The Brightside - I'm bacckkkk

WELCOME TO THE BRIGHTSIDE

July 5th, 2020

ON REPEAT:

Montezuma, Fleet Foxes (Spotify link)

How's your mind today? 

Wow - it's been a month since the last Brightside. A lot’s happened in my world since then! Zach and I left Florida on June 15th, spent 2 weeks in our own apartments, then moved into our new spot June 30th. Yesterday was the first time since the last Brightside where I really felt like I could relax.

I didn't mean to take so long away from this and it feels really good to be here writing now. I just needed a break to reflect on what this outlet really meant to me. It had turned into something that felt more like homework than a true outpouring of my heart, so I just let myself take the time I needed to think about it.

I had big plans to sit down and "spend time" focusing on my new intentions for this, but with the move and everything, I never really got around to that. It’s honestly pretty simple though - this started as a fun creative outlet for me to feel more connected to my friends, so that’s what I’m trying to get back to! I am not going to be sending it out weekly anymore, but when I feel compelled.

Also, a huge point of this for me was to start conversations and hear about what’s going on in your world too. If anything resonates, or you ever want to share publicly here, I’m just an email away!

Let's talk about the new apartment (I need to change the icon to NJ living technically - HELLOOOO Jersey City!)

I don't even know how to describe our new apartment. We have literally been dreaming of this spot for months - MONTHS - and to finally be here feels surreal. I've been unpacking/nesting like a maniac and also taking moments to just look around and pinch myself because we live here. together. It's pretty magical. Zach and I have put some serious work in on ourselves / our relationship to get to this point in our life together, and it feels so good to be able to see that work paying off in such a cool way.

My mom came in to help us with the move and we literally couldn't have done it without her. I'm SO glad the hardest part is over - moving was stressful. My movers were a bit chaotic - they ended up having to delay my move by a day (which they didn't tell me until 6pm the DAY OF the move - it was a mess) - but we finally have all of our furniture and stuff here so that's good. Now we're just getting settled, which I have a feeling will take a little while. I'll share more pics as we continue settling in, but here are a few! Our building has some great amenities and yesterday we hung out by the pool - it was awesome.

I've been a little reckless buying things for the apartment this week, so I'm putting myself on pause until we finally finish getting everything truly unpacked / organized. The thing I'm probably most excited to arrive is a refurbished Mac desktop for our ~home office~ - a splurge I've been really excited to make!

BTW if anyone has any genius life hacks or organization tips for a small space (especially kitchen!) hit a girl up.

ANYWAY, that's all for today folks. Hope everyone had a great long weekend and is feeling recharged. Hit me up if you're in the NYC/Jersey area and let's get a cocktail!! <3happy sunday & happy brightsiding!

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