this is your end of year reminder that you have everything that you need 🤍
I hope this encourages you to do the brave thing that you’ve been putting off for whatever reason! Big or small!!!
im calling 2025 my year of imperfect confidence 🐴✨🤍
I probably made a handful of wrong decisions and missed a couple opportunities here and there but i have never felt more confident in my life.
If my mid 20s were all about embracing everything that went wrong... this year was more about peace & relishing in effortlessly joyful moments — all the times with my family, being able to sit with my friends, dating, experiencing my first full year in nyc, etc
Something about having this foundation of joy led to feeling more confident as i moved through different decisions in my life.
If you’re reading this, I hope you can be the reason why someone feels joy and that you move into next year with a confident and joyful heart 🤍
thank you for reading & hny!!!
#2025wrapped
my year of taking chances! 🪽
I know its a litttttleeee too early to post a wrapped but idgaf :3
2024 was the most selfish year ive lived and im not mad about it 😎 (sincerely a recovered people pleasing lovergirl eldest daughter)
ty for being here, reading, and listening to my stories. At the end of the day, im rooting for every single stranger that has ever felt connected to me 💫💌🧚🏻
have a safe and happy rest of your year!
#2024wrapped
AD | Yes yes communication is key but if there are APPS and TOOLS available to help....... I’m gonna get my boyfriend on that. Through @flotracker , I get to track my own cycle while sharing that with my partner through the app. Since then, it’s freed up so much time for us to talk about specific ways to support each other rather than having to educate him on my feelings and emotions all the time :p
Episode 10 of #RelationshipBootcamp !!!!! 🥳
#floapp #periodtracker #floforpartners #datingaadviceforcouples relationshipadvice
If you asked me what I missed most about playing the violin, I’d say that it’s the confidence and beauty it gave me. My competency, dedication & passion for my craft mare me feel more beautiful than any nail appointment or hair cut ever has. And btw !!! A silly man’s opinions will never matter when your confidence in yourself & your beauty is rooted in competency.
I don’t have a violin equivalent in my life right now … I’ve been career hopping and I dont necessarily feel the same level of expertise that I felt with the violin so my self esteem in myself & beauty has been wavering It makes me extra nostalgic and reflective of this time in my life
Maybe ill get back into it in a couple of yearssss …. 🫠🫠
#innerbeauty #feelingconfidentinmy20s #nailcare
To some people they’re just hands and nails, but I’ve seen them transform so much over the last decade. They were tools at one point when I dedicated myself to becoming a violinist, and then I played dress up with my nails to catch up on the years of “femininity” that I missed ... and now, I want to embrace them naturally.
So, I’m so excited to be taking a step towards loving my bare nails over the next 3 weeks!!
If you’re also looking to rebuild your nail strength and embrace your bare nails, all these wonderful products are now available on Amazon!
Link to shop is also in my bio 🤍 Catch up in 3 weeks!!
#KerasalJourney #KerasalPartner
my golden rule of thumb as a lover girl is to be a logical romantic. In the past I’ve gotten screwed over so much because I’ll take the bare minimum and RUN WITH IT as permission to go all in, and fantasize & be insane.
So even though i feel so confident with my bf, I’m still adhering to my rules before fantasizing and planning our future ✍️
Idk i might be too type A w this!….. whatre your thoughts?
Episode 9 of #relationshipbootcamp
#datingadvice #longtermrelationship #foundationsoflove
i hope it isnt too naive of me to point this out but ive had the biggest road block with creativity, art & sharing my art and watching @mothermarymovie fundamentally reset my understanding of art 🫧 I felt so humbled and reminded that art is less about consuming and judging and more about understanding (seriously hope this isn’t a 15 year old thing to realize hahah)
I think having been a content creator the last 4 years and making content that’s consumed and judged INSTANTLY. Like the moment uou hit post, people are consuming and deciding whether or not you’re good, bad, creative, intelligent whatever has warped my relationship w my own creative form.
I loved and respected so much how Mother Mary wasn’t focused on that & i’m inspired!!!
Anyways, all this to say, consume art you dont like, or art that you don’t understand. That just might be the point !
Should I make this into a series ??? 😮
#mothermarya24 #a24 #movierec #artconsumption
the secret to loving your ordinary and average life is to adopt a lover girls mentality ⭐️🫧🫶
i recently had a breakthrough thought that i have an ordinary life and i accept that as a neutral statement!! My life is rich & abundant because of the way i apply meaning to my life not the other way around!
I used to think I was toooo sensitive and too goopy and simpy with my life but the lover girl lens i wear gives me the warmest & most fulfilling life 🥹
stick around if thats your thing too 🩵🩵
/ joyce
There’s a very specific kind of anxiety I’ve been feeling ever since I started a full time job. Becoming ordinary feels inevitable if I were to sink deeper and deeper into systems of routine and comfort.
And I’m not anxious all the time, it’s only when people ask how I’ve been or when I’m pressured to think about what I’ve been up to.
Since I started working corporate, my well of stories are typically dry, and you know that dull nodding and sighing that everyone does when “i just work corporate” is brought up? That reaction kills me.
But this experience has illuminated something about my flawed personality. That I struggle with validation!!
In my first layer of consciousness and self awareness, I am so grateful for this life.
This stability that I had practically only dreamt of - a stable paycheck, access to healthcare, a routine that mirrors that of my partner (which gives us a shared lifestyle). They’re all things that I’ve always wanted.
And, when no one asks about my day, I confidently know that I’ve had a good one and I don’t have to overanalyze if that is in fact true.
So, maybe I’m becoming boring to myself, or boring to you all but, as an overly active thinker, I think the pivot to becoming more ordinary has asked me to self validate even deeper than I had.
Wow holy yap but thanks for reading <3
#weekrecap #corporatenyc #catmom #livinginnyc
