Black is the new black.

Orange  black is the new black.

You cannot deny the beauty of black everything. 

Black has always been "my color", "my look". Friends would be shopping and use the statement, "Oh, this looks like Tracy." And it would be a black shirt, pant, shoe, bag, parka, etc.

This is truly the fashion statement of the forever. It will never be out of fashion, not a trend. People say those who are afraid to wear color are dull and boring.

 I say we are the fiercest and boldest of them all. 

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Now I am not saying that if you walk into my closet (and by closet I mean the spare bedroom I converted into a giant walk in closet) you will not see color, because you will. But you will notice on my nice, neat, and color coordinated clothes rack, that "black" seems to take up a good portion. I found my fashion niche, and it is black.

Emma Watson, Jennifer Aniston, and Megan Fox are amongst three celebs that rock the "black is the new black". They are better known for rocking black on the red carpet. I love you Giuliana Rancic, I do, but if I hear you say, "Playing it safe by wearing a black (fill in the designer name here)." I will scream. How is that playing it safe? Black may be slimming (only 1/10th reason why I love it, swear) but that is one's style and they are sticking to it. 

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I applaud them. 

(Can I also have lunch with them & jet off to Cabo for a girls getaway?)

Independent Women Part I

Que Destiny's Child & Independent Women Part I.

I turned down an amazing job this morning to go out on my own. 

What?

True Story.

This morning I was offered an amazing opportunity with a great PR firm and I decided YOLO over good benefits.. Does that make me crazy? Probably. Some of you are probably just going on to the next blog thinking this lady is crazy and going no where in her life, others might be happy thinking, "Great! More jobs out there for me!", and the rest of you probably are thinking, "YOU GO GIRL!" (yes I am talking to you, feminists: high five)!

My last blog I talked about doing what I love to do, so why not just keep doing that? I mean c'mon, I can't turn into a hypocrite within four days of my last post!

I've decided to take my talents to, well, I am not sure yet. Whoever will have me? Starting up your own company is scary, that is for sure! You really have to start asking yourself some serious questions like:

1. What is the company name going to be?!
2. How cute-sy do I make my business cards?
3. O-M-G I TOTALLY need a WHOLE NEW WARDROBE! One that screams I mean business, but that totally does NOT need dry-cleaned.

Okay, so those may not be the most "serious" questions, but I would be lying if I said those questions did not pop into my head!

Building a clientele is going to be tough, but that is where your drive, faith, and patience comes into play. You have to believe you can do it in order to do it. It will not happen over night (man, I wish it would though) and that is something you must keep telling yourself.

I have two clients right now- not too shabby of a start and I am ready to keep climbing!

Public Relations, Social Media, and Event Planning are three things that will never be going anywhere. You usually hire people to do those three things to get your business out there for the community to see and know who you are. In my case, I am that company that helps other companies get recognized. Do I hire a company to help me?

Kidding.

When I was up for the job, my fiance was extremely supportive, even though it was in a city in which we would have to relocate. When I told him I am thinking about not taking it and starting up my own company, he was extremely supportive.

I cannot express enough how important it is to have that support group when making such large life decisions. If the support is not there, it is tough to believe in yourself and continue. 

So thank you, my love. xo

This life choice I made could end in two ways: 

1. I could succeed.
2. I could fail.

It is a scary world out there in all aspects, but I am ready to face it head on. My father started two businesses of his own when he was my age, and they are still going strong. I guess you could say the "entrepreneurship" runs deep. Let's just hope the whole "running the businesses that work" runs deep, too.

It's Monday Morning- Rejoice!

Are Monday mornings all that bad? Not when you love what you do!

Now-a-days, I live for Monday mornings. 

I know that sounds crazy, but I thoroughly enjoy what I do. Life is too damn short not to, especially when your job is 40+ hours a week of your life!

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Starting off your work week with doing something you enjoy, like drinking a cup of green tea & reading a few articles from Elle, can change your mood for the whole day (take it from me!) 

Monday's are not to be feared!

You are young at no matter what age. Stop what you are doing (if you hate it) and find your passion. Working with social media & communications, I come in to work, even on Monday's, ready to start the work week & excited! I quit my job that was making me miserable and am making a career out of my passion. Writing, blogging, social media, communications. 

It. Can. Be. Done.

Taking what you love to do and making it a career you love can be done. You just have to have patience and time. Time may be money, but patience takes time. So does that make patience money, too? Yes.

Remember when you were playing with your Polly Pockets and you made them have careers, what was that career? You know deep down that that was always the job you wanted and it was your dream to shrink down to Polly's size and be Polly. Don't give up on that dream. Become your 1990's Polly Pocket! 

Okay, that may be a weird way of putting it, but I know you know what I mean!

Life is short. Travel, dream, do.