Babes, 

I don’t know how anyone with a real blown, full adult life blogs anymore. I love it – and yet, it’s been an eternity since I’ve last touched base. Nothing personal! Just got caught up in the planes, trains, automobiles, and *Cowboy Carter concerts* of it all. You understand (I hope)! 

Anyway, listen – I have some pretty big news to drop soon that should come with it’s own set of ideas for here.. but while I have you, let’s catch up!

First of all – how are YOU? Sleeping well? (Me either. 😭) Skincare on point? Hydrating?! (Still a proud power pink Big Dumb Cup carrying member over here. 😘)

If I’m honest I’ve taken a pretty long beat to be offline – partially because I’ve done a lot of IRL growing up (getting married, buying a house, renovating it, completely wanting to set my career on fire/ realizing I’m just really burnt out and need a minute, caretaking, medical advocating, adopting the two sweetest angel baby puppies the world has ever seen, and the rest of the very fun laundry list that has been my 30s..) and partially because I needed time away from being publicly perceived to really get to know myself and what I’m made of. Maybe you’ve been there, too!

It took me until recently to see that I spent a lot of my late teens and 20s romanticizing elements of a life that, once I was in it, didn’t feel nearly as good as I dreamed. There were magical moments I treasure – even the messy, mixed media, wouldn’t – go – back – if – you – paid – me – to ones, but I had to put a stop to everything that was no longer serving me and I just couldn’t seem to let go of for fear of… I’m not sure what, really. Judgement? Loyalty? Lack of knowing better? I’m pretty sure it’s the latter. 

Anyway, this is all a long winded way of saying I’ve really taken the scripture “If you can’t love yourself, how in the HELL are you going to love someone else?” by our goddess RuPaul to heart and needed to realign my chakras, work/life balance, priorities, future plans, and what matters most again and again until I could recognize (and love on!) myself for real and for good. It’s not always sunshine and rainbows – but honestly, it usually is. It’s a mindset thing, sure – but I’m here to tell you it’s not our job to make everything in life so damn hard for ourselves. Enjoy it! However you can, whenever you can – in extravagance and simplicity. It’s meant to be fun. Including this, which I’ve treated more like a portfolio than a space to share – and it’s about time that changes. 💖

Talk soon.

XOXO,