When my brain is going in 4248290 different directions (approximation, of course) and there’s a lot of things I want to say, but they don’t all necessarily feel worthy of their own blog post, it’s time for a virtual coffee date.
Grab an iced latte (with soy and vanilla for me!) and lets chat up…
If we were having coffee today… I’d tell you all the deets for Holistic Happening #2!!!! August 18th, be there for a yoga class followed by super healthy dinner in Washington Square Park. Sign up here, space is super limited!
You can read all about the first Holistic Happening and why it was so special here. Hope you see some of you August 18th!
If we were having coffee today… I’d tell you how nervous and excited I am for grad school. In case you missed it, I did a big ole post announcing that I’ll be going to Pace’s Lubin School of Business for a Masters in Social Media & Mobile Marketing (it’s a mouth full). I also chatted about why I’m happy that I have a non-linear career path that has gotten me to where I am today.
Change is really scary and I’m stuck in this weird purgatory between now and when grad school starts. I have no idea what the work load will be like as a full time grad student and if I’ll be able to take on additional commitments. It’s got me really antsy that all I can do is sit around and wait for school to start before I’ll know how it’s all going to go down.
If we were having coffee today… we’d talk about the elephant in the room, money. I’m still working a few hours a week at my old job and to put it bluntly, I know I am very fortunate in that I can wait it out financially and figure what’s going to happen with working on top of grad school. Also, unemployment doesn’t suck.
I’ve had some writers block around all of this because not working a ton means I’m also doing whatever the eff I want most days, which is awesome, but also this weird thing to discuss. I know I’m in a unique situation that I can have this freedom without freaking out about paying my bills. For that I am super grateful, however, I’m also looking forward to feeling less shall we say lazy once grad school starts.
I’ve had a lot of guilt surrounding how productive I am or am not every day. Some days I’m in it to win it and conquer all the things. Other days it’s 4PM and the only productive thing I’ve done is go to Starbucks. Also there are days that don’t feel productive since I have nothing to show for them, but in actuality I spent them responding to emails, blogging, and working on social media stuff.
It’s all temporary and soon enough I’ll be in school, whining about how freaking busy I am.
Okay, now that I got all of that off my chest…
If we were having coffee today… I’d tell you about an event I went to at Uplift last night. Not only does Uplift offer killer workout classes (arguably my favorite studio in the city) but they also put together really great events focused on creating community whether it’s a panel on building your own business or more touchy subjects like last night’s one focused on shattering the stigma attached to depression. Shit got deep.
I’m honestly still collecting my thoughts on the whole experience and don’t feel ready to make any bold statements about it besides I’m really happy the event happened and how can this conversation continue and grow. I personally have had my own struggle with anxiety and a pretty debilitating phobia. Fitness and working out regularly has been a huge help at keeping this anxiety at bay. Check out this ancient blog post I wrote in college about why I sweat.
One of my blogger friends, Theodora, wrote a really great post about the event and shattering the stigma that’s worth checking out.
If we were having coffee today… I’d tell you that I still want to plan an end of summer vacation and I really need to get on that if it’s going to happen. Jeremy and I typically go away every summer as a birthday + anniversary celebration. He works at camp during the summer, and we weren’t able to go before he started work, so now we’re down to the wire if it’s going to happen when he’s done with camp. Looks like I’ll be flying solo and will be planning my own vacay.
Even though I’m fully aware that my life this summer has been one big vacation with some work and blogging in between, I’m craving some time away from the city, preferably by a beach, and with no wifi.
If we were having coffee today… we’d talk about instagram stories, because I can’t decide if I love them or loathe them. Obviously I love all things social media… and will be getting my masters in it soon, but I certainly get overwhelmed by how many platforms are out there, and the anxiety that I have to be on all of them as a blogger.
I will say, I’m enjoying instagram stories for all the reasons I already loved snapchat (<— blog post all about my love of snap here), and I already have more engagement on instagram than I’ll ever have on snapchat since it’s where I put a lot of my energy.
But then I’m also filled with this FOMO that I’m missing out on fun stuff on snapchat. What’s a social media addict to do?
Leave me your thoughts in the comments on instagram stories versus snapchat. Super curious to hear how others feel about it!
Your turn… if we were having coffee today what would you tell me about?
Thanks for including my post…and listening to my word vomit at the event 😉 So great to see you TWICE in one week. xo
So great see you last week, now let’s actually plan to run into each other next time!