TAKE TIME TO REST

Honestly life isn’t always perfect. Sometimes I feel like everyone else around me is getting to go off and do these amazing incredible things. They have opportunities to grow and experience life. Or some big change is happening to them.... etc.

And I begin to feel discontented with where I am in life.

Right now I have no plans.. I’m not planning any crazy trips anywhere or starting collage or even having a cool job... LOL (I 

work as a part time secretary) 

But here's the thing i became so caught up in feeling sorry for myself that I forgot all the incredible things that surround my day to day life. I forgot to rest. 

• 1)Rest that It’s all going to work out. That life never the same for long. So enjoy the season that God has you in rn 

• 2)Something is always changing and later you’ll look back and think “wow those were good days” 

So I’ve been trying to appreciate the little moments in life—Holding my baby sister. music and long car rides. Sunsets. Binge watching The Office. Laughing with my brother... long phone calls with my bestie.. FaceTiming with cousins..  

life doesn’t always have to be full of excitement and new things to be beautiful. Every. Day. Is. A. New. Adventure.  A blank page waiting to be written on. i mean how awesome and cool is that!!! Words. Conversations. Relationships. You can’t go about life waiting for the “fun times” to come. because of you do that you end up missing so many fantastic things.

SO HOW ARE YOU ALL?

IN A SENTENCE, WHAT DOES REST MEAN TO YOU? 

ps. honestly this was a major struggle for me.. and still is sometimes. but my happiness and value  is not found in the high times of life. its the day to day pleasures that bring the most  joy 

Bedroom Tour

             WELCOME To MY LITTLE COVE.
                 where.....

• my music is always playing  
• books are everyyyyywhere (srly) my bookshelf has no room.
• Its usually a huge mess but i cleaned it and it was like so much better LOL & i was like i guess id better take pictures while its clean.
•  I also have to many clothes hahaha
•  My plant obession is growing. I honestly don't know what im going to do with them all.

So like back in January i decided to update my bedroom. it was pretty drastic & I ended up changing EVERYTHING in my room. I also built my own bookshelf and bed frame XD XD. my slightly boho/modern vibe.. i also painted my walls from light gray to white!!! i love it so much ahhhhh it makes my room a lot brighter especially since i only have one window in it .  

Also my room is covered in pictures haha
i love my room so much XD & am so happy with how it turned out...
 Have A fantastic Thursday my friends.

THOUGHTS ON MY BEDROOM ??? WOULD YOU REDO YOUR BEDROOM IF YOU COULD?

LOL WHEN YOU LOVE SOMETHING YOUR BAD AT

I’ve never been great at drawing or really cool hand writing, yet i find myself drawn to both of those activities. i recently bought a journal bible anddd wow did that ever make notice my lack of artistic skills. several times i caught  myself thinking that perhaps i should just stop. my writing is messy. sometimes i misspell words *yuck spelling* LOL 

   We don’t have to be the best at everything. It’s okay. My watercolor “art” needs a lot of help. but that doesn't mean that i cant enjoy painting. i love cultivating  my creative side, even though most of the time at least 2 or 3 papers end in the trash before im satisfied with the results. Just because we weren't born with amazing art skills doesn't mean that we cant ever draw or paint... Why put ourselves in that box? 

me. looks at pinterest version.. looks at my copy 

Its okay not to be perfect at absolutely everything, practice, practice, practice is the key. but be comfortable being you. perfection is overrated.

"admire someone else's creativity without questioning your own" 

DUDEEE You are unique. your creativity is awesome. 

 don't let the fear of not being perfect stop you from expressing your own creativity! don't ruin your dreams and art. say no to the lies you hear and write down the things you've been afraid to do. 

WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE CREATING? 

TWO WORDS THAT DESCRIBE YOU 

P.S should i do a post about how i Journal/studdy  in my bible

LIFE UPDATE

so this pretty much the past few weeks of my life in pictures.. I didn't do a end of the month post for July. mostly because i was gone and also because I'm living in denial that the summer is almost over. shakes head in amazement*  anyways here are a few highlights XD XD

                                                         babyyyy sis 

 

                                                             

so much love for these ladies... also this pic describes us perfectly 

BEST DAY EVERRRRRRR

For King and Country concert with these dudes!!

ughhh SO freaking amazing!

Summerness
I’ve been trying to soak up as much of this hot sunny weather as I can. My garden is producing so much vegetables.. I think I’ve had  just about every zucchini dish out there.. raspberries are ripe and ready to eat. Went coffee hopping (kinda) we a friend the other day. Spent WAY to much on clothes because they were ALL so cute. LOL addiction
So life has been good! And as always time seems to fly by faster than ever.
Hope you all have a lovely weekend :)!
WHAT SUMMER-NESS ARE YOU UP TO? SOMETHING NEW YOU’D LIKE TO TRY/DO

Sometimes I wonder

I think back to my childhood 

My dreams, my friends, all spun together in a golden web of memories. 

The laughter echos. I can still hear it ringing happily across the fields I played in.  And now it’s only a memory. and I marvel at how soon the present becomes the past. 

-Janelle