Showing posts with label Ladurée. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ladurée. Show all posts

Sunday, July 26, 2015

How to Bring Inspiration to Life

Designers create mood boards for their collections, so it makes sense that people have created vision boards for the lives they want to live. 


If you have ever watched The Secret or know about The Law of Attraction, vision boards play a major part of the process. Keep in mind that vision boards aren't so much about the material things you want, but it's about creating the whole feeling and person you want to be.

I have four small cork boards—three of them are filled with the things I have already done and seen, but would like to do again. My favorite cork board so far is predominantly Parisian themed—I could be in Paris and eat macarons for the rest of my life...


But it's no secret that getting back to Paris will require some hard work on my end to make it happen.


I will admit a small part of me thinks that this is weird. Maybe vision boards are for people who should just get over themselves, read a self-help book and find their feels at the bottom of a glass. 

Even if that is true, I don't really care what other people think, I already love reading and drinking, so why not add more inspiration?

... Also, I just realized that the title of this post was a bit misleading. Certainly vision boards can help you visualize the life you want to live, but the thing that makes a simple difference between "the want" and "the get" is action.

Do things that will lead you closer to your goals. 
Surround yourself with people who are just as driven about their own goals. 
Become the person who you want to be. Be awesome. 

Friday, January 31, 2014

Paris/London/Boston: Saying Goodbye

Out of the six of us--Kelly, Jackie, Sara, Monica, Misael and I--I was the last person to check out of the FIAP. My shuttle had the latest arrival time in the morning than anyone else's: 8:55 AM.


I grabbed the last breakfast without my AIFS/FIAP family...

I don't know if it was because I was trying not to get upset about leaving or because I was still tired from the weekend, but the process checking in and getting through security was more stressful than coming into Paris. In an effort to console my nerves, I bought a box of Ladurée macarons, duty-free. 


I wanted to get these macarons by Nina Ricci, they've been all over the fashion magazines and blogs, but they were 32 euros for eight macarons...


I'm happy with the ones I got, anyway

It didn't really register that I was leaving Paris behind until I was boarding my second flight from London to Boston. London and Paris are only a half an hour flight away--going back to Boston, back to the United States, meant that I wasn't just going to be a blink away.

No more eating Cocoa Krispies, a croissant and a cup of Lipton Mint Green Tea everyday for breakfast.
No more squeezing into the métro car on the crowded commute to class at Raspail.
No more chasing Happy Hour in Bastille only to always miss it by at least an hour.
No more speaking French to strangers in order to figure out if you're going in the right direction.
No more walking along the Seine and watching the sun rise.

Even though it feels like goodbye right now,

goodbye doesn't mean forever. À bientôt, Paris