wilde self-love

Oh, Oscar. How I love thee.

It's been a pretty hefty week of reflection over here. This girl is coming up on a big transition in a couple of months: shifting jobs, traipsing around Europe, and eventually moving to a new city. It's a relief now that the vagueness of the next few months is exhilarating, since my former college-student self would have melted down into a puddle of a nervous wreck under the pressure of "the-world-is-your-oyster" mentality. 

Now and again, however, I do become a little anxious that I don't know "what to do" with my life. When one is surrounded by driven, admirably career-determined people it's easy to downgrade one's future from "exciting prospects" to "aimless wandering." Lately, I've been so creatively inclined with paper design ("paperpreneurship," I read somewhere), and I love it, but it's not at all what I expected for myself. When I graduated with an English major I was set on a path toward editing and publishing and when I found out that the sedentary practice of reading rough manuscripts turned me off to reading in general, I decided the career was not for me. With my career-vision shattered, I turned to many other possibilities to try: catering, event-planning, travel designing, and decorative arts and design. All of which fit me in some capacity, but life got in the way of commitment to any singular option, and I couldn't muster enough "umph" to remove myself from my indecisive rut. 

Lettering started out as a hobby, but it's been the first thing I've stuck to in many months. I'm very happy that I love it, and that it's brightening my friends' and family's days, as well as my own. It doesn't save lives and it will certainly never earn me hundreds of thousands of dollars, but it makes me happy to know that I'm putting something into this world with my own two hands that brings people closer together. So, note to self: don't compare yourself to anyone. Simply don't, it's not worth the angst.

Along those lines, check out this post called "30 Things to Stop Doing To Yourself". It was exactly what I needed to read at exactly the right time.

After you read that, watch this to align your chakras and be totally enlightened (by tears of laughter). 

So. Lighten up, everyone! It's Wednesday! Who's got awesome weekend plans? I do! Can't wait to go home to the Lowcountry :)

Also, check out the awesome graduation party invitations I've done for my former sorority! Not gonna lie, I'm pretty proud of them....

PKE Graduation Party Invitations 2014. Created with flickr slideshow.