Sometimes I feel so inadequate in so many different aspects and areas of my life, and then I worry and anxiously wonder what other people think of me and if I'm good enough. I'm not even sure what I wonder that I'm "good enough" at or about. Feeling like I'm unapproachable and should be more outgoing, because I am self-conscious and shy sometimes...but not always. Then I compare myself to others, and think of all my own faults and pick at them until I feel hopeless. This morning I woke up and was reading, and for some reason decided to grab a pen and write the word "hope" on my wrist. (I write things on my wrists a lot, just so you all know. It's like a more convenient post-it note.) Then later today as I was thinking about all this, I remembered what I had written on my wrist for that seemingly random reason this morning. Hope. Before I felt hopeless, I had written that, for whatever reason. It was a beautiful and somewhat ironic reminder that I'm still growing as a person, that I'm wonderful just the way I am, and that while I'm not perfect, and never will be, every day I'm turning more and more into the person I will be someday.
I've been listening to soooo many classic, older artists lately, especially Simon and Garfunkel. My parents have been listening to all their favorite music and artists since I was really little, so I was introduced to the Beatles, Johnny Cash, Simon and Garfunkel, Peter, Paul & Mary, and many others at a very young age. The other night me and my dad couldn't sleep, so we sat in our living room looking up all his old favorite songs, most of which are very melancholy and sad. I think it's really fun though that I like almost all the older music my parents' like, and that we share the same taste in music. Of course they don't like everything I like, haha, but I do truly enjoy what they listen to. :)
xo
Maria Elyse
blouse: vintage
skirt: vintage dress worn as skirt
belt: vintage
ankle socks: charlotte russe
platform sandals: target
purse: vintage, for sale in my shop here
cameo ring: target
flower crown: c/o Victoria