The holidays were so good to me.  I totally relaxed and well I still am… I don’t go back to work for FIVE MORE DAYS!! Isn’t that crazy!? I love time off.  There are few better feelings than going to bed without having an alarm set, BUT those who know me well, know that I thrive off routine and structure.  I love that go go pace.  Call me crazy but I am excited to go back to work on the 8th!

Where was I? Oh right, the holidays!  I spent a good portion of them at my parents farm.  My sister, her husband and their fur babies were down from Edmonton for a short visit so we took full advantage of our time together.   We drank more wine than I’d like to admit, played a bunch of board games, and sat in the hot tub for hours having some real life conversations (it’s amazing what leaving your cell phone inside will do!!)  Other than that, I’ve been watching movies, cleaning out random drawers, visiting friends, playing more games, and sleeping in and doing anything besides working on my blog.

Yup, you read that right.  I haven’t been working on my blog.  I have also had a lot less of a presence on my Instagram and it felt… good.   (that was strangely hard to admit) If I’m going to be honest, I felt a little burnt out. That creative fire that had been burning inside of me was starting to fizzle.  I had heard of other creatives having this issue but I hadn’t experienced it.  I will admit I was a little embarrassed, ashamed to admit it, and even denied it a little claiming I was just busy with school, the holidays, and well, life.  But having two weeks off to do literally nothing and still not feeling the itch made me finally realize I was in fact feeling that creative burnout.  Typically I would try to fight this feeling and just push through but considering it was the holidays I decided to just embrace it.  I stayed up late, watched movies in the middle of the day, baked, hung out with friends, cleaned, went into school, shopped, organized and just did a whole lot of nothing- and it felt AWESOMEEEEE!

Then, just as I was mid writing this post, (I started it last night and just wasn’t feeling it) I took a break to scroll Instagram (shocker) and came across this post: 
This was EXACTLY how I was feeling. It’s the New Year and everyone is out there sharing the best of 2017 and their goals and aspirations for 2018 and here I had two weeks off and I couldn’t even get my shit together to do a NYE outfit post.  BUT after reading @designlovefest’s Instagram post I realized I am not alone in this feeling.  It is totally normal maybe even healthy to feel this way.  The more I think about it the more I realize we ALL feel meh every once in a while.  Not that I needed it but it sure feels good to have that reassurance!

So, just as Bri said, I am going to be easy nice to myself and let myself feel this way.  I’m already feeling better and dare I say inspired?!

I hope you all appreciate the real talk in this post.  Anyone else feeling meh right now?! If so I’d love to hear how you pull yourself out of it!

Cheers to the New Year my babes!

Sweater c/o Uptown Casuals || Shoes || Denim || Sunglasses || Jewelery c/o Lolo

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2016 has had a bad rap.  Sure, there were some not so great moments in the year but it wasn’t ALL bad! In fact, 2016 was pretty dang good to me!

Anyways without further ado here are my best moments of 2016, in no particular order…

I ran a half marathon!! Thanks so the support and encouragement of my sister we crushed 22.5 km together! We spent some time in Vancouver before and after the run and I have fallen even more in love with the city! Check out my vlog:

I started a new series called Teacher Talk Tuesday!  I share and get feedback on all things teaching.  I love connecting with my teacher following, it’s great to share ideas with such a supportive and passionate community.  You can find all my Teacher Talk Tuesday posts here!

I reached 10K followers on Instagram! I still have a long way to go but it felt good to finally have that K behind the number It happened while we were in Vancouver; we celebrated by sipping champagne with family and friends on a yacht! 

I watched many of my super close friends, get engaged, married, and become parents!! Seeing my friends group grow makes my heart swell with pride.  I LOVE you all so much and I am so excited for you!

Travelled – Las Vegas, Portland, Vancouver, Hawaii, Calgary, Edmonton! B is my favourite travel partner. He researches everything and because of that we almost always have the best experiences and food!

I met so many amazing people through this blogging journey! For example, one of my closest friends Chia. Had I not started Teach Me Style the chances of us meeting and becoming friends is slim to none. If you haven’t already, you should check out our first episode of Babes Supporting Babes, you see it here!

See, 2016 was actually pretty great! With that being said, I am totally ready for 2017…new goals, experiences, challenges. Bring. It. On.

Happy New Year!

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