Oh my god. I can’t wait for Fall Break next week. It’ll be nice to have a life again, even if it’s only for a week.
#BetterSleepBetterGrades with Zinus! – Apartment update // 3
*This post is not sponsored by Zinus, but I’m giving their Back to School Scholarship Contest a go.*
I haven’t been able to stop talking about how much I love living in my own apartment off campus. Some of my friends had temporary stints over the summer (as did I), so we’ve been swapping lifehacks. For example, some of my friends would go for super comfy but also super expensive mattresses they’d never buy but would only need for the summer that a free trial could cover.
But I need my mattress for longer than that, so as clever as that scheme was, it wouldn’t work in my case. Luckily, I didn’t have to look around for long. One of my friends spent his summer on his friend’s Zinus mattress, and he said it was fantastic, so he recommended it to me when he knew I was looking for one.
Peaches, coasters, autumn – 39/52 :)
I’ve been feeling very not at peace. I’ve definitely felt stressed out and overwhelmed before, but something about this feeling is a little different–like a real sense of unease in my heart. As of late, there are four personal things I can make excuses and blame it on, but the good thing is that none of them are permanent, and I tell myself that I have it in myself to turn it around. But I’ve been feeling so overwhelmed and it’s been so difficult to refocus, and the cycle perpetuates. Right now I’m drinking green tea and listening to #10 on this list over and over and it’s chilling me out. All I ask is to survive until Fall Break. Two weeks! Also I need to stop playing Tetris Friends.
Apartment update // 2
Perhaps it would ease you to know that this post is late and that my apartment is way past the state captured in these photos. Also please excuse the poor quality. #candid? iPhone photos usually aren’t that bad, but these turned out quite grainy. I was probably too exhausted from moving in and building furniture to take proper photos.
Smiles, coffee, stars – 38/52 :)
This weekend I was away for HACKMIT, so I’m once again drafting this blog post in advance, and I won’t be able to tell you anything about it until next week! It will be my first hackathon, so I’m quite anxious, but my team is experienced, so they’ll be taking care of me (I hope). I feel like a hackathon is something I’d like to experience at least once in my life even though I’m thoroughly intimidated by them, and since I didn’t take the dive earlier, I figured this would be as opportune a moment as any. When my friends asked me to join their team, I committed without thinking it through, which is the only way I can get myself out of my comfort zone, ya know, before my brain catches up and I realise what I’m getting myself into.
Instagram interior inspiration
Those following along with the blog know that I’ve moved into my new apartment! All the scary adult stuff and boring heavy duty stuff is done, so now I’m onto the most fun part: interior decorating! Today I’m sharing interior inspiration I’ve found off Instagram over at Hannah’s blog, so head over there to check it out. Earlier this week, Hannah wrote a guest post about The Shop Cafe, so check that out too if you missed it!