A New Direction

So while my blog has been fashion filled and rather cliché as of late, I think I want to change that. When I started the blog, my original idea was to be fashion based. I love clothes, fashion magazines, red carpet specials, shopping, Pinterest, and every other form of fashion. However, I lost inspiration somewhere along the way, and it hasn’t been all I’ve wanted it to be. I also had a moment that changed my thoughts on life, and wanted to share it to give me a new direction for my blog.

Over the weekend, my mother had her wallet and phone stolen out of her purse. I saw how distraught she was, and it made me upset, especially since it happened while she was in the city visiting me. It made me think twice about living in the city. Sure it’s fun, but how safe is it really? I’ve always been relatively cautious using common sense, but after what happened to my mom, it’s made me rethink some things. I think I was initially just afraid, and slowly I won’t be as afraid to go out alone or carry money with me anymore. I think the city is still where I want to be, I just realized that life is a lot more precious than we think.

The new direction of my blog will focus on enlightenment and building a positive new generation. Our generation is so filled with materialism and commercialism, that it’s hard to see what’s real. Money has become the all powerful tool and the only thing that seems to matter to people. We need to revert back to what’s real and what really matters. Friends, family, and happiness are far more important than Facebook, iPhones, and wealth.

So I’ve made a list for myself to make my life more positive, and I hope to inspire more people to do the same.

 1. Read. This seems to be a lost art in today’s world. I’m not saying you have to go out and read every classic novel or a book just because it’s on the New York Times Best Sellers; just read what you will enjoy. You’ll learn a lot and have an escape from the world. Reading gives your imagination a work out, as you will try to envision everything you read in your head.


2. Travel. This is one of the most important things to me, and something I always take the time and opportunities to do. Not only is it a vacation, but you get to see how other people live and experience another culture. I think it is best said by St. Augustine that “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” 


3. Find love. Now I’m not saying you have to go find your partner and settle down (I mean I can’t even do that right now), but just find love in life. Start with loving yourself. If you love yourself, than friends and a significant other loving you back will happen soon after. Also, love your friends. Find friends who love you back and don’t waste your time on those who don’t, life’s too short. Finally, when you do find that once in a lifetime love with someone, don’t let it go. Keep it and cherish it each day; appreciate what so many long to have.


4. Find meaning. Find something to live for, something you can be thankful for each day. Maybe it’s your family, your significant other, your children, your job, volunteering, or simply just the beauty in every day life. If you find something that has meaning and something to live for, you will never feel empty or alone.


5. Be less materialistic. Volunteer more. Go a day without technology. Remember that there is more to life than the materials that surround us, and that “the most important things in life aren’t things, they’re people.”


6. Be happy. This is the most important thing in life, and yet so many people can’t seem to achieve it. If you don’t like your life, change it. If you don’t like your job, quit it. Sure it may be tough at first, but at the end of the day your happiness is worth more than what’s in your wallet or how many people surround you.  Accept what you can’t change and appreciate what you have. Live your life for you and no one else. Lead a life that one day you can be look back on and be proud of all you’ve done. You are responsible for your own happiness. This is your life after all, live it how you want.

So on that note, my new blog will be filled with inspiration, pictures, life lessons, personal anecdotes, travel ideas, and still a little bit of fashion(I mean it is my passion). Let’s see how this goes, and if I don’t like it, I can always change it again, right?