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Oh boy... so its 2017!!! And I am worried... like ALOT... there is so much i want to get rid of and so much I want to add on. There is alot to do when you turn 29 (December 1st was my birthday) and some of it will be told to you like you dont have a choice on the direction of your life. Id like to think that if there is a time to say HEY ! THIS IS MY LIFE, its when your 20 effin 9..... Just saying.
SO with that being said, some things I have been thinking about. And omething that I am copying and pasting from my facebook... 28 things I learned being 28. 1. I like wearing all black or any monochromatic outfit. I know I look nice in color but I officially will only wear color when needed. Get over it. 2. I can no longer tolerate rudeness or just the inability to be kind 3. I don't believe we all have to do the same thing in the same order. Although people like to push you in that direction. 4. I believe I have a choice what happiness means to me ie. having or not having children 5. I have found people that I can trust 6. I have found people I can't trust 7. I realize I subconsciously will never forget the people who let me down even though I can go for years not thinking about those issues. 8. I enjoy joy. 9. I no longer want to make other people rich. 10. I hate money, hate that I need it. 11. Still not sure college was worth it 12. Still not sure not going to college would have been worth it either. 13. I may or may not have missed my calling on dreams I had when I was younger that were valid but not considered "good" jobs at the time. 14. I wish I lived on the same street as all my friends 15. I can't wait to get married... to the point where I might get married in my back yard and move on with my life. 16. I want a big wedding ... sometimes 17. I like nice things and I won't apologize for it anymore as I fully believe I have earned/ deserve them. 18. I want to live in London and Tokyo for at least a year. 19. I want to live in Manhattan for as long as possible. 20. Racism is live and well. And have become curious how many jobs I did not get because I sound "white" over the phone but clearly not in person. 21. I don't care what people think I should do because of my age. 22. Humans suck 23. I'm forgetful and occasionally selfish but I think that's ok if you don't have children. 24. I love my future husband. 25. New Rochelle is creatively stifling me. 26. I wish I celebrated things more ie. my birthday. 27. I fully plan on changing my life over the next couple of years in a drastic way... 28. While I do feel "old" in that I see younger people and almost forget I was that age at one point. I don't feel my age at all and think that's why I will always cringe at getting older. There are some things you can't control... others you can. My goals are to be my authentic self and hopefully see what all the fuss is about in my thirties. I turn 29.... holy shhhhh..... See You In the Soup!!!!!!!
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So Prince passed away yesterday. Its so crazy to say this because being apart of my 28 years of life its hard to imagine parts of my life in silence. When I think of my wedding day his music is a MUST, even more so now then last week when I was wearing a Prince T shirt just for fun.
But today the day after, and the memories still keep flooding in. My childhood and how pivotal, along with other icons, music was day to day with my family and mainly my mother in whom only listened to the greats. These memories make me feel all the feels but mainly all i want to do is LIVE. I see this and I think his music always made mention of death, life, happiness, love... and being grateful. Well I think its safe to say as I pull out my moms old Purple Rain t shirt from a concert (true vintage) when she was around my age; I want to listen to music, enjoy my life and make the most of it. He died young, but what a life he lived and he did it with such truth. I want to be happy like i feel when I hear his music everyday for the rest of my life, and while it will require a lot of work, its worth it !! REST IN PEACE PRINCE I will never stop listening, my kids will never stop listening, the world will always love PRINCE. So I started a youtube channel a long time ago, and have some subbies. I did mainly makeup, a droplet of advice and a sprinkling of random videos. Unfortunately, I haven't posted in a VERY long time, for multiple reasons. They are as follows and change frequently:
