I’m finally revamping my blog! It always takes me a couple of days to get it right. Or I just give up, hah. Either way, I’ll make a nice update when I get it all done. Now that I’ve made the background and shifted some stuff around, on to make a new header and other fun things.
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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be? … Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. … It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we’re liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Nelson Mandela
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A while back, while trying to figure out how to decorate our bedroom, I took a “find your style” quiz on homegoods.com. The results were not surprising to me at all. Here are the results:
I really love the colors that were chosen. I’d also like to add white in there as well. A lot of the colors decorating our apartment fall into that spectrum, minus the office. The office, even though I use it more than Brett, was kind of my compromise with Brett to allow red into our home. I don’t operate well with the color red, mostly because I feel too energized or something by it. I definitely don’t want it in any place where we would sleep.
Yes, I am one of those freaks that believes that color can influence mood. :)
I haven’t worked on any of my DIY projects that I had planned to do over Christmas break. I need to prioritize my time and actually do something. I would feel better if I got things accomplished. Brett is also starting to nag at me about hanging things on the wall… which I don’t do without careful planning. I’m a procrastinator, so I don’t want to even think about planning out where to hang things.
Brett grew up in a very santitary feeling home without pictures or decor on the wall (strange to me, someone who grew up with TOO much stuff decorating the house to the point of feeling cluttered), so he really values homey-things-on-the-wall decor while I would rather live in a white box with white linens and decorations, haha. This is definitely a sticking point for us, and often times we get agitated toward each other about something silly like hanging crap on the walls!
Our bedroom has an overabundance of white, which makes me giddy and relaxed. Brett says he likes it, but I don’t know if he’s being totally honest, haha. When I suggest bringing in something white to hang on the walls, he gets a look on his face like, “Crap, more white? How can you stand it?” I do plan on making our headboard with grey-blue linen though, and perhaps sewing a few grey pillows. I know it sounds boring to a lot of people, but since we live in a small space, I can’t make it feel smaller with dark colors.
What colors do you use to decorate your home? Do you find you gravitate toward a certain color pallet like mine above (I truly would love to decorate our entire home in those colors, but I think Brett would die)?
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Like I promised, here’s a little update on my classes this semester. I’m only taking two, so I’m hoping I can pick up a part-time job as well to help out with finances. I want to save a few thousand dollars this year, but it just isn’t feasible unless I have a job too. That’s for a different post though!
I’m taking Tennessee history and French. I think my homework load is definitely going to be minimal, especially in the Tenneessee history class. So far it seems to be a little dry because of the lecture style of my professor. I will give him the benefit of the doubt since he is currently recovering from bronchitis.
I only have four grades in the class, so I have to do well on exams. It shouldn’t be a huge problem since my test anxiety has greatly reduced from its previous levels. I’m a lot more confident than I used to be about taking exams. Woot.
I love my French class, especially since I have the same teacher as I had last semester. I don’t enjoy the people as much this time around. There are a lot more people in this class (~25 versus the 11 of last semester). There are two women in my class from last semester, so I sit with them now and feel a lot more comfortable with speaking. It’s still difficult to really feel confident in a foreign language though.
You’ll notice the lack of a photography class. I personally feel like this is a good thing, but I’m sure others will disagree. I enjoy photography and I still want to spend my life doing it, but screw those classes. I can be a self-learner!
Strangely, I’ve had an easier time with talking to people in general and might be on my way to making a couple of friends. This is good news, haha.
It was quite a bit easier to return to school after a month-long break instead of a two year break. I didn’t want to go the first day, but now that I’m getting back into that routine, I’m feeling less “uggggh, do I have to?” about it.
Hopefully finding a job, even one that doesn’t pay the best, won’t be too difficult. I’m not looking to make a career out of whatever job I get. :)
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