ON THIS DAY
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| Elephants enjoying their birthday because why not? Photographer unknown. Shot in 1926. |
I’m 29 today. Weird.
Almost 30. Double Weird.
Also: still elephantless (but I mean, you could buy me one to fix that problem).
Also also: kind of reemerging from a blogging hiatus again.
If you notice, I merged blog.five12studio.com and JustC because running two blogs is A LOT more difficult than I thought. I had down time when I wanted to do Just C, but then life happened and we’re here.
Also also also: I’m trying to simplify my life as much as possible. Don’t worry, if you have blog.five12studio.com bookmarked it will reroute to here so it shouldn’t be a problem, but it can also be fixed by following on Bloglovin ;) Just sayin.
So what does that mean for this blog? A few things:
More lifestyle type of posts. Style, beauty, delights, some personal (but not too) posts, some sponsored content that I've held out on because it didn't fit in with the blog before.
I won't stop giving advice on the business side of things. Follow the Biz Talk section (or any of the categories on the side).
Now back to the other important thing at hand: today, the day of my birth without an elephant (repeating for you to get the hint) I feel like I need to do my to-do list 29 for 29 or 30 before 30 or something of the sort.
So here we are: a list of 10 things, I should do in my life before I’m 30.
1. Grow out my hair. The struggle is real. Once you cut it into a pixie, you’re asking yourself to have your hair short forever because the in-between phase is awful and dreadful. Add growing out an undercut to growing out a pixie and it’s double the nightmare. Look, the haircut was cute at the time. Thank God for braids, Marley Twists and castor oil.
2. Travel. By plane or train, probably plane because I don’t have patience to sit for long hours, I need to visit more places in the US. Go back to NY, visit San Diego and the San Diego zoo (and maybe purchase an elephant to bring back), New Mexico to visit some of the Native American reservations, Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando, etc. I have a friend who moved to Idaho and I’d like to visit her soon. Home of potatoes. I love potatoes. I miss her. So, win.
AND I’d like to meet some of you I’ve been chatting with for over the past year. Coffee date? Yes?
3. Take more photos. Maybe people in their natural habits, abandoned buildings, wherever I travel. I wanted to be a photojournalist before they started firing everyone because iPhones took over, but it’s time to get my style back into it. It’s time for me not to be so camera shy (also known as afraid of looking weird, because I’m already weird so…).
4. Train for a half and run it. Girl, yeah. I still need to finish my third round of couch to 5K, but I plan on running a half in the fall, or run/walking it. It’ll be done, and I’m going to start training for it nowww...in June (but Imma start, Imma do it).
5. Take classes that have nothing to do with design, photography or my field of occupation. It’s good to take a break, and I feel like I’m designing around the clock. A break is always good so you don’t get burned out. I’m thinking cake decorating or a sewing class so thrift shopping can go next level.
6. Skydiving. No real reason, just always wanted to do that. Have any of you done it? I hear it’s better than bungee jumping because free falling is actually less scary. I’m buying into the maybe myth of that because it seems practical.
7. Nose piercing and more tattoos. This is one of those things I’ve debated on since I was 18 and 10 years later I still want it. “What happens when you want a “real” job? You’re going to regret it.” Let’s all laugh at how hilarious that is.
8. Video things. Anything really. It doesn’t have to be perfect, I don’t have to be a videographer, but it can be done and shared. Also, maybe I meant record things? But video things sounds more specific.
9. Showcasing talent. This sounds weird, but here’s the thing: there are things I want to do, that I’m pretty decent at that I keep to myself. I need to work that out and stop hiding—put myself out there. Life is short, all that jazz.
10. Open myself up a little more to people. This is a biggie which is why it’s last. The past two years of being hurt by close ones has made me more stand-offish. It’s almost easy to dismiss people rather than be dismissed, you know what I mean? Defense mechanism, ya know? But I’m starting to realize I’m missing out on relationships because I’m doing that, so in the end, I’m losing and I don’t want to be a loser.
Here’s to 29. A year full of reaching goals and healing and laughter and lots of traveling. Thanks to everyone who stuck around my crazy butt. I know it’s been hard and for that, ya’ll are the real MVP.
Until next time,
C
