Sunday, August 14, 2016
The Little Prince inspired Playlist
Saturday, August 13, 2016
A New Start
It's been over a year since I posted an update to this blog, but it's not for not wanting to, it just seems that life gets in the way sometimes.
Many things have happened in the year and half since my last post -- including a new job and a new town but those are only the most recent.
I'm finally in a place where I feel I can blog again, and honestly the push to start it again comes from someone I just met at my new job. He sat in on my interview and I mentioned that I had a blog but hadn't updated it in a while. After I got hired he kept asking if I had taken the time to start it up again, and even though I wonder if it was just idle conversation, it has pushed me to start writing again.
I also think the drive to pick up the metaphorical pen again is due to the place I'm currently in at this point in my life. Many people probably don't know, but the previous two years were some of the lowest points I have ever had -- and that's coming from a Georgia Tech graduate!! About half a year after starting my job at the lab, I found myself in deep in a cloud of depression and anxiety -- to the point where I was threatened of losing my job over it. I found myself at the doctor's office crying to a doctor I didn't know about how I just couldn't do it, and by it, I meant everything. She diagnosed me with OCD and prescribed me some medications. It took a lot to face the facts that I needed help and couldn't just "power through it" without medication. She told me about triggers and how facing my first northern winter could've done it. She recommended I take the medication for as long as I needed, but would eventually want to wane me off once I was at a stable place to see how I was doing. I stopped taking my medication 3 weeks ago -- after being on it for nearly a year and a half. I got away from the toxic in my life that was causing panic attacks and I feel comfortable in my own skin now. I feel comfortable at work -- which is not something I felt since I left my job at Georgia Tech. I think I stopped blogging a year and a half ago, because it was hard for me to write about the beauty in life when I couldn't see it myself -- and I'm so thankful to be where I am now.
My advice to anyone who feels like they are in a similar situation is that it gets better. You will get better. Just take everything one day at a time and you will be able to change your situation and get yourself somewhere you need to be. As much as I wouldn't wish my experiences at the lab on anyone, I'm glad they happened. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't know how good I have it now.
So here's to a new start. A new chapter in my life. A new beginning.
Many things have happened in the year and half since my last post -- including a new job and a new town but those are only the most recent.
I'm finally in a place where I feel I can blog again, and honestly the push to start it again comes from someone I just met at my new job. He sat in on my interview and I mentioned that I had a blog but hadn't updated it in a while. After I got hired he kept asking if I had taken the time to start it up again, and even though I wonder if it was just idle conversation, it has pushed me to start writing again.
I also think the drive to pick up the metaphorical pen again is due to the place I'm currently in at this point in my life. Many people probably don't know, but the previous two years were some of the lowest points I have ever had -- and that's coming from a Georgia Tech graduate!! About half a year after starting my job at the lab, I found myself in deep in a cloud of depression and anxiety -- to the point where I was threatened of losing my job over it. I found myself at the doctor's office crying to a doctor I didn't know about how I just couldn't do it, and by it, I meant everything. She diagnosed me with OCD and prescribed me some medications. It took a lot to face the facts that I needed help and couldn't just "power through it" without medication. She told me about triggers and how facing my first northern winter could've done it. She recommended I take the medication for as long as I needed, but would eventually want to wane me off once I was at a stable place to see how I was doing. I stopped taking my medication 3 weeks ago -- after being on it for nearly a year and a half. I got away from the toxic in my life that was causing panic attacks and I feel comfortable in my own skin now. I feel comfortable at work -- which is not something I felt since I left my job at Georgia Tech. I think I stopped blogging a year and a half ago, because it was hard for me to write about the beauty in life when I couldn't see it myself -- and I'm so thankful to be where I am now.
My advice to anyone who feels like they are in a similar situation is that it gets better. You will get better. Just take everything one day at a time and you will be able to change your situation and get yourself somewhere you need to be. As much as I wouldn't wish my experiences at the lab on anyone, I'm glad they happened. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't know how good I have it now.
So here's to a new start. A new chapter in my life. A new beginning.
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Current Favorites
1 || Teavana. More specifically their Perfect Tea Maker. I love my Perfect Tea Maker, all I have to do is throw tea in there, let it steep, and then I put a cup underneath! Perfect tea every time. I can even throw sugar in with the leaves while it steeps if I want my tea sweeter. Definitely loving drinking tea on all these cold winter days.
2 || Sephora, Sephora, Sephora. They have so many wonderful things at this store. I'm totally and completely smitten. Right now I'm in love with their skin care products. One of my favorites right now is the Dual Repair Face Cream by FAB. I got it on sale for $20 and it's exactly what the doctor ordered for my dry face this winter.
3 || Bean Boots and J. Crew Camp Socks. These are no brainers for me. Dealing with snow on a pretty regular basis for the first time this winter, I needed a way to keep my feet warm and dry while out and about. Bean Boots are perfect for that and so comfy.
4 || Shemergency Kit. I refuse to leave the house without this. This is my little packet of goodies for anything and everything--from stain remover to hairspray! This little kit has saved me (and a few of my coworkers!) from life's little annoyances.
5 || Savannah Bees Beeswax Hand Cream. I have always had dry hands and this hand cream is one of the best intensive hand creams I've found. Not only does it make my hands soft, it also dries in a way that doesn't feel too greasy or slathered on. I can put on this lotion and still do things with my hands. I wouldn't be able to survive the winter without it!
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