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I'm going to be up front here your girl is in a rut I've been in a rut for quite some time now feeling depleted unmotivated doing the bare minimum there was like a small voice in my head that said maybe I should just move all this crap outside the frame but I was like nah but the thing is eventually you get to a point where you're just sick and tired of feeling sick and tired and today is that day I woke up this morning and I was like we got to do some things my future will be happy about all right so let's get cracking I'm getting ready to go to the gym you know that's something that's been on that bare minimum list you know even if I'm not feeling great I will at least go to the gym five times a week
why because I feel exponentially better after I go but it is a slog each morning to get going and I ran out of Celsius so I don't even have that extra like boost to get me going but it's okay we got it cheeky I'm going Mommy's going to the gym yeah you a treat okay there's nothing to eat well there's food that's gone off as well oh yeah that's gone off dang what a shame we're going to eat this and then we're going to make some rice and make a little quick lunch for us the rice is going to take some time though
guys it does not get any better with this random meal that I made uh this is essentially two eggs omelette under rice broccoli and a little bit of yellow curry that I had left over I'm also going to have it with some kakugi which is my favorite kimchi I had no idea that making rice would spark a dish like this mhm I could hear cheeky clamoring downstairs hi Cheeky's only I have a little bit of a situation here last night around 3:00 a.m. Lennon was crying and he wanted to sleep in my bed so of course I was like you know what okay let's sleep together it was actually really cute he was cuddling up to me uh but then I woke up at 5:00 a.m. in the morning just feeling wet just moisture it's 500 a.m. lenon peed on my
bed what can you do I blotted the affected area with a bunch of towels and then I sprayed it with this vinegar water soap mixture blotted again and now I just applied a very generous amount of baking soda onto the area so hopefully fingers crossed this will remove the stain and the odor I am so freaking tired y'all it's been around like 9 10 hours since then so I think I'm just going to vacuum it up and then add some new sheets luckily a package arrived for me oh yeah got brand new bed sheets from Brook Lin huge thank you to Brook linen for sponsoring this video I got these sheets like earlier on this week but I've just been like oh I'll do it later uh but now the time has come to
whip these suckers out and put them on my bed Brooklyn and is truly the creme de the creme they've been tested and awarded by experts from GQ Good Housekeeping wire cutter and more and my motto is honestly you might as well invest in something that's quality so that it can last I love that you can customize your order instead of buying individual items you can purchase a hardcore bundle which includes a core sheet set extra pillowcases and a duvet cover you can mix and match from a variety of colors and patterns to fit your particular Vibe my favorite has always been the classic percal hardcore sheet bundle I just love the way these sheets feel they're just like crisp and
feel cool on my skin it's great for people who run hot while they're sleeping plus brooklynin is oo Tech certified meaning they've been tested for harmful substances and they meet strict safety criteria of the standard 100 by otex sleeping is definitely the highest form of selfcare because when you sleep that's when you're brain and your body are processing and repairing from the day before and so that's why I want to make sure that I am comfortable and luxuriating in these wonderful sheets all my sheets are Brooklyn in right now Brooklyn in is having their Labor Day sale so all of their award-winning items are 25% off until September 3rd you can stack this with the bundle deal so you'll be saving a lot of money when you're shopping the
sale this is their biggest sale of the year until Black Friday and Cyber Monday so you should definitely click the link in my description box to check it out there is no code necessary the discount will be automatically applied at checkout this is a really exciting moment for me because today I am going to show you my office I have been without an office for I want to say 5 weeks this whole creative process has been a journey y'all run back the tape all right lots of change happening this week wow it's cute okay so this is going to be my new office I'm so excited we've got the lime wash over here and then like a really peachy pastel for the heading wall right here
very excited to see how everything turns out this is Susie she's an incredible interior designer she's also been helping me with my space give us the design process because it start it began with a vision it began with your Pinterest boards yes and then from there I had to come up with a vision so I came back with a few different mood boards and then she picked the on she liked the best and then from there we went into doing the layout of the rooms and then I started sourcing the furn furniture and I sent you a bunch of furniture options and then you picked the ones you like the best and then I ordered them and then they went to the receiving warehouse and they've been sitting in
