honesstly..sometimes you just got nothin’

Social media portrays the highlight reels of everyones’ lives.. And really it is just the highlights they want you to see. Don’t get me wrong, I love me some social media. But sometimes we need a reality check that its OKAY to have nothing “Instagram worthy” going on in your week. It is OKAY if you don’t have anything to upload to your story every hour of every day. In fact, it might even be better that way.

Whatever your weekly routine is- go do it well. Be present in it. Give yourself permission to live the mundane routine parts of life, well. I needed that reminder today. I have had the worst flu for THREE WEEKS. THREE WEEKS. The: I can’t get off the couch because dizziness sets in, can’t drink anything because it’s coming right back up, can’t do anything but watch Netflix because the fevers suck all the energy you have left, showering is thee single thing on your to do list (because it’s been a few days)… that kinda flu. And I’m happy to say here I am three weeks later with a cough lingering, but finally feel like myself again. I suddenly found myself racking my brain of what outfit I could dress up in to go take pictures, where Wil and I could go on a date to so we could blog about it, what cool trend I could think to talk about….. and I got nothin’.

I was even asking my mom what I should do… and she gave the best advice, “Sometimes, you just got nothin’.” And honestly, that’s so freeing. The three weeks of the plague was forced rest for me. I could do literally nothing but sit my nonstop, Type-A self on the couch and just BE. Honestly, there was nothing instagram worthy about it. Nothing blog worthy about it. And I wish I could say I did a ton of reading and all my laundry is done and all my bathrooms are clean, but they aren’t. REST. Sometimes you just need to allow yourself to do it- or your body may just force you into it. So today we celebrated being free of sickness by throwing on my fave hat and getting some coffee. PS.. thanks to everyone who prayed and checked in on me- I appreciate you! And special shoutout to the hubs- because sick me is no where near as fun as healthy me. Here’s to a week of real life tasks and responsibilities- not just feeds of photo shoots and events <3

XO,