35 DAYS IN
I posted this picture on Instagram earlier today - I’ve lived in Austin for 35 days. My partner Joseph sent me this shot from our visit to ATX on the fourth of July and I was feeling rEfLeCtIvE. It’s truly been a whirlwind.
uhhh, so i’ve been here for a month. and it’s been so unbelievably fulfilling. jumping from graduation, to living with my family and starting my first full-time job, to moving by myself to a bustling, weird (haha get it) city is hard. i can’t think about it too hard or i get nervous! there have been ups and downs in my four short weeks of residence, but i’m feeling more fueled and creative than ever. i have awesome role-models and good friends (new and old) around me - i feel so, for lack of a better word, me. i’m really looking forward to growing, enjoying, and truly living in the cool-as-hell city of austin, texas. here’s to the next 1,000 months! 🌈🤠💐
Looking back over the past thirty-five days, I’ve done so much. Getting settled into a work schedule has to be at the top of the list of things I’m proud of myself about. I’ve gotten to the point where I am making my own (yummo) breakfast smoothies first thing when I wake up, and I get up either at 5:45 or 6:30 am depending if I’m working the opening or closing shift. Like, huh? ME? I know. In more I’m-proud-of-myself news, I also just started a monthly unlimited membership to my favorite yoga studio and started challenging myself to go three times a week. I’m also getting into the community here. I went to a really neat event with my work friends where I heard from some really cool Austin micro-influencers about the ‘Art of Accountability’.
In true ‘Jewel’ fashion, I got a little antsy this week and signed up for a two-month-long course about how to manage social media, web design, and freelance graphic design, because I’ve always been so interested in branding. Two days later, I realized I made a rash (and expensive, let’s be real) decision, refunded the course, and realized I maybe just need a creative outlet. I want to self-teach myself all that good stuff.
So that brings us to today. Here I am, making a blog on Squarespace (#AD #JK). And here you are, reading it. Which is pretty cool by the way. Muchas gracias. I think having this space to really reflect and dive into my daily life - I think it’s going to push me to do some super cool things around Austin.
So here we go! Obligatory first post mini-recap: DONE!
x,
Jewel