storage for quite some time and today's the big installed day boom see it all looks effortless but this has been a long time coming the thing is I know my strengths is not this I freaking I know what I like when I see it but measuring making sure that it's the right size like Susie took a look at my living room she's like this rug's too small this is too high this yeah so it's nice to have a professional come in I am obsessed with the way it looks I'm going to be annoying and be like there's still a couple of finishing touches but there is uh but overall I feel like this space is very me so let me give you a little tour T wow look at that light tripping in so this is where my desk is I got this desk
from in Georgia and I just love how rounded the edges are over here we have a huge planter which I need to find a tree this is my little day bed probably the most temperamental fabric to get but you can't deny that it looks freaking sick over here we have my vanity Lulu in Georgia I love this little Rippling edge here this mirror is pretty 2015 but I cannot get rid of this gland mirror it just I love having good lighting all the time this is my checkered beige rug which I've had my eye on for a long time so the last outstanding item are these baskets right over here I'm thinking about switching those baskets out and putting my books it's honestly pretty remarkable what a change of scenery can do for your
mindset but now I feel like I have no excuses for delaying things I definitely feel like a surge of creativity just existing here I'm really happy to be in a space like this and extremely grateful as you can see I'm in some workout gear because I'm about to head to a shuffling class yeah I have appreciated the art of shuffling since I want to say 2014 2015 whenever I see my girl Sophia shuffling I'm like I wish I could do that she has tried to teach me countless of times but it just never really stuck my algorithm noticed that I was watching shuffling videos and so it just kept on serving me more an hour passed and then I realized I would like to learn how to shuffle so I thought it would be best if
I just found a class and luckily I found one in Hollywood it's called gravity space the thing is I love a night out I love dancing listening to music and I feel like if I could add shuffling to the mix how sick would that be but in order to get better at something you have to clock in the hours and I think the best way to do that is just go to a class uh it's intentional there's money on the line and there's obviously time so this is my current Shuffle okay this is the Running Man wait like that the thing is I still don't really know what to do with my hands I also learned this dance move a month ago it's a very rough draft my goal is that I feel comfortable doing this in public because right now it just looks mad cringe
this is like it's like funny how I say like I would never do this in public yet I'm broadcasting this to all of y'all Lun te it takes us getting used to that was so much fun this class with Mary was exactly the class that I needed I mean yes it was challenging but so much fun I feel like now I want to go home and just practice once I get L into bed this afternoon is going to be a very interesting one because I'm getting ready to go to Cheeky's evaluation with the dog trainer she is 8 years old and I'm just going to be like completely transparent but ever since I became a parent Cheeky's behavioral issues have
begun to flare up and don't get me wrong she's still a very good girl very sweet but her main issue is when we walk her outside like indoors she is completely fine an angel but once we step out the door and we start walking she barks at every dog she barks at every person she barks at anything that slightly moves it's just been like this for the past nearly 3 years maybe two and a half um and it's something that hasn't been at the top of our priority because when you're a parent they shift and unfortunately these issues I just kept on putting in the back bur I'm like I'm just going to deal with this later I'm going to deal with this later but now the time has come I am dealing with it now I have no one but to blame but
myself I want to be able to walk with her without me clenching up every time I see somebody I'm like oh she's going to bark you know and she goes we are meeting with Miles who is a dog trainer expert dog trainer I got this recommendation from Anna and Jesse when they adopted Arrow saying is you can't teach a old dog new tricks but I think that's a lie Chiki and I have arrived at the park we're just waiting on Miles he said he's going to be 5 minutes late I sent him my location and I guess the evaluation will begin she's not barking at anyone because there's nobody here at the park this is probably the best time to come yeah that's the issue see she sees a dog way over there see this is what I get Hella
anxious cuz there's three dogs right here oh my God wait that smiles This Is My Life One and Only huh this is cheeky I'm Jen nice to meet you pleasure to me 40 minutes later but only 15 minutes of work yeah put this down the foot down w this w w goad and stop cool Charlie Brown rushing it today yeah what is in the air five strips that you would like to use don't worry if they're the same width okay let's see what we got we also only ever use the rotary cutter with a selfhealing cutting mat I really thought reality shows are real yeah no script our way through Jersey Shore don't have time to thank youate it I'm going to give it to my son I'm pretty sure he's going to like you know like a little bed for the stuffed
