watching, strolling into shops, watching and feeling the bustle of the city surround me.
The travel bug is strong in me right now.
I want to visit friends across the United States, just drive the open roads, revisit a certain spot in Colorado that I haven’t been able to get out of my mind (granted I’m not 100% sure where it is, but that’s okay), and I want to travel internationally again. Getting to visit four countries within two years spoiled me. I want to see new places, but also revisit places. I’m torn.
I have learned that I have the gift of writing poetry.
I tried writing a book this past year, but quickly learned that wasn’t for me. Poetry is my thing, and potentially song writing if I was to study more into it. Because music is my life, but so is movies. I’ve discovered the amazing thing that is Letterboxd, to share my love movies with other friends who also love watching and reviewing movies.
My music taste has become even more evolved this past year. It is such an eclectic mix of everything from pop, rock, classical, jazz, low-fi, literally I will give every genre a chance. Yes, I still love Taylor Swift but there are so many amazing artists out there, that I’ve been listening to less of her this year. I actually think, she could be knocked off my top-five most listened to artists list on Spotify this year. Or at least not be at top of the list, as two other artists have been going back and forth since March for that spot.
We will see if I continue with writing blog posts in the future, and if I decided to add that back into my things that I love to do. Because there are some topics and subjects that I feel like a blog post would suit better than an Instagram post, or a YouTube video. And back in the day, I thought it would be cool to work for a fashion magazine, and blogging is a way to live that out. So maybe I will. No promises.
