“appreciation of circumstances, loved ones, and enemies around you. Recognizing the role they significantly played in your life, and how that domino effect brought you to where you stand today.. are you standing with your head held high, or is your head swinging awfully low?”

   Stop and Smell the Roses.. that’s what that means to me. 

When did I realize I needed to stop and smell the roses, you ask? Well, you’ll find that out along the way.

Often we forget to slow down and catch a breath, we forget to exhale after anxiously inhaling all of our worries and deepest sorrows. 

With the cold season approaching, I think it’s time to sit down and give yourself a LOT of tlc. Go ahead, you deserve it. 

Now that you have shown kindness to yourself, I want to ask you… what’s your definition of Stop and Smell the Roses? What does it truly mean to you? Everything tends to have different meanings for everyone, for example: success, failure, love, being wealthy, being poor, having a career, etc. means something different to each and every one of you! It’s perfectly fine if you have no definition at all. As a brand-spanking new 20-year-old, I also have no definition of certain words/phrases. Such as working hard.

I have zero clue what working hard means to me! Like at all! I’m actually envious of those who bring up working hard for what they have, I truly have never felt like I’ve worked hard for something. That’s not saying I don’t DESERVE anything I have and opportunities that are given to me, it just means… well exactly what I said, I have zero clue. 

But hey, that’s what your 20s are for, right? Finding out what works for you and what doesn’t? See, everyone has it in their head that living starts when you’re born, when really, it starts when you decide to live your life and not act out of survival mode! But there I go again.. there goes another one,  another topic that everyone has their own definition of. 

Short and bittersweet, I swear it’s just the beginning and you will be hearing more from me. I hope to share my 20s with you and maybe guide you along your path as well. I can’t wait to tell you all about the traveling, the dating, the ups, the downs, what’s in and what’s out! 

                    here is Her Diary, xo 💋

Previous
Previous

The Art of Fashion