animals I used to do that yeah right this is arguably my most favorite time of the day this is just where I feel the most peaceful the day is done baby is in bed mama gets to relax it's been a hot minute since I've done UNG get why is it so hard for me to say this word it's been a hot minute since I've done UNG get ready with me so that's what we are going to do have things changed not really I'm like kind of using the same stuff but first layer then I met you living cleansing balm I think I've gone through at least four jars of this it's my favorite also my friend Charlotte owns this shout out Charlotte it's really cool when your friends create stuff that is quality and stuff that you support I'm feeling a lot
better about my life you know emotions are so incredibly fleeting and it's really important not to just get hung up when you're feeling down a lot of times it feels good to feel down just feeling sorry for yourself wearing that cloak of sadness just you know I honestly feel like it's like a very familiar energy to me there's some people who just naturally gravitate towards sadness and I definitely have that as much as I come off as you know a really upbeat positive person there is a lot of sadness in my heart but it's like less about me wallowing about my personal issues I mean some sometimes it's that but a lot of times it's just like the state of the world man I feel like we're living in
just increasingly chaotic times when I think about the future and what that holds that's the stuff that keeps me up night oh my God there's like water in my eye uh this is the cleanser I use it's SES I just need one pump this has been going a long freaking way I love a cleanser that lasts oh and it smells so good it smells just like it smells like a fancy soap at a hotel it's like herbal oh smells so freaking good man then I get a cotton round going to go with another then I met you product this is their living SE cleansing tonic this tones and also gets any remaining makeup off my face we love a canvas it just takes a lot more energy to pull yourself up from a rut at first it feels like a lot of
the stuff that you're doing is pointless fruitless but you have to remember that after you take three or four things off that list on your self-care list you're going to feel better than when you started mhm I can't tell if that's like coming from like my body or if that's coming from my face sometimes I really get down in even like where my boobs are like underneath the boobs oh yeah what the heck yeah this that's when I get the most significant amount of dirt am I just not showering properly okay for Serum is going to go in with Lam mer the hydrating infused Emulsion it's very milky my skin just drinks it up I like to put lighter serums first because it just absorbs faster when you
do thick first then the light ones can't really penetrate the Skin Barrier for my last serum going to go in with Solas who's the ultimate s serum this is Rich yeah this is like my anti-aging stuff this is like I'm in I'm about to be in my mid-30s eye cream laam mer tried and true this one also lasts quite a long time and then to seal all this hard work in going to go with SAS who's concentrated ginsen renewing cream and then I'm just going to splooge this all on I guess what I'm trying to tell you is if you're in a place that's low just know that it is temporary in 2 years I'm going to look at my problems now and I'll be like wow you overcame them good job and how do I know this because every
time I look at my journal entries from the past I see myself fixated on an issue that appears unsolvable but after 2 years even like 6 months I am over that I've I've either found a solution or I have radically accepted my situation time really is a Healer I didn't even get to show you guys my pillow that I made in sewing class this is the final result wow I'm actually really happy that I'm starting to do these classes what prompted me to do all these classes recently is I remember like a couple weeks ago I was looking at my son and just writing down his schedule for the week my son is booked and busy he's got art class music class swim class I found myself being like wow that must be nice every day you just
have a different fun activity learning a new skill and that's when I had that wait I could do classes too like I have always wanted to learn how to sew I have watched so much Project Runway it's never too late to learn and when I took that class I felt so fulfilled and present and extremely focused on the task at hand and also my teacher I think her name was Kim I think her name was Kimmy she was fantastic she was such a patient teacher but filled with enthusiasm and a lot of encouragements I can't wait to start on my second project which will be a reversible tote bag I also think that sewing is kind of unearthing a new passion for fashion again cuz I think we've become kind of desensitized to the amount of
products that we are seeing and consuming sewing and creating my own clothes is going to help me create like a deeper relationship to the garments that I choose to wear if I am making my clothes or even just tailoring my own clothes or you know remixing things that I find at thrift stores that's going to make me want to stretch out the longevity of the items in my closet I guess like my closing thoughts on this is leaning on people is important but I find that when I lean on myself and I really listen to what makes me happy and what kind of stirs up a genuine passion only I know what I want sure people can throw SU suggestions at you but you have to want it so much that you actually do something about it well
that is enough Pillow Talk for tonight I want to thank you guys for watching the Vlog and I will see you guys in my next one bye
