Welcome!!

The mid, quickly approaching late, 20's are such an interesting, fufilling, and sometimes utterly frustrating time in life. Not only are these years supposed to be the most fun of your life (no pressure right!?), but also a decade that you are supposed to start your dream career (in this economy, i think not~!), find your soulmate (or at least someone who can tolerate you), get married (without becoming a statistic), start a family, and take advantage of having a wonderful metabolism (as any woman over 40 would tell you, however, they conveniently forget that your 20s are also a time of beer, pizza, and otherwise fatty food and drink consumption which seems to negate this fast metabolism that every "older" woman dreams about.)

So with all those pressures we are also expected to be able to manage our lives with ease because as any "older" person will tell you.. "you arent supposed to be stressed, your too young!" like for some reason when your in your 20's magically there are no negative emotions and everything is daisies and happiness, haha yeah..where can I sign up for that world?!

Ok so all negativity aside, there are a lot of exciting experiences in your mid-20's as well. I personally have had quite a few major life experiences that have been very influential in my 6 short 20something years. I graduated college, started a business, started a career in corporate America, experienced true love as well as true heartbreak, traveled internationally, and gained incredible perspective about my independence through being on my own. All of these events have helped me realize what I want to do, who I want to be, and what general direction I want to take my life in.

However, sometimes all those positive life experiences can be overshadowed by utterly frustrating day to day stressors. With my career putting my stress at an all time high lately, I decided I needed to make time for a creative outlet...and that my friends is how this sweet little baby blog was born! The plan for it is to showcase some of my favorite things outside of work (dont worry I will not be boring you with my corporate America shenanigans), and any personal struggles or victories along the way!

This blog has been in the making for a long time now. With life hurdling at me about a million miles an hour in the last year, this endeavor had previously taken a back burner on simmer (low heat, dont let burn). However, when my best friend Kara recently told she was going to embark on this blogging journey, I decided that it was time for me to give it a go too!

Please remember this is my first whack at it and practice makes perfect (or at least better!).

I hope you enjoy!!

XO, 

| Danielle |

My beautiful family