Hi friends! How crazy is it that it's March already?

I feel like 2017 has already been so good to me. Between a new (& seriously awesome job), travel plans (#OGFRoadtrip), and learning that I am one class away from completing my major, March has been a pretty sweet several days so far.

With all the hectic-ness of the new year, here's what I've been lovin' on:

A Drink With

Hillary Sawchuk came to my public relations class last week and fanned a spark within me. Holy moly- she is like superwoman. Having her speak to my class about her webseries, A Drink With, as well as her personal story, was the most inspired I have felt in any lecture. Adding a public relations minor to my degree has been hands down the best thing I've decided to do in my academic career, and she confirmed it. Most influential to me was her thoughts on mistakes. Seriously, we need to be making them now while we can still bounce back in a nanosecond! I highly recommend watching her videos and reading her interviews if you want to laugh and learn from some of the most prominent people in the media. (I'm guilty of binge watching them all more than once.)

Divide

Ed Sheeran has done it again, lemme tell you. With a new album full of the perfect balance of ballads and folk inspired songs, Divide is just amazing. I have been stuck between replaying Barcelona and Perfect on an endless loop- both of which are at polar ends of the album's sound spectrum. Have you gotten the chance to listen to divide yet? (Pssst, if not, it's all on Spotify!!)

Slip ons

Somewhere between always being late for Court's 9 am pick ups for our library dates and my incessant displeasure from having to tie shoes when I'm half awake, I found myself in need of some slip on shoes. I know- it's like I'm back to being three. But seriously, they are a game changer if you're someone who's frequently running late (#guilty). I just got this pair, but linked some other favorites below!

What have you been lovin' on? 

Anew.

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With the start of this new blog series, I feel like 'anew' is only a fitting title.

Three months into the year, and I feel like I've gone through the biggest growth spurt of my life. Everything has been constantly in motion and changing. I can only thank Jesus for this, because my stagnant ways were starting to pull me down- but He knew that.

The 'One Word' Series.

One word.

That's all it takes. To strike up a conversation, to form a relationship, to change a life. 

If you were given one word, how would you use it? I believe that words are powerful, and it only takes one to set a story in motion. So I came up with the One Word series. 

Every week, I'm picking one word. One word that, sometimes, completely consumes me. With each word, I'm sharing a lesson, a thought, or a memory. 

A story starts with one word. These are mine. 

Welcome to the One Word series. 

Starting this Sunday.

The low down.

Wow. Long time hecka no talk. 

I miss this little corner of the internet. So much that I have five different posts and a whole series lined up. Currently, though, my mind thinks faster than I can type and lately I've been losing the words before I can commit them to a blank posts. 

So instead of trying to get the words right, I figured I'd just tell you what I'm up to...

I have almost completely stopped cursing and now I say frick every other second as a result

Aloe water is my newest addiction & also a huge turn off to half the population apparently 

Outside of school work I use Google calendar more than my paper planner and this is #sacrilege

Finally got myself to like sushi

I started a food review on my snapchat called finals or food critics (slide into my DMs if you want to follow my snapchat antics)

Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week because God and Midweek are so so so good

Got to watch La La Land finally and fell in love with the beauty of cinema again

Booked a trip to Orlando with my homies

Discovered I loath cognitive psychology, go figure...

Dubbed 2017 as the year of growth in all areas of my life 

Now, wasn't that a list as disorderly and chaotic as my life? 

I hope to be back to this little corner very soon. I'm working on a series of blogposts that have been placed on my heart, and I am really anxious to show you all of my writing. Until then...

Funky.

 shirt (on sale now!) / bralette / jeans / boots

This shirt is so fun, and I cannot thank Han enough for talking me into buying it. It's so funky and I love the way it moves. 10/10 recommend, especially with it being on sale right now! 

P.S. thank you Len for literally being the best photographer & genuine smile catcher ever! Love you forever, nugget! 

The Wanting.

What do you want? It's a fairly simple question. I could answer it in seconds flat. I want a flat stomach, a new car, the complete series of Gilmore Girls on DVD. And this is all just recently after Christmas- after a holiday that mass consumerism has made it acceptable to unload hundreds of dollars in gifts to individuals. It's made wanting the norm. Mom wants a new set of kitchen towels, dad wants a new model kit, sister just wants it all. At what cost, though, does this wanting come to us?

Resolute.

Admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering. 

How beautiful the definition of resolute is. 

We're talking resolutions today, as is probably every other blogger pouring their hearts onto their pages today.