February Review

February is such a short month! For some reason I thought that we still had a few more days of the month left until I looked on the calendar. 2015 is just flying by and before I know it I'm going to be done my sophomore year of college. There really weren't a lot of events in February. It was so much more boring than January that's for sure! I hope March is more exciting and really I think it will be. 

Good

• Found out who my Little is
• Spent some time with my friend and her mom 
• Had an amazing Valentine's Day with my best friends
• Had dinner with my sorority family
• Spent fell days and nights crafting 

Bad

• Failed my first Mirco test
• Got in a huge fight with my best friend 
• Stressed about some health problems for half the month 

Wonderland by Taylor Swift//\\Trampoline by Kalin & Myles//\\ Wrapped Up by Olly Murs//\\One Last Time by Ariana Grande//\\Take U There by Jack U//\\ Truffle Butter by Nicki Minaji//\\Polaroid by Imagine Dragons//\\ The Fall by Imagine Dragons//\\ Shots by Imagine Dragons//\\Up by Olly Murs//\\Electric Love by Borns//\\Honey, I'm Good by Andy Grammar//\\ Uma Thruman by Fall Out Boy

I had a thing for Imagine Dragons this month it seems. I didn't even put all the songs I've been listening to this month on the list because those were just my favorites. The two main iTune Radios I was listening to this month were the Top 50 Pop and Top 50 Alternative with most of the time being on the alternative radio. 

xoxo,

Lauren 

January Review

January is over already! It's hard to believe that one whole month of 2015 is over. Time is just flying by and I want to slow it down! I thought I would start something new for 2015. I want to just look back at the month and see what happened in my life and some of the things I liked.

Good 

• I moved back to college for my sophomore spring semester. 
• Wore scrubs for the first time 
• Cut 10 and 1/2 inches of my hair and donated it
• Got closer to my Big Big and my Spirit in my sorority 
• Had recruitment and gained 19 new girls 

Bad

• I thought about dropping nursing and had a really rough start to the semester. 
• A close friend's mom passed away from cancer 

Sledgehammer by Fifth Harmony//\\Surrender by Cash Cash//\\Outside by Calvin Harris//\\Weekend by Priory//\\This Is Home by Bryan Lanning//\\You're Never Full Dressed Without A Smile by Sia//\\The Nights by Avicii//\\Heartbeat Song by Kelly Clarkson//\\Something Big by Shawn Mendes//\\Talking Body by Tove Lo

This has been a busy month but a month filled with so much good. Through the good and the bad, I made it to the end of the month and I am proud of that. I'm also proud of myself for staying on top of my daily journaling and questions. Here's to hoping February is just as good. 

xoxo,

Lauren 

First "Dive" of 2014

If you read my post a few days ago than you know my word for 2015 is dive. I want to stop overthinking things and just do them. Well, yesterday I took my first "dive" of 2015. I cut all my hair off!

This is something I have been thinking about for almost 5 years now. I have always wanted to cut and donate my hair but never had the courage to do it. For the past few months I have been talking about cutting it and wanting to cut it a whole lot more. To be honest if I had scissors I would have had my hair cut months ago.

December 26 I told myself I was cutting my hair before I went back to school. There was no way I was backing out of it. All I needed was a hair appointment and I'd be set. I thought about it every single day. Like is this the last time I will have a braid? Is this the last bun?

I didn't tell a single soul. Not my friends. Not even my mom who went with me to get it cut. I was afraid of telling people and than changing my mind or feeling like I had to cut my hair after I told people. It took so much pressure off of me.

I love my new hair cut. It makes me look so much more mature and it looks amazingly healthy. Everyone has been loving it so much. Some many people were shocked because I haven't had short hair since pre-highschool but it was a happy shocked.

I'm glad I did it. It makes me so happy that I did something different and went for it.

New Year, New Me

xoxo,
Lauren

2015 365 Motivational Jar

I have a confusion to make. I am obsessed with jars, mason jars to be specific. I have a ton of them around my dorm room holding different things from hair ties to cords. I decorate them to because what crafter wouldn't?!

I was on pinterest and keep seeing this jars for the new year like writing down your memories and putting them in the jar. I thought it was so cool but want to take it a step farther. I decide I was going to make a jar filled with 365 notes to keep me motivated each day. 

This little project is so simple. You do not need to be crafty at all to do it. It is a little time consuming because you need to find 365 quotes/pictures and than write them out. 

Supplies

Jar

Paper either computer, loose leaf, construction, or scrapbook 

Markers, Pens

Scissors 

Print and Ink (If you choose to include pictures)

Optional

Tape

Ribbon 

Puffy Paint 

Other decorative supplies 

First collect all of the quotes and pictures you want to use. If you want to save yourself time you can go to my pinterest board and use the things I have there. Not all 365 quotes/pictures are there because I found few on tumblr. If you want those extra quotes I can always give them to you. 

Than either hand write, print the pictures directly, or type the quotes up and print them. I chose to hand write mine on construction paper because I felt like it would be better to see my own hand writing when I saw the quotes. 

After writing or printing them out cut them all out. Make sure you don't have an duplicates. I did this by putting all of the quotes in groups of each letter by the first letter of the first word in the quote. I may be a perfectionist. 

What you do next is up to you. You can either just fold the paper or you can roll them and tape them like I did or use ribbon on them. I liked the look of them rolled up more than them folded. 

I decorated the jar and wrote on it. I didn't like it plain. Here's the finished product and I can't wait to pick a little note out every day of 2015. 

You are going to need a pretty big jar for all the notes. It doesn't have to be a mason jar. I didn't use one. I just used a regular glass jar we had around our house. Before you finish the jar completely I would make sure that there is exactly 365 notes. I didn't have enough and had to make more. I ended up having more than 365 but that's ok. I can just open all the rest on New Year's Eve. 

If you make a jar like this or have another idea let me know! I would love to see them. Here's to a motivational year.

xoxo,
Lauren