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As an emerging interior designer it may come as a shock to most people to learn I find decorating for myself to be quite challenging.
Gasp! “But why?” you may ask. “You help others tackle this very thing. What do you mean you can’t do it for yourself?!”
Well friends, cat’s outta the bag. When it comes to my own space, I’m practically paralyzed.
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If I could go back in time, I would do so many things differently. As 19-year-old Kira, I made choices based on the limited knowledge and experience I had at that point. But as time went on, I gained new knowledge and had new experiences. If I could go back as 19-year-old Kira, with the knowledge and experience I have today, I would make such different choices. They always say, hindsight is 20/20.
Which is why I got excited when the folks at Earnest told me about their new project – writing a letter to my college self. Earnest is a helpful resource for post grads, you can check out more here if you want! So if you can tolerate a little melodrama and some pretty cheesy inspirational quotes, then do read on.
Dear Kira…
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Raise your hand if you can relate: January finds you refreshed and invigorated, and making a long list of all the ways you are going to better yourself. Eat less crap. Exercise more. Buy fewer things. Take up yoga. Be a better spouse/friend/sister. Read more books. Travel. Save money. Practice patience. Swear off social media. Volunteer. The list of things that will finally make you happy goes on. You rise each day with a new-found “Can-do” attitude. THIS, you say, is going to be my year.
But then February rolls around and you’re lucky if you managed to sneak in one trip to the gym (and that was only because it was conveniently located next to Chick-fil-A). Half-finished books are piled on your nightstand, and the only volunteering that’s happening is for happy hour with the girls. By the time March hits you’re feeling pretty bad about yourself for not following through, and sink into a kind of slump cured only by a row of Oreos. “What happened to my drive?” you think. “I was doing so well at first! What happened?”
Sound familiar?
I’m just gonna come right out and say it: I find this time of year to be – how should I put it – CHALLENGING.