Happy Friday!

via my instagram

Hello folks! I hope your week is coming to a good end like mine is. I don't mean to brag, but I just have to say that I have had a truly great week. It probably helped that my birthday party was Sunday, I turned 22 on Wednesday, received some thoughtful gifts + finally bought myself a 50mm lens that I love. It could also be that my workouts are going awesome this week, Nicholas has been really supportive in my off moments, + I'm just grateful to be alive and healthy.

Last night I was hanging out on the internet + feeling so inspired by countless pictures of nature + motivational things. I got to thinking, and I realized a lot of the time I find I compare myself to others. To other people, to other businesses, to other ways of life. I do it far too often + it's really something I want to change. Comparison really is the thief of joy--it will never bring me peace. Therefore, I've decided to start working on stopping the comparisons. I want to stop looking at other people's success + thinking I'll never get there. There are a million factors as to why someone is where they are with their business, + even if it's just that they're better than me, it doesn't matter. I'm doing my thing, learning in my own way, having fun, and loving what I do. Isn't that something to be excited about? Isn't that something to be proud of? I want to stop looking at people's lives + thinking I'll never be that happy, I'll never get to travel that much, I'll never have a life that looks like theirs. You know, I might be right. Those things might never happen, but instead of focusing on them, I'm going to focus on me. I'm going to focus on being the happiest I can be, traveling the best + most I can, living a life I'm proud of and happy with. This won't be easy. It's going to be really hard, especially since it's so ingrained in me to compare. However, I'm going to try + I'm going to try hard. There will be days where I do good + there will be days when I still compare... but if I'm going to compare myself to anything, I want to compare myself to who I was yesterday. I want to be a better + happier person that she was. And I will be.

Here are just a few links. Enjoy!

Paint in water... it can't get any more beautiful than that.

Artist making damaged cities beautiful again.

Cell phone crashing in Disneyland. You gotta see this.

A perfect impersonation of your everyday drunk girl. Ha!

30 big cats caught being absolutely adorable.


Also, don't forget about my birthday sale! Receive 20% off your total purchase with code MYBDAY2014! Sale ends March 29 @ Midnight. Hurry to the shop! :)