1. Looks: My acne has been flourishing and have become insecure about it as it is pretty bad 2. Location: I am not a fan of my apartment. No natural light, doesn't absorb installed light well, no where to set up as my apartment keeps changing around. 3. 9-5 life: Working on my day time career as Youtube is a hobby that does not bring in $$$ at this time. 4. Guidance: Feeling like I want to change the direction of the channel but not sure where to start. 5. Trends: I love makeup! But don't wear it everyday (bc of my skin). Bc I work from home (Graphic Designer) and because I not willing to go out and spend money I don't have to be on trend. I enjoy talking, while doing my makeup with what I currently have, and thats pretty much it. 6. Laziness: I give up at just the thought of looking for a place to film in my apartment. 7. Judgement: I think we can all relate here. But to not sound too complacent, I love youtube, and what its done for people these days. Its great that you can still be something without all the bells and whistles (college, money, etc) Now while I have two college degrees I would not be using other outlets if I felt fully satisfied with those degrees. I have always been the creative type, a gypsy if you will and struggle to love things for longer then 3 weeks at a time. If I am 2 years later still talking about something you know its amazing bc Im good for loving and leaving ( not in my personal life, but material Items yes!) I guess that is the main thing with my youtube is where I want to be able to be myself. But with youtube there is a sense of "the people in this box... be these people and you will be successful" and I KNOW that is wrong. Millionaires always say be yourself. But why is it so hard? I mean yes there are trolls and people in our personal lives that will remind us of our short comings but should that stop us? (Me mainly) NO! BUT... why has it? I realize that its def a 80 - 20 issue, 80% me caring too much and 20% other ppl caring too much. I have been starting new things but not sure how to put them out there, get them seen by the world. I feel like when you have more then one ability, why make yourself only live one dream? Or none at all? I have had multiple passions that I have left behind because I didn't want to deal with rejection. And even if I get positive feedback, I still wonder could it be better? I think I need to make myself accountable for so many things in my life. I want to be the greatest version of myself. I can get there... Well anyway... See you in the Soup! Ive decided that this is going to be how I end my youtube videos, blogs, blogs, etc. But Im guessing your like wtf does that even mean? Well Its a nice way to say see you later. As people we are all ingredients in each others lives, so Ill "see you in the soup" when we meet again and combine in the future. Get it?
Just thought you would like to know... See you in the Soup, AshleyChristina I have had a Tumblr for a while, and like Twitter, never used it properly. While others in the social world thrive I still don't get what is so special. YET! I still need a place to say something right? So I've been thinking. I have a website, that i like and frequent, why not put it here... stop the madness of 30 diff places and have one main place that if you like me enough (haha) you will look around and see what I enjoy, like to talk about, and be about in my current day to day. So here it goes, getting this Blog thing right hopefully for the first time.
See you in the Soup, AshleyChristina So I was in LA for two weeks. I haven't traveled a lot in my life so I was excited for the trip. I grabbed my dog (Blake) and sat on a plane for 6 hours with JetBlue (my preferred way to fly). I added some photographs that I think encapsulate how much "fun" LA is but in reality we were not impressed. My fiancé was sent there for work, and being that we are connected at the hip I decided to tag along. I knew I wanted to see the hot spots (Rodeo, Walk of Fame etc) but in the meantime I thought maybe ill find my new home , like everyone else apparently has right? I watch a lot of Youtube, and every other day one of them is moving to LA and raving about it. I realize now its very much mob mentality because while I get it, I wasn't ready to leave my life behind and start anew. The homeless, the underdeveloped areas, the clear lack of direction for style and uniqueness all were things that straight up turned me off. However, what I just said is almost unfair because maybe that is LA in a nutshell, maybe the out in the open randomness of LA is why people love it. I mean there are little nooks that are quite special, the food is perfect, drinks are perfect... but is that enough? I mean things close so early that finding a place to hide for the night is basically impossible. While they exist (a place called Scopa, my fave) you can find that anywhere. You go to Manhattan and you know that its meant to look that way. Even Malibu felt right, but guess what you better be loaded. While thats normal why the hype? Why the influx of people insisting that you move to LA the second you get the chance? Cant just be the weather... is it? Let me know what you think makes LA so special ... or not I would go back to hit up the places that I didn't get a chance to see, but don't see me living there any time soon. I hope to travel again soon, Maybe Coachella??? Until then... See you in the Soup, AshleyChristina LIFE + instagram = ashchristina_ |
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