Monday thoughts.

• Never underestimate the beauty of doing nothing. We spent the whole weekend hanging out with friends and enjoying our finally unpacked house.
• Meal planning is actually pretty fun. 
• Cereal for dinner is also pretty fun.
• My new Kitchenaid mixer… I’m obsessed.
• The cat has kept us up for the better part of the last two weeks and the only night I slept without hearing it whine was Saturday. And that’s because I was so wasted, nothing mattered. Saturday was fun.
• Restarting yoga this week after almost three months (eek). If you need me, I’ll be the sore person crying in the corner.

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Required reading. 

“Nobody can guarantee that it’s going to be okay, but — and I don’t know if this will be comforting to anyone else — the possibility exists that there’s a piece of corn on a floor somewhere that will make you just as confused about why you are laughing as you have ever been about why you are depressed. And even if everything still seems like hopeless bullshit, maybe it’s just pointless bullshit or weird bullshit or possibly not even bullshit.”

Allie from Hyperbole and a Half is back! And oh my god, I’ve been there for both depression and anxiety. And thankfully I found that piece of corn and things are a bit less hopeless bullshit these days. Kind of.

A little experiment.

This isn’t one of those BEAUTY IS ON THE INSIDE, LOVE YOURSELF, etc posts. But I do want to do a little experiment.

Since I can remember my mom has always told me that my curly hair is the worst and she used to straightened it all the time when I was little. As I grew older, I went back and forth but always leaning more toward myself with straight hair. Because it looked more polished. Or it was easier to style. Or whatever excuse I could come up with. I didn’t necessarily hate myself with curly hair, I just didn’t know how to take care of it and well, I was too lazy to figure it out. Straight hair is all I knew.

Well this year, with the help of Pinterest and other curly hair bloggers I follow, I started learning tricks to keep it moisturized and tips on how to style it. So, I’ve decided to keep my hair curly until June 1st. That’s an entire month! That’s more than I’ve ever had it. I don’t have any important events or anything until then so no excuses. They say that you must love all of yourself. So this is one of those things where I learn to love my hair, no matter what state is in + I want to learn how to manage my curly hair like a real person. It will also be kinda nice to not have to blow dry my hair in the middle of summer.

I’m already a week in. 

Let’s do this.