Sometimes it’s really important to take time to smell the roses, or as in this case, the Bougainvillea. Whatever the flower choice, it’s important to take a moment for yourself. Life is busy, stressful, and fast paced, at least mine is and I am always in a ‘go,go, go!’ state of mind. It’s because of this, that I almost cut off my finger in the kitchen the other day. I was distracted by looming deadlines, thinking about all I have to do, no time to do it, when the knife slipped out if my hand and I cut myself. After bandaging me up, my bf decided we would go out to dinner in the marina with a nice relaxing sunset view. If you follow me on instagram you may have seen me mention it briefly on Friday.
The incident definitely scared me, and really forced me to realize I was taking on a bit too much and I needed to step back. As a start, I spent the weekend away from instagram, email, twitter and my computer in general. I didn’t write this post ahead of time and I didn’t prepare for the week. Instead I took a nice little jaunt up to a local resort that over looks the ocean, walked the trails down to the water, had lunch, went to the movies and really just enjoyed the weekend doing non work activities. It was a much needed break. Going into this week I am going to approach things differently than usual. I am going to find moments for me, be more present at the gym, not rushing my workouts to get back to work. Taking the time to focus on caring for myself, because after all, if I don’t, who will.
Now about this outfit, I love the touches of neon in this dress, it screams ‘bring on summer!’ It was also a great excuse to break out my neon pumps. I got these a few summers ago and I’ve worn them plenty here on the blog, but it’s been awhile so I dusted them off and out they came. This is a mood lifting outfit (neon has a way of just exuding happy energy) which is also a perfect remedy for stress.
How do you guys handle stress? I’d love to hear your tips and tricks!
{Blazer: Forever 21, Dress: Color Block, Shoes: Aldo, Bag: 3.1 Phillip Lim, Watch: Guess, Daria Bracelet, Tiera Ring, Ryan Ring, Doe Ring: c/o Robyn Rhodes, Necklace: Compassion Brands}
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